The council received 422 submissions on its Long Term Plan. Cocurullo said all were considered and resulted in several changes. He urged anyone having financial difficulty paying their rates to get in touch. “While...

Now, a group calling itself the Kororāreka Historic Building Charitable Trust wants to lease the old Custom House and get cracking with repairs before it’s too late. Chairman John Maxwell said the group’s goal...

The war exhibition has been enhanced and expanded and the Hikurangi Swamp scheme display and flood history has been given a new focus. Volunteer Yvette Le Clerc mans the general store in the Jack...

Also, Fisheries NZ sought feedback on two proposed measures to help address kina barrens and rebalance local ecosystems. The proposals included a new special permit for targeted culling, harvesting or translocation of kina and...

“No one wants a ticket, so giving people the opportunity to check their speed and slow down through high-risk crash areas is better than issuing a ticket and relying on them to remember to...

St John is replacing an ageing Mercedes ambulance in the Hokianga with a VW first response unit like the one pictured. Photo: Supplied/Hato Hone St John Ambulance Residents in the Hokianga fear replacing one...

“Those who have had someone in their household who is pregnant knows it’s pretty hard to stand between them and what they want,” he chuckles. Louis knows all too well and says even though...

The parents had previously lost a son and the Crown alleges B was so overcome with grief that they left a suicide note wanting to take the family so they could all be together...

Roddy Hapati Pihema, the chair of the Taumatamākuku Community Residents Representative Committee, said the attack on the camera was disappointing. “I wasn’t angry because we knew we’d have some pushback. It was more disappointment...

However, St John disputes the claims and says the petition circulating “contains various inaccuracies”. The Volkswagen first-response vehicles have the same clinical tools as standard ambulances, and are designed to handle rural conditions, St...