Lower Hutt’s mayor says most metropolitan councils will soon face the same problem as Wellington on funding water infrastructure. Local government Minister Simeon Brown has installed a Crown ...

Dr Dean Knight – a Victoria University law professor – believes the government’s move to appoint a Commissioner at the Wellington City Council is an overreach. He said if balance-sheet management and ...

Report from RNZ People on social media have been criticising the Porirua City Council over roadworks starting next month ...

Whenua Tapu. Porirua’s annual Cemeteries Week begins 26 October, offering insights into our city’s history and heritage. You ...

The Government has informed me of its intention to install a Crown Observer to oversee the development of an amended Long-term Plan,” said Mayor Tory Whanau this afternoon. “I will ...

Local Government Minister Simeon Brown has today announced his intention to appoint a Crown Observer to the Wellington City Council, following news that the Council will now be required to rewrite ...

Two people were arrested in Wellington today – as police executed over 30 search warrants across the North Island in an operation targeting members and associates of the Mongrel Mob ...

An independent panel has granted resource consent, subject to conditions, to create and maintain a wetland in the Arawhata Stream catchment of Lake Horowhenua. Manawatū-Whanganui Regional Council ...

Work on earthquake strengthening Wellington’s High Court building is about to begin. The building is among a host of courts nationwide that need expensive work done to make them safe or ...

ACT leader David Seymour said today it was about time the government intervened at the Wellington City Council, but “in a light touch” way at first. “If they’re not doing a ...

This Labour Weekend the New Zealand Federation of Socialist Societies is holding its second annual conference in central Wellington.Taking place across two days the conference will feature a ...

Quarterly data for both Wellington and Auckland shows how difficult the past few months have been for the two cities. Job listings in the Capital are down -9.5 per cent quarter-on-quarter with ...