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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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Teen bullied over facial growth waiting months for removal
5 Oct 2023A Tauranga teenager with a bleeding tumour on his lip is facing up to eight months wait for treatment through the health system.
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'Not good enough': Council scrambles to find out how it sent incorrect rates bill
5 Oct 2023The West Coast Regional Council is scrambling to understand how it sent out wrongly calculated rates bills.
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Whangārei District Council baulks over government fluoridation mandate
4 Oct 2023The move comes amid funding concerns, claims of a loss of democracy and a councillor asking about a potential High Court injunction - which the council lawyer quickly dismissed.
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Pest gold clam invasion prevention ‘fast-moving’, council official says
4 Oct 2023Officials are searching Rotorua's Lake Ōkataina amid fears of invasive freshwater gold clams.
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Council apologises over 'embarrassing' rates mistake
3 Oct 2023The West Coast Regional Council has been left with egg on its face in a "potential error" over the way its rates bills have been calculated.
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Glacier retreat at Franz Josef changing shape of Waiho river - glaciologist
3 Oct 2023The rapid retreat of Franz Josef Glacier and the subsequent "huge" volume of riverbed material crawling down the Waiho Valley is a growing problem for the area.
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Bike trail bridge connects National Park and new ecosanctuary
3 Oct 2023The longest suspension bridge in Aotearoa will be built as part of the infamous "missing link" of the Mountains to Sea trail in the central North Island.
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A new section of a Great Ride cycle track, which is just 10km long
3 Oct 2023The South Wairarapa town of Featherston is now officially on New Zealand's cycling map.
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Residents frustrated over Greymouth landfill’s foul odour and ‘wall of gravel’
3 Oct 2023Residents are demanding "accountability" over the Taylorville Resource Park landfill near Greymouth and its foul smell and "wall of gravel".
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Issues over possible extension for smelly West Coast private landfill
1 Oct 2023Whether or not a private landfill should get more time to fix ongoing smell problems has been complicated by a WorkSafe shutdown and investigation, and advice is being sought, a West Coast council…
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Gisborne beach to close for emergency pipe repair
30 Sep 2023Urgent repairs to Gisborne's wastewater outfall pipe will close a section of Midway Beach for at least five days.
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Remote campground OKs dogs, despite officials' advice
29 Sep 2023Despite concerns from dog control officers and councillors, dogs will be allowed a at popular South Wairarapa camping destination this summer.
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Te Pāti Māori candidate tops informal audience poll at chamber event
28 Sep 2023Te Pāti Māori's first general seat candidate has come out on top in an unscientific audience poll at a business chamber election event in a district held by National since 2008.
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Owners of euthanised Gisborne dog: 'We have so many precious memories'
29 Sep 2023The owners of a dog mistakenly put down by Gisborne District Council staff are calling for an end to the controversial killing method used on their pet.
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Resident shocked at council's 100 percent rates hike
28 Sep 2023Some households face an increase of 100 percent thanks to additional council levies.
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Playground named for children's author Joy Cowley
27 Sep 2023Much-loved writer Joy Cowley is to be honoured by having a children's playground named after her.
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West Coast-Tasman must stop regional decline, election candidates say
26 Sep 2023Putting a stop to regional decline was a prevailing theme delivered by West Coast-Tasman's hopeful candidates during an election debate.
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'Some pretty crazy things are going on' as glaciers vanish
25 Sep 2023In the past 30 years, 200 glaciers in the Southern Alps have disappeared due to the "shocking" rise in ocean temperatures, a scientist says.
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How will Whanganui Hospital cope with a growing population?
23 Sep 2023Overburdened, understaffed, under-resourced, under the pump - all are words used to describe Whanganui Hospital's strained emergency department.
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'Shattered': Māori health board head says National plans a huge step back
21 Sep 2023The head of Te Punanga Ora says National's policies for changes to Māori health partnership boards would 'lock in' poorer health for whānau.
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Gisborne library patrons lash out at 'threatening' new fence
22 Sep 2023Elderly Gisborne residents are furious a new council safety fence has blocked their shortcut to the library.
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Waimakariri election candidates tackle crime, healthcare and the cost of living
22 Sep 2023Waimakariri election candidates sparred over the issues of crime, healthcare and the economy during a meeting at Pegasus.
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