Stuart Crosby got in, but others who spent thousands failed to win.
Simon Watts is asking for urgent advice, as the SPCA calls for an overhaul of dog control laws.
Resource Management Minister Chris Bishop is set to announce a backdown on Auckland housing intensification legislation.
'We can do housing better elsewhere,' Tauranga Mayor Mahé Drysdale says.
Wairoa Mayor Craig Little says a groyne is needed to avoid flooding and is a 'no brainer'.
The Labour MP’s dream pub quiz pick? ‘Nicola Willis – a little bit mean girl, every quiz team needs one.’
Elliot Weir and Meihana Pōtiki-Grayling enjoy a moment in the sun during last year’s Dunedin Pride opening picnic. File photo: Linda Robertson Dunedin will sparkle this March with a Pride …
The RMA Reform Minister has been facing heat from Aucklanders and their MPs over perceptions the supercity will be overrun with two million homes. He’s cutting the minimum housing capacity …
Labour and Chris Hipkins maintain their advantage, National stalls, and NZ First continues to rise in the latest The Post/Freshwater Strategy poll.
The RMA Reform Minister has been facing heat from Aucklanders and their MPs over perceptions the supercity will be overrun with 2 million new homes.
“We’re talking every road in and out of Halswell,” councillor Andrei Moore says, as one affected business owner says customers have already bid her farewell for two months.
Steve Gibson says initial report into his conduct “lacked natural justice”
ANALYSIS: The cost-of-living crunch is back, wrong direction is up and the underlying trajectory points to a structurally weaker National Party struggling to boost its vote.
Associate Justice Minister Nicole McKee is cutting red tape and says it will soon be easier for clubs to host events and sell alcohol to guests.
Gerry Brownlee ruled the NZ First leader's personalised question was unacceptable.
Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith. Photo: RNZ The government has scrapped plans for a referendum on a four-year Parliamentary term.
The 'boring' change aims to get govt departments to spend more on infrastructure.
Hastings Mayor Wendy Schollum says she didn't have time to ring Steve Gibson and tell him.
The mayor wants big calls on tolls made with Auckland, not in Wellington.
Transport Minister Chris Bishop says he agrees with a major report that congestion charging on existing routes be prioritised before funding is committed.