1+ week, 4+ day ago   (484+ words) New Plymouth District Council and Wai Hononga Water Services Limited are inviting public feedback on draft Significance and Engagement policies that set out how each organisation will consider community views when making important decisions. These policies set out when the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (310+ words) New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel have arrived in Kiribati, for a joint operation with Kiribati Police to safely dispose of hundreds of pieces of Second World War-era unexploded ordnance (UXO). Enabled by New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (759+ words) Kelvin Wright, the current Chief Executive of regional development agency Te Puna Umanga Venture Taranaki, has been announced as the new Chief Executive of New Plymouth District Council. New Plymouth District Mayor Max Brough said the appointment followed a comprehensive…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1166+ words) Taxaphobes. They’re running amok in Parliament. Both the major parties have joined ACT in assuming that the voting public is as phobic about tax as they are. (We aren’t, but more on that later.) A few years ago, a Canadian…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (829+ words) Giles Dexter Political reporter New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says bed levies in Auckland and Queenstown are still on the table, and if other parties want to renege on a deal to even consider a levy, that's up to…...

3+ week, 9+ hour ago   (1278+ words) NZ's largest commercial aircraft manufacturer is restarting production of one of the country’s most successful aircraft exports after a 14-year hiatus, as growing global demand for military and civilian pilot training creates an opportunity for the country to secure a…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (515+ words) Businesses in Blenheim’s town centre remain open and ready to welcome customers while the Market Street Revamp continues Earlier this week, Business Trust Marlborough met with a number of town centre businesses, with the support of Council, for a CBD…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (930+ words) The sleek new GRF-70 takes single seater racing in NZ into a new era. Pic Andy Kruy The new car is based on the FIA Formula Regional Gen 2 T326 Tatuus chassis, as used in the FIA Formula Regional European Championship (FREC),…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (408+ words) A public planting day in Inglewood will take NPDC a step closer to achieving its goal of 10 per cent native plant coverage of our urban areas. This Saturday’s (22 August) planting day on Joe Gibbs Reserve comes a year after a…...