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Burials and housing: The fees set to rise in Masterton
12 Apr 2024Dying is proving to be a pricey task, with the Work and Income Funeral grant failing to cover burial costs in Masterton.
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'Devastated': Widow pleads for late husband’s dream to be realised
12 Apr 2024The wife of a late Rotorua councillor is pleading with the council not to shelve her late husband's dream of a skatepark.
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Māori reconnecting with the night sky
9 Apr 2024Mana whenua are rediscovering a connection with the night sky, a Māori astronomer says.
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'Big bureaucracy': Rising council staff numbers called out
11 Apr 2024An increase in West Coast Regional Council staff numbers to almost 80 has been called out by a senior councillor.
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Ōtara is for Ōtara': Local board opposes boundary change
11 Apr 2024A move into Papatoetoe would cut through South Auckland communities, the board chair believes.
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'We will not be silenced': Gisborne council backs Māori wards
8 Apr 2024Gisborne District Council has shown its support for retaining Māori wards as the government looks to bring back binding referendums.
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Ngāi Tahu reaches out to councils on Three Waters replacement
4 Apr 2024The move to help find solutions for ageing water infrastructure has the support of North Canterbury's mayors.
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Local board shake-up 'detrimental' to South Auckland communities
9 Apr 2024Two local representatives are pushing back against Auckland Council's proposal to combine boards to cut costs.
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The region with a targeted rates increase of 539 percent
9 Apr 2024West Coast ratepayers face targeted rates well above the 27 percent or 44 percent general rates increase proposed by the regional council - particularly in Westport.
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Ratepayers must decide: 27% rates hike, or 44%?
8 Apr 2024West Coast ratepayers face an either 27 percent or 44 percent rates hike after increases were "held artificially low for too long".
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Māori ward referendum 'an expense we don't need' – Masterton mayor
5 Apr 2024Masterton's mayor says holding a referendum for an already established Māori ward is an expense "we don't need" for an issue that has already been debated.
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Whanganui eyes $16m in asset sales to offset rates
5 Apr 2024Whanganui council is seeking ratepayer support to sell $16 million of assets in the next year to keep its rates increase to 10.6 percent, but is not yet sure which ones.
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'Bolshie approach' over pampas grass upsets West Coast landowners
5 Apr 2024Ikamatua landowners ordered to remove pest pampas grass by the West Coast Regional Council are upset at a "bolshie approach".
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Water group vows to fight fluoridation order
4 Apr 2024Kawerau is one of 14 councils that has been directed to add fluoride to its water supply by the Director General of Health.
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Transport leader says 10-week SH1 closure not justifiable
5 Apr 2024A transport leader has slammed NZTA Waka Kotahi's 10-week closure of State Highway 1 over the beleaguered Brynderwyns, saying it is a fiasco and not justifiable.
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Council's own expert at odds with it over mine
5 Apr 2024West Coast councillors are not happy after their own expert consultant expressed a view there was "no need" for a controversial sand mine proposal.
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Labour MP slams Invercargill Mayor over youth offending stance
4 Apr 2024Mayor Nobby Clark told RNZ it made no difference if someone was 11 or 12 years of age when it came to justice for "adult crimes".
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'We're a silent minority': Disabled Strategy 10 years out of date
3 Apr 2024Members of the disabled community in Gisborne have met with the council to address the city's disability strategy being 10 years out of date.
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Waingawa water project gets green light
29 Mar 2024Councillors have voted to progress a $2.77m water project, despite being advised on two occasions not to.
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AT should address 'transport poverty' before charging for road use - councillors
4 Apr 2024Unless deficiencies affecting thousands of Aucklanders were fixed, there wasn't much hope of getting peak time charges across the line, Chris Darby says.
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Popular alpine town Hanmer Springs looks at new attractions
4 Apr 2024Hanmer Springs is looking to add a museum and sporting development to its attractions.
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Group says high deprivation justifies public transport on West Coast
4 Apr 2024Concern over lack of subsidised public transport on the West Coast.
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Kaikōura ratepayers face 14.5 percent rates hike
2 Apr 2024The Kaikōura District Council is proposing an average 14.5 percent rates rise in its draft 2024/34 Long Term Plan.
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Trees drilled, 'filled and capped' with poison in Blenheim park
29 Mar 2024The "visible decline" in the health of the plane trees meant it was clear a substance had been poured into the holes, a report to council said.
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