Whanganui — Responding to Whanganui District Council’s decision to hold a $20,000 'citizens' assembly’ to decide on the future of outdoor swimming facilities, ACT Local Government spokesperson Cameron Luxton said: “Whanganui District Council is making a mockery of local democracy.
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ACT New Zealand
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Auckland City — Auckland Council’s plan to set up a co-governed committee to manage the Waitākere Ranges shows why Kiwis need councillors who believe in democracy, says ACT Leader David Seymour.
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ACT New Zealand
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Dunedin — The Dunedin City Council has come under fire for its $92.4 million development of Smooth Hill landfill—at risk of blowing out to become ‘another white elephant’.
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New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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Invercargill — The Taxpayers’ Union has today slammed the $5.2 million spend on consultants by Invercargill City Council for the Te Unua Museum of Southland, as part of the wider $87 million dollar ‘Project 1225’ development.
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New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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Christchurch — Submissions related to the establishment of a Countdown supermarket on a large piece of land in St Albans, close tomorrow (Weds 16 April).
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RedPR
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Lower Hutt — Lower Hutt Mayor Campbell Barry says securing funding and signing final agreements for the transformational Te Wai Takamori o Te Awa Kairangi project is a once-in-a-generation deal for the city.
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Hutt City Council
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As councils consider their spending and rates decisions for the coming year, and as October’s local authority elections draw closer, business groups are calling for greater transparency on how councillors vote.
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Business NZ
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Christchurch — A joint Christchurch community board meeting has resulted in an outcome worthy of Monty Python.
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RedPR
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Wellington City — The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union can reveal through a Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act request that Wellington City Council flushed $21,702 (exc.
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New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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Queenstown — Queenstown Lakes District Council has adopted a policy that permits all shops in the district to open on Easter Sunday.
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Queenstown Lakes District Council
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Bay of Plenty — Western Bay of Plenty District Council has today voted to leave Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) with one councillor saying it has swung ‘so far left’ that it no longer represented local views.
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New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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Hamilton — A change to how New Zealand’s local government sector is assessed by rating agency S&P Global has had a flow-on impact for Hamilton City Council. Last month, S&P lowered its assessment for New Zealand councils from ‘extremely predictable and supportive’ to ‘very predicatable and well balanced’.
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Hamilton City Council
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Auckland City — Auckland Council says it will not defend precaution and protections in the Unitary Plan despite these being removed by The Gene Technology Bill and increasing risk from GMOs to the public.
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GE Free NZ
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Wellington — Wellington’s failure to put forward a proposal for a City-Regional Deal proves the need for council amalgamation, according to the Wellington Chamber of Commerce.
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Business Central
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Hastings — A report released by the Ombudsman has found Hastings District Council failed to properly maintain its streams and damns prior to Cyclone Gabrielle despite concerns raised during 2016 and 2021 reviews.
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New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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Dunedin — Dunedin City Council argues local water bills doubling ‘inevitable’ over the next 10-years as they seek consultation on a replacement for its Three Waters department.
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New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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Whangarei — Last week the Whangarei District Council reconfirmed its decision to reject the Director-General of Health's (DG) directive to fluoridate the Whangarei water supply with toxic fluoridation chemicals sourced from industrial waste.
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Fluoride Free New Zealand
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Waitaki District Council is defending its new logo following complaints from the public it more closely resembles certain aspects of the human anatomy.
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New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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Wanaka — Stage Five of the Wānaka Lakefront Development Plan and the extension of shared pathway Te Ara Wānaka are now complete, delivering improvements to safety and existing active travel connections on the lakefront by the marina and yacht club.
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Queenstown Lakes District Council
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Allegations of poor behaviour from Dunedin City Council’s Chief Executive, Sandy Graham, have cost ratepayers more than $250,000 in both legal fees and an investigative report that will not be released to the public.
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New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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Whangarei — In a tense meeting today, Whangarei councillors voted seven to six (with one abstainer) to reject the Director-General of Health’s (DGH) directive to start fluoridation.
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Fluoride Free New Zealand
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