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Hastings: Plans for $2.5 million inner-city development
14 May 2025The project follows a four-year search by the council for the right development partner.
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'Addicted to spending': Ratepayers fight 'wicked' 12% rates rise
14 May 2025One resident is questioning the scale of the rates rise when inflation is less than 3 percent.
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Bluff gorse stoush: Ex-councillor hasn't paid bill
13 May 2025Karen Arnold has been embroiled in a battle with Invercargill council since 2022.
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'Forgotten their roots': Te Matatini risks alienating regions
13 May 2025The next national kapa haka competition will not be hosted in the Top of the South as planned since 2013.
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Memorial planned for unmarked graves at South Auckland cemetery
12 May 2025Many of the graves are for Māori babies but families of those buried there want the memorial to be a welcoming place for everyone.
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Lake Hood’s toxic algae levels drop - but not enough to re-open
12 May 2025Testing shows a reduction in toxic algae at Lake Hood, but not enough to have the health warning removed just yet.
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Push to elevate Remutaka Hill road as a national transport priority
12 May 2025Masterton District Council backs calls to designate the Remutaka Hill road as nationally significant due to a rise in traffic and ongoing safety risks.
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'A bureaucratic exercise': Seymour supports watercress seller
11 May 2025Minister for Regulation David Seymour has written in support of a watercress seller who after 30 years was told he needed to register to sell, at a cost of $619.
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Tauranga flood map update a ‘win’ for landowners, developers
10 May 2025Flood maps used in a controversial plan change in Tauranga will be updated after 20 parties lodged three appeals with the Environment Court.
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Ruapehu mayoralty: Challengers emerge, Kirton yet to confirm
10 May 2025So far, two councillors have confirmed they will run for Ruapehu mayor.
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Inside the new office building Tauranga City Council is paying $91.9m to lease
9 May 2025Tauranga City Council's chief executive has defended the $91.9 million, 15-year cost to lease its new building.
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Will a derelict school building finally be disposed of?
10 May 2025Built in 1891, the Southland school house can't be burned down or sold on Facebook.
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From mattresses to marijuana: Illegal dumping problem grows
9 May 2025Frustrations are growing as illegal dumping plagues Auckland and leaves ratepayers with a multi-million dollar bill.
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Tourists called on to help count Kaikōura’s whales
9 May 2025The Great Kaikōura Whale Count will be held throughout the month of June, with volunteers needed to help spot whales as they swim past the Kaikōura coastline.
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Manurewa’s first Pan-Pacific Strategy takes final step
8 May 2025Manurewa is set to adopt its first Pan-Pacific Strategy, marking a milestone for the South Auckland community where nearly 40 percent of residents identify as Pasifika.
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'We are not an airline': Mayor's harsh words as Air Chathams seeks support
8 May 2025Whakatāne District Council has agreed to waive airport fees for six months.
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Selwyn mayor announced state of emergency from Wellington
8 May 2025Locals have expressed anger that Sam Broughton was not in the region during the emergency.
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NZ faces $9.4b hit from invasive caulerpa, analysis shows
8 May 2025The invasive seaweed is gaining an increasing stronghold.
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Invercargill City Council rejects wish of rūnanga to obtain land
7 May 2025The land at Omaui holds special significance to Māori but other residents were concerned about retaining the view.
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'As long as it takes' - iwi calls for unused land return in Gisborne protest
6 May 2025Protesters marched through Gisborne, calling for the return of land taken from Ngāti Oneone nearly a century ago.
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Stadium ticket levy gives people choice – Ashburton mayor
6 May 2025Ashburton's mayor is backing a proposal to make Mid Canterbury residents pay more for events at the new Christchurch stadium, rather than a regional rate.
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Four-wheel drive vandals destroy 38 pōhutukawa trees
6 May 2025Early estimates to replace the damage on Napier's Marine Parade came to $20,000
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How one city is bucking the national trend for new homes
5 May 2025Half of the new homes were social housing or affordable rentals.
