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Roading rethink: Residents push council to keep smooth asphalt over chipseal

About 95% of those residents opposed replacing the smooth asphalt with chipseal.

25 Feb 09:02 PM

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Roading rethink: Residents push council to keep smooth asphalt over chipseal

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Roading rethink: Residents push council to keep smooth asphalt over chipseal

NZ Herald comments: The stories open for discussion today

‘Get out’: Winston Peters’ message to all Kiwis in Iran as threat of war heightens

Eight taken to hospital after serious crash in rural Hawke's Bay

Taupō river float turns rescue as seven pulled from water

'Like bringing back jazzercise and legwarmers': Banking sector pans call for 1000 more branches, ATMs

Labour MPs dust off gumboots for annual Federated Farmers meeting

Disgraced GP turned tutor trespassed from top college amid bullying, harassment claims

Lyall Bay residents fear neglected Queen's Drive property is a danger to passersby

Govt hails falling social housing demand – but officials say data's unreliable

Cha-ching! Big Lotto win for Gisborne

Govt deciding whether US should get access to New Zealanders' biometric data

Man dies next to motorbike at rural Auckland shared driveway, police probe death

Single male Oriental fruit fly discovered in Papatoetoe in Auckland

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Profit pain, pipeline gain: $3.2b landlord sticks with big build ambitions

Meet Tayla Clement, the Auckland 'girl who can't smile'

Gregor Paul: The high-stakes risks for NZ Rugby as CEO search drags on

Roading rethink: Residents push council to keep smooth asphalt over chipseal

Police called to murder mystery train ride for real-life intervention

Hawke’s Bay short film aims to make region a film powerhouse

Move targets late-night booze sale loophole

Fonterra's Peter McBride named top chairperson for second time

‘Extraordinary impact’: A2 Milk CFO wins top Deloitte finance award

Fisher and Paykel Healthcare wins Deloitte Top 200 Best growth award

Tower’s digital revamp drives most improved Deloitte award win

Profit pain, pipeline gain: $3.2b landlord sticks with big build ambitions

Lyall Bay residents fear neglected Queen's Drive property is a danger to passersby

Hawke’s Bay short film aims to make region a film powerhouse

Move targets late-night booze sale loophole

Gregor Paul: The high-stakes risks for NZ Rugby as CEO search drags on

Single-digit temperatures incoming as 'sharp cold front' brings autumn chill

Award-winning Jesus Christ Superstar production heads to New Zealand

Profit pain, pipeline gain: $3.2b landlord sticks with big build ambitions

Meet Tayla Clement, the Auckland 'girl who can't smile'

Disgraced GP turned tutor trespassed from top college amid bullying, harassment claims

Man dies next to motorbike at rural Auckland shared driveway, police probe death

'90% of success is just about turning up': Northland college turns a corner

Taupō river float turns rescue as seven pulled from water

Roading rethink: Residents push council to keep smooth asphalt over chipseal

Roading rethink: Residents push council to keep smooth asphalt over chipseal

Eight taken to hospital after serious crash in rural Hawke's Bay

Homelessness: Police move-on orders 'invisibilising the problem'

'You need to get home now': Kiwi in Mexico caught up in latest cartel violence

Beatings, whippings and food deprivation: Guardian admits manslaughter of boy after years of abuse

Ponsonby ‘worst house on best street’ do-up fetches $3.5m more at auction than 2024 sale

Flipping king's real estate agency liquidated over IRD tax debt

‘Intolerable risk to life’: Crown manager kept on to oversee $70m Wairoa flood works

Jonathan Ayling: Andrew's arrest shows rule of law still strong - but there are weak points

Morning quiz: The Battle of the Somme took place in what country?

Single-digit temperatures incoming as 'sharp cold front' brings autumn chill

'Happy, hungry boy': Damian McKenzie and Georgia O'Sullivan reveal new baby's name

Police fire shot as Dunedin manhunt for 'high-risk offender' ends in bush

'You have no idea what's coming': Man drove 'mobile molotov cocktail' into partner's house

Zespri expects global sales to double or triple in a decade – CEO

Kiwi in Perth charged over alleged extremist material, expert warns of radicalisation risk

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