The chief executive of NZ’s biggest water provider says Aucklanders’ charges will triple – unless the new Govt agrees to its bailout plan
Local Government
Posted inPolitics
Verrall plans to be staunch advocate for public servants
Ayesha Verrall grew immensely as a politician in her first term in Parliament. Now she looks to expand from health to another hot button portfolio
Posted inEconomy
NZ cities drop down The Economist ‘cozzie livs’ rankings
If cost of living increases are hurting Auckland and Wellington, they can take some perverse consolation that other global cities are feeling the pain worse
Posted inNewsroom
RMA demise sends councils into tailspin
A Government MP’s advice to Coast councils to taihoa on implementing environmental rules is getting a mixed reaction
Posted inLegal
Relocating pokie parlours ‘illegal’; court asked to staunch the flood
An anti-pokie lobby group says 26 venue relocations over the past decade were unlawful
Posted inAuckland
Up to $30m in council grants to fix flood damaged properties
Ten months on from the January floods, a new grant is rolling out for badly damaged properties that can be feasibly made liveable again
Posted inInfrastructure
Concern Three Waters plans flush public money down the loo
Newsroom has obtained Internal Affairs’ painstakingly modelled 300-page infrastructure spending plan – but Whangārei’s mayor did his own costings.
Posted inLocal Government
Auckland floods: Council gets ready for next time
Submissions on an emergency management law, and steady progress on a list of disaster priorities, see Auckland Council prepare for next time the rains fall
Posted inGovernment
Councils plead for water assets certainty at first Cabinet meeting
Auditor-General and local government concerned about planning challenge of Three Waters repeal
Posted inLocal Government
New dawn for Chch council after mystery and mayhem
Comment: The chief executive is gone but why did Christchurch councillors back her for so long?
Posted inComment
Building a bridge over troubled waters
Repealing water reforms will be politically popular, but a challenge for councils confronting a yawning infrastructure deficit
Posted inLocal Government
Big rises in water charges and council credit downgrades
Global credit rating agency warns of ‘an uncomfortable truth’ – that NZers will pay more for their Three Waters
