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Residents Return To Flood-hit Auckland Neighbourhoods

Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 4:13 pm | Torika Tokalau - Local Democracy Reporter

South Auckland's flood-damaged neighbourhoods are coming back to life as residents finally return to their homes. But there are still a lot more people in dire need for support, more than a year on after the Auckland Anniversary floods. Auckland ... More >>

Whakatāne Residents Don’t Know Where To Go In Tsunami Alert

Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 4:11 pm | Diane McCarthy - Local Democracy Reporter

Submissions to Whakatāne District Council’s Long-term Plan have left councillors worried that people don’t know where to go during a tsunami alert. More >>

Porirua Rose Garden To Get Modern Upgrade

Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 4:03 pm | Porirua City Council

Plans include a new entry from Papakōwhai Rd, new toilets, redeveloping the southern lawn, gardens, picnic area, modern planting, a formalised events space and new exercise equipment on the splash pad lawn. More >>

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Mayor Moves Forward With Auckland Future Fund

Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 4:02 pm | Office of the Mayor of Auckland

At the Budget Committee workshop, Mayor Wayne Brown unveiled a revised mayoral proposal for the Long-term Plan (10-year Budget) 2024-34. This includes a reimagined bid to establish an Auckland Future Fund, initially capitalised using the council’s shares ... More >>

Missing Woman Found, Hamilton

Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 4:00 pm | New Zealand Police

The woman initially reported missing in the Glenview area has been located and is safe. More >>

52 Organisations Back Call For Ministers To Reverse Disability Funding Cuts

Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 3:01 pm | Disabled Persons Assembly

The letter is signed by 52 organisations representing disabled people, families, whānau and carers, as well as disability support providers, faith-based organisations, and welfare advocacy groups. More >>

Incident In Addington, Christchurch

Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 2:45 pm | New Zealand Police

Two people from that address are assisting Police with our enquiries to locate the person of interest who is no longer believed to be in the area. More >>

Northern Rescue Helicopter To Upgrade Fleet

Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 2:39 pm | Northland Emergency Services Trust

The helicopters will be delivered over the next nine months and will operate critical air ambulance missions from Northern Rescue’s bases across the greater Auckland and Northland regions. More >>

Three Arrests Made, Firearm Seized, Rotorua

Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 2:26 pm | New Zealand Police

Three people have been taken into custody and a firearm seized following two recent incidents in Rotorua. More >>

Statement On Passport Processing Times

Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 1:58 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs

DIA expected and planned for the system upgrade to temporarily affect productivity and passport timeframes, but the effect was sharper and more prolonged than expected. This prompted the establishment of a dedicated team to identify and resolve any issues ... More >>

"Warrant To Arrest: Have You Seen Tegin Church?

Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 1:34 pm | New Zealand Police

Wellington Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating Tegin Church, who is wanted for breaching bail conditions. Tegin has an active warrant to arrest and was last seen in the Porirua area. Warrant to Arrest - Tegin Church (Photo supplied) ... More >>

Update On Fatal Fire In Hillpark

Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 1:14 pm | New Zealand Police

A scene examination is continuing this afternoon following a fire in Hillpark yesterday morning where two people died. More >>

Horowhenua Reaping The Benefits Of Leak Detecting Water Meters

Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 1:10 pm | Horowhenua District Council

The new meters can pick up leaks within 14 days, much faster than analogue meters which could take up to nine months. In the past two months, the meters have picked up 65 properties with private side leaks. More >>

Students Show Support For Palestine During VUW Graduations This Week

Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 12:48 pm | Wellington Students for Justice in Palestine - SJP

Graduation week falls over the 76th anniversary of the Nakba (“the Catastrophe”) when hundreds of thousands Palestinians were ethnically cleansed and forcibly removed from their lands to make way for the establishment of the state of Israel. More >>

The Dark Secret Of Hanmer Springs’ Conical Hill Reserve

Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 12:37 pm | Hurunui District Council

Hurunui Council’s draft Reserves Management Plan, which is out for public consultation, describes the trees on Conical Hill Reserve- Te Tihi o Rauhea as “some of the New Zealand’s oldest exotic forests”. More >>

Two Years, $2.2m, & No ‘Conversion Therapy’ Complaints

Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 12:17 pm | Family First New Zealand

The $2.2m taxpayer-funded complaints centre set up by the Human Rights Commission for receiving complaints about ‘conversion therapy’ has struggled to obtain any formal complaints about the use of ‘conversion therapy’ in the two years since ... More >>

Taranaki Regional Council’s 2024/34 Long-Term Plan Adopted

Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 12:07 pm | Taranaki Regional Council

The Plan includes an overall rates increase of 16.3% for 2024/2025. While in percentage terms this is higher than previous years, for most Taranaki ratepayers the financial impact will be measured in tens of dollars over the course of a year. More >>

Police To Establish New National Gang Unit And Frontline Teams To Increase Pressure On Gangs

Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 12:00 pm | New Zealand Police

Police Commissioner Andrew Coster has today revealed plans to establish both national and frontline gang-focused units to combat offending and intimidation by gangs. More >>

Wellington City Council Confirms Shift To New Jervois Quay HQ

Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 11:48 am | Wellington City Council

Wellington City Council today announced it has signed an agreement to enter into a 25-year lease to occupy 68 Jervois Quay, the former Datacom building on the corner of Jervois Quay and Harris Street. More >>

350 Submissions Received On Long Term Plan - Marlborough District Council

Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 11:33 am | Marlborough District Council

Public submissions to Marlborough District Council’s Long Term Plan 2024-2034 closed at 5pm yesterday. Three hundred and fifty were received, 327 via the online portal and 23 as hard copies. More >>

Rangiora Volunteer Fire Brigade Celebrates 150 Years Serving The Rangiora Community

Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 11:24 am | Fire and Emergency NZ

Rangiora Volunteer Fire Brigade is celebrating one-and-a-half centuries of serving its community at an event taking place at the station next month. More >>

Stats NZ: International Travel: March 2024

Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 11:15 am | Stats NZ

International travel covers the number and characteristics of overseas visitors and New Zealand resident travellers (short-term movements) entering or leaving New Zealand. Annual arrivals Overseas visitor arrivals were 3.18 million in the March ... More >>

Nominations Open For Hamilton City Council’s Kirikiriroa Maaori Ward By-election

Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 10:32 am | Hamilton City Council

Nominations close midday Tuesday 11 June 2024. More >>

Police Acknowledge IPCA Report Into Use Of Force, Palmerston North

Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 10:29 am | New Zealand Police

Police acknowledge the report by the Independent Police Conduct Authority that found Police were justified in their use of force to prevent a man from escaping from Police, in Palmerston North on 4 May 2023. The high-risk offender was the number one priority ... More >>

Use Of Force On Man In Palmerston North Justified

Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 10:28 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority

On 4 April 2023, Mr X was released on electronic monitoring bail from Manawatu Prison. Two days later, on 6 April 2023, Mr X cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet and absconded from his bail address in Bulls. That same day a warrant to arrest Mr ... More >>

Applications Open For Waikato Regional Council’s 2024 Small Scale Community Initiatives Fund

Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 9:05 am | Waikato Regional Council

Volunteer community groups and landowners in the Waikato region are invited to apply to a fund that supports pest animal and pest plant control. More >>

Watercare Doubles Down On Flood Recovery Efforts Around Western Dams

Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 9:02 am | Watercare Services

Watercare asset upgrades and renewals manager Suzanne Lucas says they’ve increased the number of crews working in the western dam catchments from two to five to enable them to deliver more projects while the weather is favourable. More >>

Carterton Councillor Submits To Long-term Plan, May Be Excluded From Decisions

Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 8:56 am | Emily Ireland - Local Democracy Reporter

An elected member who made a submission to her council’s Long-Term Plan [LTP] could be excluded from making decisions on it. More >>

Freshwater Farm Plans On Hold

Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 8:47 am | Marlborough District Council

Freshwater Farm Plan start dates are on hold while the Government investigates the system further. More >>

National FVSV Workforce Survey Launched Addressing Knowledge Gap About Māori Kaimahi & Kaupapa Māori Services

Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 8:36 am | Te Pukotahitanga

A new significant tangata whenua national survey has been launched online seeking to canvass anonymously thousands of workers in the family and sexual violence sector to address the huge knowledge gap that currently exists. More >>

Have You Seen Cassandra?

Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 8:31 am | New Zealand Police

Police are appealing for any sightings of Cassandra, reported missing in Glenview, Hamilton. More >>

Winter Cold Brings Open Fire Season To All Hawke’s Bay - People Urged To Be Fire Safe At Home

Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 8:16 am | Fire and Emergency NZ

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is revoking the restricted fire season for Tararua East and Hawke’s Bay Coast as of 12pm Tuesday 14 May, until further notice. More >>

Wairoa Star Closure Signals Demand For Digital Inclusion Initiatives

Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 8:12 am | Tatau Tatau o Te Wairoa

The vulnerability of Wairoa's telecommunications network and digital infrastructure was starkly revealed during Cyclone Gabrielle More >>

Rapid Population Growth Causes Council Ward Rethink

Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 8:05 am | David Hill - Local Democracy Reporter

Environment Canterbury reviews ward structure to address a population imbalance caused by the rapid growth of Greater Christchurch. More >>

Buyers Of Old Ashburton Library Revealed

Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 7:54 am | Jonathan Leask - Local Democracy Reporter

CBR Properties Limited completed the purchase of the old library site for $1.1 million from the Ashburton District Council on Friday. More >>

20 Business Mentorships Chosen

Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 7:21 am | Thames Coromandel District Council

Twenty businesses in our district have gained access to business mentorships for a year, thanks to a collaboration between our Council, local business associations and Business Mentors New Zealand (BMNZ). More >>

Road Closed – State Highway 1, Mangaweka - Central

Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 6:33 am | New Zealand Police

State Highway 1 is closed north of Mangaweka while emergency services respond to a crash involving a truck and trailer, reported shortly before 2am. No injuries are reported at this time. Diversions are in place, please avoid the area and expect ... More >>

Whakaari/White Island disaster: WorkSafe sought more funding for prosecutions prior to trial

Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 6:05 am | RNZ

WorkSafe alerted officials that it was running out of money to fund its prosecution over the deadly Whakaari/White Island disaster a month before the trial began last year. More >>

Public Meeting To Discuss Martinborough’s Pain Farm

Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 5:30 am | Emily Ireland - Local Democracy Reporter

The 85 hectares of Pain Farm land was bequeathed to the former Martinborough Borough Council by George Pain in 1932 to be used as “a sports ground for the residents of Martinborough and as a playground for the children”. More >>

Govt Now Under Pressure To Raise Financial Threshold For Requiring High Court Paperwork To Release Funds To Loved Ones

Monday, 13 May 2024, 9:09 pm | Kiwilaw

Kiwilaw’s director, Cheryl Simes, is now urging the Government to action yesterday’s recommendation no later than 1 October this year. It requires a short, simple, regulation. More >>

Kiwi Charity Secures Fleet Of Emergency Vehicles For Ukraine

Monday, 13 May 2024, 8:54 pm | Kiwi K.A.R.E.

After nearly two years of service, New Zealand charity Kiwi K.A.R.E (Kiwi Aid & Refugee Evacuation) has expanded its mission to support Ukraine, securing a further 16 decommissioned ambulances from Australia. More >>

Fears Funding Shake-up Will Hurt ‘poorest Of Community’

Monday, 13 May 2024, 8:38 pm | Alka Prasad - Local Democracy Reporter

A proposed funding shake-up for Auckland's local boards has sparked criticism it could drive inequality in communities that already suffer from historic underinvested. However, Auckland Council says the proposed new model is actually fairer in the way ... More >>

Chlorination Needed For Water In Blenheim But No Space For It

Monday, 13 May 2024, 8:29 pm | Maia Hart - Local Democracy Reporter

Blenheim’s water needs to be chlorinated by the end of the year, but finding the land has been an “issue” for the council. More >>

Carterton Councillor Submits To Long-term Plan, May Be Excluded From Decisions

Monday, 13 May 2024, 8:26 pm | Emily Ireland - Local Democracy Reporter

Carterton councillor Grace Ayling wrote in her LTP submission that Carterton District Council was “continuing to spend, borrow, and splurge on projects that are outside of core business” and that it needed to focus its spend on core business. More >>

Arrest Made In 2019 Homicide Of Kathleen Kawana

Monday, 13 May 2024, 8:16 pm | New Zealand Police

Police have arrested a 47 year old Flaxmere man and charged him with murder in relation to the death of Kathleen Kawana. Kathleen disappeared from her Titahi Bay home in June 2019. More >>

Arrests Made As Part Of Police Operation Monitoring Funeral Proceedings

Monday, 13 May 2024, 8:04 pm | New Zealand Police

Police have been monitoring movements and proceedings surrounding the funeral of Hone Kay-Selwyn since Thursday last week. More >>

Road Transport Not Surprised By Extended Brynderwyns Closure

Monday, 13 May 2024, 8:03 pm | National Road Carriers Association

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi’s announcement today that State Highway 1 over the Brynderwyn Hills will remain closed until the end of June is not a surprise following two significant slips late last month says National Road Carriers Association CEO ... More >>

Mayor Brown Announces Plan To Save Public Transport From Cuts

Monday, 13 May 2024, 8:02 pm | Office of the Mayor of Auckland

The mayor’s proposal would see most Aucklanders pay no more than $50 a week in public transport fares and expand Auckland Transport’s Fareshare scheme to give any Auckland-based business with at least five employees the ability to subsidise ... More >>

Police Appealing For Information Following Concerning Vehicle Theft

Monday, 13 May 2024, 7:55 pm | New Zealand Police

Police investigating the concerning theft of a vehicle in Waitara over the weekend are seeking information. The vehicle stolen had a baby inside which was since located and is safe. More >>

Violent Offender Arrested, Hawke’s Bay

Monday, 13 May 2024, 7:54 pm | New Zealand Police

Hawke’s Bay Police received information that the man, a patched member of Black Power, was travelling through the area. At 4.40pm the vehicle was stopped by Police in Eskdale, near the intersection of State Highway 5 and State Highway 2. More >>

Unsurprising Feedback, Valuable Ideas Flood In On Council’s Long-Term Plan

Monday, 13 May 2024, 7:52 pm | Hamilton City Council

Close to 3000 residents and organisations took up the opportunity to share their views between 19 March and 21 April. The themes of submissions received during the consultation were presented to Elected Members in an information session last week. More >>

Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance Invites Minister To Up The Ante And Sign Petition

Monday, 13 May 2024, 4:12 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance

In response to Auckland Transport’s introduction of 24-hour parking charges in the CBD, Transport Minister Simeon Brown has expressed support for the Mayor’s calls for greater accountability. More >>

First Of Long Term Plan Hearings Hosted At A Marae, A First For Regional Council

Monday, 13 May 2024, 4:06 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council

Photo: Suplied A successful day is how Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council's Chair has described the first day of Long Term Plan hearings held at Huria Marae last week. Last Friday was the first time Toi Moana had held Long Term Plan hearings ... More >>