Local Council

Gary Tong has backtracked on earlier comments he would 'definitely not' stand this election.

The $50,000 trial hopes to improve safety in the city.

Plymouth District Council could have lost $20 million in revenue over a GST error.

"Given the uncertainty surrounding my health, I cannot fully commit to serving our community in the years ahead," Mackenzie District's Anne Munro says.

Environment Canterbury chairperson Craig Pauling says councils need to keep thinking about planning, despite the RMA Reform Minister putting a halt to district and regional plans.

Auckland Council impounded more than 12,000 dogs last year - more than half were euthanised. Frontline rescuers and local leaders say the crisis requires immediate on-the-ground action and law reform.

Porirua's Pacific community wants more consultation on a memorial for more than 1800 former patients buried in unmarked graves.

A long-serving local body councillor has called it quits, blaming government input and "contempt", and social media abuse.

Paw-friendly panels have been added to a new water pipe bridge in Wellington.

The councillor says she's running for the mayoralty, saying she is concerned about the "tone, the tactics and the lack of focus" in the campaign so far.

The adjoining Amora Hotel has been closed since 2017 and the bridge has attracted anti-social behaviour since.

Critics argue removing councils' wellbeing priorities may lower costs, but will also reduce local autonomy and risk Treaty settlement fallout. Audio

The Westland Mineral Sands site will be about eight kilometres from the town and cover 112 hectares.

Speedway will continue to race at Baypark in Tauranga giving the sport "certainty and longevity".

The district council says it will continue planning airport safety protections, despite government moves to freeze all environment plan changes under RMA law. Audio