The New Zealand Taxpayers' Union is welcoming Wellington City Council agreeing to its new three-year plan, saying the process shows that when councillors make the effort to find savings they can be found, but warning that ratepayers are still facing steep increases.
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New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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The New Zealand Taxpayers' Union is criticising Selwyn District Council after councillors voted today to grant Te Taumutu Rūnanga speaking rights at council and voting rights on council committees.
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New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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Queenstown Lakes District Council and Ninety Four Feet have completed settlement on stage 1 of the land to be developed as part of the Lakeview Precinct in Queenstown.
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Queenstown Lakes District Council
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Northland Regional Council (NRC) has confirmed it is working towards a nil increase in its total rates take for the 2026/27 financial year, in response to ongoing financial challenges for our communities.
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Northland Regional Council
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Napier City Council and Ahuriri Investment Management Ltd (AIM) have confirmed the appointment of Councillor Graeme Taylor as the elected member director to the AIM Board, marking another step in the organisation's establishment phase.
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Napier City Council
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The New Zealand Taxpayers' Union is warning that Wellington region mayors are pushing ahead with council amalgamation without a clear mandate from residents or any transparency over what the changes would cost ratepayers.
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New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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Bay of Plenty Regional Council supports the local government reform programme, but emphasises that any changes should be designed with local voices and a view to deliver long-term benefits.
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Bay of Plenty Regional Council
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Dozens of power poles will go from Park Island over the next 18 months, enabling more playing fields at the city's popular sports destination.
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Napier City Council
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Mayor Tim Macindoe has outlined his written commitment to Hamiltonians and the direction of travel his Council will lead over the next three years, through The Mayor's Plan: 2025 – 2028.
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Hamilton City Council
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The newly elected Porirua City Council held its first substantive meeting since being sworn in, covering a wide range of subjects.
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Porirua City Council
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Porirua City is about to publish draft district-wide assessments that map where landslide and liquefaction geohazards are more likely to occur in Porirua.
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Porirua City Council
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The New Zealand Taxpayers' Union is again slamming the long-delayed National Ticketing System (NTS) after Greater Wellington Regional Council announced it will introduce its own contactless payment system rather than continue waiting for the stalled national rollout.
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New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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Burning and smoke nuisance complaints continue to dominate calls to the Northland Regional Council even as higher penalties are doled out.
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Northland Regional Council
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Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) is inviting the community to attend a series of drop-in sessions in December and January to learn about and discuss potential options to inform a new long-term disposal strategy for the Shotover Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP).
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Queenstown Lakes District Council
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The Taxpayers' Union has today launched the Rates Cap Dashboard, revealing the staggering financial relief households across New Zealand are being denied by the Government delaying rates caps.
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New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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The Taxpayers' Union is pushing back at Christchurch City Council advisers calling for a Greater Christchurch "super city", saying amalgamation must only ever come from the community, not from policy staff.
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New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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A large section of Frankton Track will be closed for the majority of 2026 when work begins in January on a new wastewater pipeline between Queenstown and Frankton.
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Queenstown Lakes District Council
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The Taxpayers' Union is celebrating today's announcement of a future rates cap as a win for ratepayers but says the Government risks neutering the policy by pushing it years down the road.
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New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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The Government's plan to cap council rates is a recipe for asset sell‑offs, job losses and higher user charges that will hit households and communities harder than rates ever did.
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PSA
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Queenstown Lakes District Council's (QLDC) Freedom Camping Bylaw 2025 / Ture –Rohe mä te Noho Puni Korehere 2025 will come into effect on 1 December 2025.
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Queenstown Lakes District Council
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Separating rural and provincial governance from urban councils is the simplest and most effective way to streamline local government, Federated Farmers says.
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Federated Farmers
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