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Te Papa has been recognised in the TripAdvisor 2025 Travellers’ Choice Awards, cementing its position as a world-class cultural destination. Te Papa is awarded the following accolades: #1 ...
Hamilton City and Waikato District Councils are the first in the country to have a joint plan for the future of their communities’ water services formally approved. The plan has been given the ...
A long and fraught journey to upgrade Featherston’s wastewater treatment plant has reached a significant milestone, with a 10-year consent application now resting in the hands of commissioners.
Wellington City Council Chief Executive Matt Prosser has today responded to a number of Code of Conduct complaints against City Councillor Ray Chung – relating to his circulation of an email ...
Wellington Water this morning reported a wastewater leak outside 1A Lyttelton Avenue near the Porirua City Centre pump station. It said a sucker truck was managing any residual leakage. There was ...
Nominations for candidates to stand in the 2025 Wellington City Council local elections have had a strong showing to date – but the clock is ticking down on the deadline for applications being ...
Unlike some of the other mayoral candidates, I applaud the government’s move to put rate capping in place and their attempt to get local councils to stick to their core responsibilities and ...
Report from RNZ by Nick James Cleaning up an old toxic dump site on a Wellington beach has cost nearly a million dollars. In ...
Wellington trains were suspended or delayed this morning due to icy conditions. At 9am, Metlink’s website said Kāpiti line trains weren’t running “due to icy overhead ...
Secrecy surrounds the details of a teacher charged with multiple counts of indecent assault. The person appeared in the Wellington District Court today, but all identifying information is ...
Kate Green , Senior journalist Julia DeLuney has been found guilty of murdering her 79-year-old mother, Helen Gregory ...
Susan Edmunds, Money Correspondent Rents have fallen on an annual basis for the first time since late 2009, property research firm Cotality says. Its latest data points to an update from the ...