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Councillor Jamie Arbuckle on his first day at the Beehive and how he’ll juggle two jobs
18 Oct 2023Jamie Arbuckle is a five-term Marlborough councillor, but he's never had an office before, nor any staff.
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‘It’s awesome’: Pensioner’s joy for new window after two-year wait
20 Oct 2023After two years of petitioning her council landlord to replace her deteriorating windows, pensioner Mary Smith's home is warm and draught-free.
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Is Three Waters dead under National? Mayor says not quite
18 Oct 2023The Three Waters reform is not dead and buried with a change in government, "just going to be done differently".
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Violent schoolyard fights caught on video at Ashburton College
18 Oct 2023Two violent fights have been filmed at Ashburton College, a year after a review into bullying claims at the school.
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He scattered his wife's ashes under a kōwhai - now council plans to tear it out
18 Oct 2023Don Meads is heartbroken a kōwhai tree he scattered his wife's ashes under is to be torn out as part of flood protection works in Whakatāne.
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Owners of flood-hit Tinui homes in discussions with Masterton council
18 Oct 2023Cyclone Gabrielle tore through parts of the district in February causing serious flooding in the small community.
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Senior doctor warns the population has outgrown Wairarapa Hospital
16 Oct 2023The warning comes as new numbers show the hospital was operating close to capacity over the winter months.
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Former Wellington mayor says ‘slim possibility’ she'll make Parliament
17 Oct 2023Wairarapa Green Party candidate Celia Wade-Brown is still hoping to be part of the Green wave of MPs.
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Local Government Minister McAnulty unseated but tipped to remain list MP
15 Oct 2023Kieran McAnulty looks set to remain in Parliament as a list MP but has been unseated from his position in the Wairarapa electorate MP by National's Mike Butterick.
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Bus-stop bashings school ‘rumbles’ not serious, councillor tells meeting
14 Oct 2023A Rotorua councillor questioned the seriousness of bus-stop bashings in a council meeting but later says he conflated incidents.
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Sensors used to catch school students vaping in the toilet
A secondary school in Mid Canterbury is trialling sensors in a bid to smoke out students vaping in the loos.
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Why a local council is X-raying trees
12 Oct 2023Deciding whether to chop a tree down has often been a fraught process at the Marlborough District Council, but new technology could change that.
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'The child in me will never die': Author Joy Cowley on embracing life and moving house
12 Oct 2023Joy Cowley, who has been described as a national taonga, will head south to a new home in Dunedin, closer to family and friends.
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Call for government funding to help stop flooding in Canterbury
12 Oct 2023The government needs to invest in making Canterbury's rivers safer as climate change causes increased flooding, says Environment Canterbury chairperson Peter Scott.
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Iwi and Taranaki Regional Council seek help from nature for flooding
11 Oct 2023Ngaa Rauru is joining up with Taranaki Regional Council to search for "nature-based solutions" to flooding of the Waitōtara River catchment in the face of climate change.
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West Coast council to chase overdue rates as it tackled debt problem
11 Oct 2023West Coast Regional Council staff have been directed to take action on a debt problem, including outstanding rates.
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Argument breaks out at meeting of troubled West Coast council
10 Oct 2023Tensions boiled over between West Coast regional councillors today, when censured former chairperson Allan Birchfield tried to stay for a committee meeting.
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Neighbour wants Kāinga Ora to help double glaze home if townhouses built
10 Oct 2023A Blenheim homeowner wants Kāinga Ora to help double glaze their house if they build a two-storey property beside them, claiming it will block the sun into their "already cold" home.
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Potential obstacles to National's promise to increase speed limits
9 Oct 2023National wants to scrap lower speed limits on highways, saying economic impacts should be considered as well as road safety.
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The North Island road slowly falling into the sea
9 Oct 2023Narrow and winding, with large chunks of it already slumped towards the sea, it seems just a matter of time.
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Housing intensification plans fail to ‘get the vibe’ of the Mount
8 Oct 2023Mount Maunganui's unique beach vibe could be ruined by more housing, residents and businesses say.
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Work to protect Gisborne's fragile water supply to lose funding
7 Oct 2023A report presented to the council lays bare a stark warning that plant and animal control gains could be lost.
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Why Rotorua Mayor Tania Tapsell smiles even after the hardest days
7 Oct 2023Rotorua mayor Tania Tapsell talks about the highs and lows of her job - and the little girl who makes her smile even on the hardest of days.
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Horizons gets $5m boost for flood forecasting, early warning systems
7 Oct 2023The council said it has received more than $4.2m to build resilience to the impacts of climate change and recover from Cyclone Gabrielle.
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