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  •   Home > News >  Subscribe to NZCity's Local Politics articles  Local Politics
    Upper Hutt's Mayor agrees with the Prime Minister calling Wellington's regional councils "lame-o" - for failing to come up with plans to partner with Government
     12 March 2025
    Upper Hutt's Mayor agrees with the Prime Minister calling Wellington's regional councils "lame-o" - for failing to come up with plans to partner with Government
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    Disappointment in regional Wellington councils - from the Infrastructure Minister
    11 Mar 2025: Disappointment in regional Wellington councils - from the Infrastructure Minister... more
    Northland Regional Council has diverted a bus route in Whangarei after issues with rock throwing
    6 Mar 2025: Northland Regional Council has diverted a bus route in Whangarei after issues with rock throwing... more
    Wellington's cycleway and carpark debate is heating up again
    28 Feb 2025: Wellington's cycleway and carpark debate is heating up again... more
    Whangarei's Mayor says it's understandable to feel the impact of a local fatal shooting
    28 Feb 2025: Whangarei's Mayor says it's understandable to feel the impact of a local fatal shooting... more
    The leader of Local Government New Zealand is looking past the country's history of voting against four year terms
    27 Feb 2025: The leader of Local Government New Zealand is looking past the country's history of voting against four year terms... more
    Nelson Airport's given notice to its city council, of a plan to extend the main runway
    25 Feb 2025: Nelson Airport's given notice to its city council, of a plan to extend the main runway... more
    Christchurch's Mayor is praising the city's rebuild - 14 years on since the 2011 earthquake
    22 Feb 2025: Christchurch's Mayor is praising the city's rebuild - 14 years on since the 2011 earthquake... more
    Palmerston North City Council's apologised after accidentally charging some ratepayers twice
    20 Feb 2025: Palmerston North City Council's apologised after accidentally charging some ratepayers twice... more
    Auckland's mayor asking for the chance to finish the job he's started
    19 Feb 2025: Auckland's mayor asking for the chance to finish the job he's started... more

     Most Popular Recent Local Politics News
     28 Jan: Tauranga's Mayor says a community gathering will be held tomorrow - to acknowledge last week's tragic landslide at Mount Maunganui ++++++++++++++
     13 Feb: Hamilton City Council's putting 1.7-million dollars into future zoo expansion +++++++++++++
     08 Feb: Wellington officials are pushing for an investigation into the city's wastewater infrastructure +++++++++++
     05 Feb: Dunedin City Council's slammed what it calls 'false and misleading' claims about natural hazards in South Dunedin ++++++++++
     25 Jan: The Tauranga mayor says the hardest part of the last few days has been witnessing the grieving families of those lost in Thursday's landslide ++++++++++
     18 Feb: Dozens of Canterbury kids spent a night hunkering down in Banks Peninsula - which was cut off by yesterday's torrential rain ++++++++++
     26 Jan: A major overhaul of NZ’s local government is underway – will it really fix what’s broken? ++++++++

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      14 Sep: Sun, 14 Sep 2025: Former real housewives star to run for local politics (Stuff.co.nz)
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      12 Jul: Sat, 12 Jul 2025: 'absolutely disgraceful': porirua mayor slams ray chung's 'attack' on tory whanau (RadioNZ)
      16 Jun: Mon, 16 Jun 2025: Nelson's deputy mayor rohan o'neill-stevens to step down at next election (RadioNZ)
      22 Apr: Tue, 22 Apr 2025: Young south auckland politician quits local politics (Stuff.co.nz)
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