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The Waimakariri and Timaru District Councils are going ahead with legal action on Three Waters ownership, despite the government introducing a 10...
Stuff
ANALYSIS: The report into the fatal Auckland Anniversary floods was damning, but not all parts of the council was unprepared.
Stuff
“Canyons of high rises” will create wind tunnels to “blow old people and pushchairs out of the city”, those fighting to preserve suburban character claim.
The immediate response to the Auckland floods raises big questions about disaster preparedness in the country's biggest city.
ZB
A councillor is looking to reassure those who suffered during Auckland's January flooding. A report into the flood response has made 17 recommendations inc
RNZ
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and Local Government Minister Kieran McAnulty are to announce their updated strategy for improving the management of drinking, waste and stormwater.
An excoriating report on the flood response laments a lack of visible leadership. The mayor? Still invisible.
Stuff
Sixteen lamps fell before Wellington council management were alerted about the dodgy lamps ... via the media.
Māori Television
An "imminent re-branding" of the controversial Three Waters policy is on the cards, with the Prime Minister saying the government needs to focus on...
RNZ
Wellington City Council has revealed 17,000 LED street lamps installed in 2018 across the city have the faulty adaptors which are prone to snapping.
Māori Television
Kua whakatū tētahi kaupapa kāinga a te iwi i ngā kāinga e rima ki Tūrangi, ko ngā kāinga rēti tuatahi āna e ngāwari nei ki te pūkoro, mō te tūpono ka...
Newsroom
Behind-the-scenes legal wrangling looks to have led to the unseating of West Coast council chair Allan Birchfield.
RNZ
One council plan says transport emissions must come down by 50 percent. Other council plans make those cuts impossible.
RNZ
There's plenty of blame to share around - including for ourselves, the public.
A silent prayer for all of the Hydro-Flask-Frank-Green-toting city dwellers in Pōneke.
Stuff
OPINION: Wellington's newest gambling game is LED lamp roulette. The chances of one of these hitting you on the head are extremely low. But they are not zero.
Those affected are asking the industry to make banking more accessible.
RNZ
Northland's worst-hit Cyclone Gabrielle district is deferring more than $10 million of planned work rather than almost doubling its rates to pay for major Cyclone Gabrielle damage.
The $68 million spent would be spread over more than two decades and eventually boost scheme capacity by almost 70 per cent to 5000 connections.
thebigidea.nz
This year's Wānaka Festival of Colour proved the importance of reconnection for the Upper Clutha region - but there’s still a battle ahead for arts to stake its claim.
RNZ
Greater Wellington Regional Council wants to increase rates by nearly 18 percent.
Stuff
A council report says it is not possible to resolve all aspects of flood risk in the city, particularly in older areas, and residents will just have to accept it.
After surviving the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, the Christchurch Earthquake and Cyclone Gabrielle, Neela is raising up other survivors through kai.
RNZ
A leading Māori architect says New Zealand towns and cities are suffering from a crisis of identity.
Newsroom
Mike Lee proposes a way out of Auckland's light rail mess in part two in a series on the beleaguered project.
Inside Government NZ
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Newsroom
Because pro-social behaviour emerges so often after disaster, community empowerment should be central to disaster mitigation and recovery, writes Dr Steve Matthewman
www.engineeringnz.org
Engineers have played an important role designing and building New Zealand’s towns, roads, bridges and railways since colonial times. This year, Dunedin's Farra Engineering turns 160 and its history spans the gold rush, two World Wars, the Depression and two global pandemics. Other firms celebrating big birthdays in 2023 include Beca (103), Fulton Hogan (90) and Fraser Engineering (70).
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