http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ Latest Local Government headlines from nzherald.co.nz en-nz Copyright 2010 APN HOLDINGS NZ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:00:16 +1200 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss APN RSS Generator webnews@nzherald.co.nz webmaster@nzherald.co.nz http://www.nzherald.co.nz/images/nz_little_logo.gif http://www.nzherald.co.nz/local-government/news/headlines.cfm?c_id=250 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/local-government/news/article.cfm?c_id=250&objectid=10633211&ref=rss Four Labour candidates will today fight it out for the right to contest the Waitakere electorate seat at the next election. Community advocate Ann Pala, list MP Carmel Sepuloni, university lecturer Hamish McCracken and list MP... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/local-government/news/article.cfm?c_id=250&objectid=10633103&ref=rss Prominent Aucklanders are tossing up whether they should raise a pot of money to back a new woman candidate for the Auckland Super City mayoralty.What's inspired these mainly male businesspeople to consider whether a woman might... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/local-government/news/article.cfm?c_id=250&objectid=10633102&ref=rss Juliet asks Romeo: "What's in a name? That what we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."They find out the hard way that there's a lot in a name.He's a Montague and she's a Capulet and never the twain shall meet.... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/local-government/news/article.cfm?c_id=250&objectid=10633011&ref=rss New Zealand's largest forestry management company, PF Olsen, has been fined $80,000 in the Tauranga District Court for two offences involving the collapse of piles of logging debris into a stream during heavy rain.The successful... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/local-government/news/article.cfm?c_id=250&objectid=10632981&ref=rss A Labour MP says former National prime minister Jenny Shipley is to be put in charge of Canterbury's regional council but Environment Minister Nick Smith says such decisions haven't been made yet.In February a review team recommended... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:05:08 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/local-government/news/article.cfm?c_id=250&objectid=10632945&ref=rss Sometimes you get the feeling Auckland is just a giant dolls house, built for the pleasure of idle Government ministers.Rodney Hide is a regular, having endless fun flushing mayoral dolls down the dunny, and dreaming up Brave... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/local-government/news/article.cfm?c_id=250&objectid=10632943&ref=rss A North Shore community leader says residents are against the Super City bill, in contrast to the views of local MP Jonathan Coleman.Carol Scott, a member of the Birkenhead Residents Association, said she found most people were... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/local-government/news/article.cfm?c_id=250&objectid=10632942&ref=rss The Government's plans for seven council-controlled organisations (CCOs) to run at least 75 per cent of services in the Super City have brought claims and counter-claims about a public lock-out of assets.Critics say decisions... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/local-government/news/article.cfm?c_id=250&objectid=10632846&ref=rss A trespass notice has been issued to a 74-year-old woman who blew a raspberry at North Shore mayor Andrew Williams - banning her for two years from the shopping centre where the incident happened.Shirley Squire blew a raspberry... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:33:02 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/local-government/news/article.cfm?c_id=250&objectid=10632838&ref=rss A sense of vindication for Wanganui mayor Michael Laws after a District Court judge upheld the council's anti gang patch bylaw.The ban on all gang related insignia from the CBD, was passed in September last year.Hells Angels... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:52:39 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/local-government/news/article.cfm?c_id=250&objectid=10632824&ref=rss The Napier City Council has been accused of theft after forcibly taking sandwich board signs off the street.Council workers went through the CBD just before lunchtime today and removed any signs from businesses who had not paid... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:56:19 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/local-government/news/article.cfm?c_id=250&objectid=10632709&ref=rss A woman who blew a raspberry at North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams has been issued a trespass notice, banning her from the shopping centre where the incident occurred.Shirley Squire described the mayor as a "cowardly careerist"... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/local-government/news/article.cfm?c_id=250&objectid=10632707&ref=rss Auckland City Council has fast-tracked a $4 million upgrade of the payment machines at four inner-city parking buildings after thieves hacked the system and obtained the credit card details of tens of thousands of commuters.Details... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/local-government/news/article.cfm?c_id=250&objectid=10632703&ref=rss Few punches were pulled when Vanda Vitali became the director of the Auckland War Memorial Museum. She was to be a change agent, charged with attracting more people through the doors. Duly she obliged, with exhibitions and programming... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/local-government/news/article.cfm?c_id=250&objectid=10632698&ref=rss Most of the 50 new residents arriving daily in Auckland are babies, not overseas or local migrants.State of the Auckland Region, the Auckland Regional Council's latest report, shows that about three-quarters of 2008's population... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/local-government/news/article.cfm?c_id=250&objectid=10632676&ref=rss Auckland's commercial sector has been growing rapidly, adding 36,000 new businesses between 2000 and 2008. State of the Auckland Region , a 300-page A newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/local-government/news/article.cfm?c_id=250&objectid=10632618&ref=rss The leaky building epidemic did not happen by accident. It was primarily caused by government mismanagement over more than a decade.Two government-funded agencies - the Building Industry Authority (BIA) and the Building Research... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/local-government/news/article.cfm?c_id=250&objectid=10632509&ref=rss Unwanted gas bottles are posing a potentially killer hazard to rubbish collectors, councils say. The Christchurch City Council said almost every day a gas bottle was dumped in either the general rubbish or recycling wheelie bins... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/local-government/news/article.cfm?c_id=250&objectid=10633054&ref=rss In the not too distant future, 485km south of Auckland, on a wet and windy day in the nation's capital, in a meeting room buried deep underneath a building shaped like something bees might live in, seven little grey men sit around... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/local-government/news/article.cfm?c_id=250&objectid=10632511&ref=rss Shellfish planted to test contamination levels in Auckland's inner harbours have revealed rising levels of toxic metals.The Auckland Regional Council says heavy metals are not yet at worrying levels but has warned that rising... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200