Whoever gets the top job at our southernmost city council has a reputation to restore, a budget to balance and some big decisions to make.
In the shifting sands of local politics, the longevity of The People’s Choice in Christchurch is an outlier. Around Ōtautahi, there’s one reliable aspect of election season: dozens of hoardings around the city emblazoned with the logo of The People’s Choice (TPC).
Former Christchurch city councillor Mike Davidson will join the Green Party in Parliament as an MP following the resignation of Benjamin Doyle. But Davidson is also standing for a community board position - and does not want to trigger a by-election.
Mike Davidson, a former city councillor currently running for a community board position, is next in line for the Green Party following the resignation of Benjamin Doyle.
A celebrated Taranaki artist has accused the Waitara Community Board of erasing the town’s history following a decision to paint over a mural created in the wake of one of its more tragic episodes.
A community board heard impassioned pleas in front of a packed public gallery.
Funded by the local community board, the new initiative aims to make dog ownership easier and safer for all Featherston residents.
Waikanae Community Board member Tonchi Begovich said in an email to colleagues that 72 hours in the Middle East war zone for Bruce Edgar, who opposes a development in the Kāpiti town, would “dilute his ‘first world’ issues right in the forehead”.
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