Waitaki was one of the six councils to receive a letter from the DIA prior to the submission deadline. Ashburton did not receive the letter from the DIA. Selwyn’s standalone CCO, Selwyn Water Limited, ...

North Canterbury towns Rangiora and Kaiapoi will be given greater protection from flooding thanks to a Government funding ...

South Taranaki currently faces a fast-track application for seabed mining, with more miners awaiting the precedent-setting decision. Wave generation company Ngaru Energy’s chief executive Charles ...

Westland mayor Helen Lash says trying to help needy ratepayers and keeping them better informed will be top priorities for ...

“Sir, let me emphasise that this is not an attempt to militarise our nation, but the other a long term nation building effort aimed at enhancing Solomon Islands, resilience, sovereignty and self ...

Daniel Suidani, the former premier of Malaita Province in the Solomon Islands and China critic, has died in Honiara. Daniel Suidani, the former premier of Malaita Province in the Solomon Islands, has ...

Many Samoans face serious health risks due to poor nutrition, which is partly attributed to the high cost and limited availability of healthy food in the country, a diet analysis report has found. The ...

There are reports, he says, which suggest R360 has offered at least one unnamed All Black a deal worth around $12 million – there’s no confirmation, but Ardie Savea is a likely contender. Roger ...

Dan Gordon is putting the election campaign behind him as he begins his third term as Waimakariri mayor. Mr Gordon was ...

A narrow shared pathway along the waterfront was used by walkers, cyclists and families. There was no barrier between the ...

Labour leader Chris Hipkins says the Commission is overstepping, and Labour’s public services spokesperson Camilla Belich says it was an “absolutely unbelievable decision to weaponise the Public ...

A person has died following a boating incident off Napier today. Police were contacted at 1.40pm today after two people failed to return from a crayfishing trip this morning. Coastguard Hawke’s Bay ...