New ZealandPost your vote today, urge candidatesPlease vote TODAY. Today is the last day to post voting papers to be sure they meet the Saturday deadline for the local body elections.04 Oct 04:00 PM
OpinionSoper: Shout out to the young, go and voteIt seems there's little motivation, especially for the young, to have their say on who should run our towns and cities.04 Oct 05:30 AM
OpinionBryce EdwardsPolitical Roundup: Who's to blame for a record low voter turnout?Local government appears to be headed towards an existential crisis - a situation in which few of us care enough about the existence 04 Oct 02:24 AM
New ZealandRenewed calls for online votingLatest figures show just 19.88 per cent of votes have been returned in Auckland, with some areas as low as 16.3 per cent.03 Oct 04:00 PM
New Zealand#WillSheVote? Candidates pitch to lifelong non-voter#WillSheVote? Lifelong Local Body election non-voter Hinekia Fitzgerald hears from candidates on her journey to the polls.03 Oct 07:53 AM
New ZealandCalls for review after low voter turnoutLow voter turnout in Auckland is spurring a call for a major review of local body elections.02 Oct 08:25 PM
New Zealand#WillSheVote? part 3The Auckland Mayoral candidates address Hinekia directly to canvas for her vote in the current local body electionWatch02 Oct 04:00 PM
New ZealandLast dash in race to be mayorPhil Goff attended a church service for cats and dogs in central Auckland yesterday. Vic Crone kept out of the rain, criss-crossing the city's malls.02 Oct 04:00 PM
New ZealandGoff's election day starts on the farmPhil Goff's alarm clock will ring at 6am today. He will get up, put on gumboots and feed out baleage to the steers at his 8ha farmlet in Clevedon.30 Sep 04:00 PM
New ZealandLen Brown: The man who died twiceLen Brown was the Super City's first mayor. However, it's arguable how he will be most remembered.30 Sep 04:00 PM
New Zealand#WillSheVote? Experts share voting tipsHinekia Fitzgerald has never voted in a Local Body election. Can two elections experts convince her why her vote matters?30 Sep 12:58 AM
New ZealandWatch: Will she vote? Part 2Part two of the #WillSheVote series. Hinekia speaks to two Massey Uni local government experts.Watch29 Sep 10:25 PM
New ZealandCouncil services affect you every dayFrom the moment you jump into the shower in the morning until you stagger back home later that night after a few post-work beers29 Sep 07:59 AM
OpinionBryce EdwardsPolitical Roundup: 20 unconventional election candidatesElections benefit from colourful, quirky, and dissident candidates - even distasteful ones. So who are New Zealand local government's current crop of outsiders?29 Sep 01:51 AM
New ZealandBattle for your vote: What they'd offerWe asked seven Auckland mayoral candidates how they would help some of our communities and their issues. Here are their responses.28 Sep 11:16 PM
New Zealand#WillSheVote? Follow non-voter to pollsHinekia Fitzgerald has never voted in a local body election. Will this election be different?28 Sep 08:36 AM
New ZealandWatch: Social media spurs Chloe Swarbrick's successIf the race for Auckland's mayor was won on social media, Chloe Swarbrick would leave everyone else in her digital dust.28 Sep 03:39 AM
New ZealandYoung battling to engage with electionsWhy are young people so alienated from politics? People aged 18-24 are the least likely age-group to vote in the upcoming local body elections.27 Sep 04:00 PM
OpinionGreg McKeown: Put council back in controlCOMMENT: Auckland needs a new direction set by the elected representatives not the bureaucracy.26 Sep 04:00 PM
New ZealandCommunities have their sayWe went to various communities to ask them what they want from a new mayor - here is what they said.25 Sep 04:00 PM
New ZealandWhen I become mayor ... yeah rightPolls say Phil Goff will be Auckland mayor. So how do the other contenders keep going ?23 Sep 05:00 PM
New ZealandFront row campaign under fireA joint campaign has come under fire from their opponents claiming it puts their independence in question.23 Sep 03:37 AM
New ZealandDisabled isolated by lack of representationLosing a leg to cancer as an 11-year-old wasn't enough to put Katrina Bungard off from standing up for others. The Howick Local Board 22 Sep 11:06 PM
New ZealandTackling poverty priority for WhanganuiGrowing Whanganui's population is a key issue for this year's local body elections.22 Sep 05:00 PM
New ZealandTransport a key issue for WellingtonWellingtonians need a mayor who can listen, fairly balance issues, and have a bit of a laugh.22 Sep 05:00 PM
New ZealandGood start to voting in electionsAfter three days of counting in the postal ballot, 5.8 per cent of the city's 1,031,667 registered voters have voted.22 Sep 04:22 AM
New ZealandWhy Dalziel and Minto could be matesLianne Dalziel and John Minto went head to head in the first mayoral debate on CTV, but it became clear during the debate that they could be great pals.22 Sep 03:40 AM
New ZealandFormer city councillor returning for a causeA former city councillor during the Sir Hamish Hay era is making a bid to return to local politics. Gabrielle Stuart reports.22 Sep 03:35 AM
New Zealand'Game' helps voters pick their mayorAn online tool has been launched to help voters match their values and concerns to candidates in three mayoral elections.22 Sep 02:20 AM
New ZealandElections: Water drowns out other issuesA Hastings election that otherwise might have been fought over dull big-picture issues has been blindsided by another big topic: water quality.21 Sep 09:04 PM
New ZealandElections: Big topics in tourist townHomelessness, unemployment and infrastructure are key challenges facing one of the North Island's tourist hot spots, Rotorua.21 Sep 09:03 PM
New ZealandElections: Growing region calls for foresightWhether to accommodate out-of-towners or for residents struggling to find a house to put over their heads, the need for houses is strong in Taupo.21 Sep 08:45 PM
