Kāpiti Coast District Council is reminding people to be courteous and think of others, rather than risk increased carparking fines due to come into effect on 1 October. Council environmental ...

Tax Justice Aotearoa welcomes the findings of new research by Victoria University’s Max Rashbrooke, which demonstrates that high earners in New Zealand are lightly taxed compared with those from ...

A significant drop in government funding has put local road safety initiatives “at risk” and forced drastic cost-saving measures at the Wairarapa Road Safety Council. “To say we were blind-sided would ...

Wellington.Scoop Search and rescue teams are working around Upper Hutt this morning, looking for a man missing since the ...

Report from RNZ An agreement to restore the Oriental Bay Band Rotunda has been terminated and the Wellington City Council ...

Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey insists the hiring freeze at Health New Zealand/Te Whatu Ora should not be affecting mental health services, and has vowed to step in personally where that is ...

Electricity was cut in parts of Kelburn, including Victoria University, just before midday today. Wellington Electricity says the streets without power are Fairlie Terrace, Kelburn Kelburn ...

Local government plays an outsized role in the life of Wellington students, but their involvement in its processes doesn’t ...

Report from RNZ There are calls for roading officials to hit the brakes on a proposal to make motorists pay a toll when they ...

Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau has acknowledged the economic challenges facing residents in the capital, saying she’s “feeling the crunch” too and recently sold her car to help pay the bills. The ...

A case to establish a rural ward in South Wairarapa will be put forward at a representation review hearing on Thursday. Among the submitters who are to present to the council’s Strategy Working ...

Report from RNZ An admission charge for overseas visitors to Te Papa in Wellington was introduced today. Te Papa staff are ...