Port of Tauranga bid to fast-track $68.5m expansion rejected
The $68.5m port project could create 368 jobs during construction and more than 81 after.
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Auckland Council weighing up options over a century-old pōhutukawa
Auckland Council is considering what can be done to secure the safety of a tree.
Pōhutukawa tree at risk after Auckland Council mistake
A century-old pōhutukawa at risk after council left it off its protected tree schedule.
National's solution to housing shortage woes
National proposes requiring councils to zone more land for housing immediately.
Telco giant given greenlight to build Whangārei satellite station
Nine satellite antennas to go atop a hill just south of Whangārei.
Claims highly toxic waste buried at Tiwai Pt smelter
Former staff say the waste, that contains cyanide, has been buried in unmapped sites.
Protracted legal stoush between landowners and lines company
Case remitted to the Environment Court to finalise easements sought by Top Energy.
What do Northland councils think about repeal of RMA?
The Government is replacing the RMA with three new Acts this parliamentary term.
1000 homes by the sea: Independent commissioners' decision pending on major project
All submitters have now been heard proposal to build 1000 homes and a business area.
Smelter stockpiles 100,000 tonnes of hazardous waste near beach
The smelter company will not reveal its plans for the hazardous waste.
Two years, two environmental disasters for Contact
A routine spraying operation to control pests goes wrong, killing 1.1ha of vegetation.
Liam Dann: 'Jaw-dropping' new data highlights housing challenge
Housing costs were rising before the pandemic property boom and new forecasts aren't good.
Liam Dann: RMA rewrite looks like a special kind of hell
Everyone cheered the RMA's demise but will new laws be at the mercy of political conflict?
Government scrapping RMA to tackle the housing crisis
David Parker says there is no silver bullet to addressing the housing crisis.
Good riddance to RMA but 'devil in detail' of replacement - business groups
Business groups don't like the RMA but say its replacement process shouldn't be rushed.
Tackling the housing crisis: Govt confirms it's scrapping outdated RMA
RMA to be replaced by three acts focused on environment, development and climate impacts.
Fonterra discharging nitrogen-heavy water on to 'ghost farms'
Cows have been cleared from 16 Fonterra farms to dispose of polluted wastewater.
Trouble in paradise: David and Goliath battle over 1000 new homes
Kaipara District Council recommends approving the plan despite local opposition.
Wellington Water dodges prosecution over wastewater overflow
Investigation concludes into 6-million-litre wastewater overflow into the harbour.
Ngai Tahu takes court action over South Island lakes and rivers
The papers were served on the Crown shortly after the Cabinet was announced.
Ignoring alarms led to massive overflow, court hears
Waikato River ran brown for two days after Contact's geothermal water and sediment spill.
Developer fined $74k for over-charging at Scott Point 'affordable' homes
Last year, a director said he believed 'affordable' only applied to the house itself.
What business wants from the next government - and what it expects
Resigned to a center- left Government, business groups still hope to influence policy.
Michael Cullen: Resource Management Act gone by Christmas? Yeah, right
Certainty is always hard to find. Today - thanks to Trump and Covid-19 - it's impossible.
'Nation of renters': National unveils housing policy, would scrap RMA
The National Party has released its plan to fix the housing crisis.
Labour vows to dump RMA and make it easier for first-home buyers to get on ladder
Both major parties have promised to repeal and replace the RMA during the next term.
Meet the candidates: Dr Shane Reti
Shane Reti wants to see an unbiased report on Ports of Auckland move to Northport.
Meet the candidates: Matt King, National - Northland
Get rid of RMA to make housing cheaper in Northland, National's Northland candidate says.
Meet the candidates: Mark Cameron
Act Party Northland candidate Mark Cameron to get tough on gangs in fight against meth.
Watch: 'East side eyesores' - the derelict properties of eastern Christchurch
Residents complained of squatters, rubbish, vermin, and, in some cases, faeces.
'States of nakedness': Vineyard owner's suitability to hold liquor licence in question
Shock claims of drunk Waiheke wine-lovers pulling "brown eyes" in "states of nakedness".
NRC and DoC looking into illegal concreting in Whangārei stream
Illegal concreting of waterfall's edge in Poroti is affecting the safe passage of eels.
Revealed: Identity of farmer charged with alleged $16m tax fraud
Name suppression lapses for farmer on tax charges, police freeze $11m assets.
Pattrick Smellie: Changing times and policy use-by dates
From RMA reform to think big energy projects