Summary: Morris ran for mayor of Auckland on an animal justice platform in 2022
"Online abuse and verbal insults remain routine for the first former refugee to be elected to local government in New Zealand, but he will not flinch to racism. Orphee Mickalad, …
National MP Maureen Pugh has been struck by lightning three times, she's revealed - once so powerfully it cooked her flesh and another time leaving her like "a vegetable" for …
Voting record from original 2021 decision to introduce Māori ward: "Last week's vote to introduce Māori wards was split 11-5. In favour were mayor Grant Smith, Aleisha Rutherford, Brent Barrett, …
"Palmerston North's newest city councillor was inspired to enter politics by the man he replaces. Orphee Mickalad was a student in Tangi Utikere's history class at Freyberg High School. It …
Includes profiles of Dave Popplewell (New Conservatives) and William Wood (National)
"New Conservative candidate David Poppelwell was firm. Legalising cannabis and euthanasia would be the wrong call and lead down a “slippery slope”, and the daily updates on Covid-19 during ”prime-time …
The social media page of New Conservative candidate Rudi du Plooy erupted last night with claims his sign had been vandalised before social media users pointed out it was an …
"The National Party's teenage Palmerston North candidate William Wood has apologised after appearing to impersonate Adolf Hitler in an image resurfaced online. "The photo was taken when I was 14," …
King said he was hugely disappointed but the work had to go on. “We are in the position now, given the stage of the project, where pressing on is pretty …
"We're not talking, you know, hundreds of millions of dollars in a number of these projects, particularly Motueka, you're talking less than 10 [million]. And it's just massively frustrating not …
Tom Murphy told the politicians they had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create a world-class facility. He urged them to look beyond just building a new pool and to create an …
"National's 17-year-old candidate for Palmerston North, William Wood, has removed a public photograph on his Facebook page showing a friend making a hand gesture adopted by white supremacists. The photograph …
A Christchurch City Councillor says he feels vindicated after what he called "scurrilous allegations" against him were dropped in the Christchurch District Court today.
A youth group supporting those who complained about Cr Deon Swiggs' behaviour say they "utterly condemn" his release of messages.
"Even focusing on the core services only will be immensely challenging," he said. "There's some things you do control and a whole lot of things that you don't including Government …
Junior doctors at Hawke's Bay Hospital say they are striking for workers' rights, not pay. "The core issues behind the strike are rostering and the ability for our unions to …
A National Party candidate has spoken about a campaign of harassment by rogue MP Jami-Lee Ross which became so severe she sought medical help and intervention by the party hierarchy.
The leader of New Zealand's main opposition party has been secretly recorded calling one of his own party's MPs "****ing useless". National Party leader Simon Bridges said Margaret Pugh had …