6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (162+ words) Northland Regional Council has formally welcomed Kane McElrea as its new Group Manager Biosecurity. Mr McElrea (pictured) returns to the organisation with strong biosecurity experience, leadership capability, and a clear commitment to protecting Northland’s unique environment, the Council said in…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (237+ words) Hastings Library has become the first in the country to partner with the Philippine Embassy to launch Te Kokonga Filipiñana, a new initiative celebrating Filipino culture, language and literacy. Around 70 people attended a launch event (pictured, below) at Hastings Library…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (720+ words) The Government has released the independent Crown Review into the failure of the Moa Point Wastewater Treatment Plant and the flooding event that occurred earlier this year. Local Government Minister, Simon Watts said the February failure of the Moa Point…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (402+ words) Palmerston North City Council has voted to seek community feedback on whether to create a council-owned property entity, to help combat rising costs. The Council owns approximately $300 million of property across 76 sites, including operational buildings, community facilities, commercial property, as…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (430+ words) Tauranga City Council has accepted in full the findings and recommendations of an independent review conducted by Paul Davison KSO KC into the tragic Mauao landslide event of 22 January, which claimed six lives. In a statement, the Council confirmed it…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (132+ words) Wellington City Council has announced its Te Kāinga affordable rental housing programme is set to grow, with 56 refurbished central-city apartments planned for 57 Manners Street. Te Kāinga is a partnership between the Council and private building owners to convert underused commercial…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (311+ words) LGNZ has responded to the Government’s 4% rate capping announcement, saying it will have real impacts on the essential infrastructure and service councils are able to deliver for communities. LGNZ President, Rehette Stoltz (pictured), described capping rates as “a blunt tool…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (285+ words) The Government has announced council rates increases will be capped at 4% as part of its focus on easing cost-of-living pressures and getting councils “back to basics”. Local Government Minister Simon Watts said councils will need to consider the initial rates…...

3+ week, 6+ hour ago   (242+ words) PC2 was proposed by Horizons to improve the workability of the One Plan provisions that manage existing intensive farming land uses in catchments with degraded water quality. PC2 went through a hearings process before being appealed to the Environment Court. The court…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (197+ words) Ōmāhu flood resilience project crosses finish line Inside Government NZ Ōmāhu flood resilience project crosses finish line Main construction is complete on Hawke’s Bay Regional Council’s $10 million Ōhiti Road | Ōmāhu flood resilience project for the Heretaunga Plains area, which was…...