Work on the West Coast's long-awaited new conservation management strategy is officially on hold - pending new laws controlling what can and can't be done on public conservation land.
Environment Canterbury voters have re-elected incumbents Ian Mackenzie and John Sunckell to the regional council amid division over the region's nitrate emergency.
John Faulkner admits to being both ‘‘excited and apprehensive’’ as he contemplates being a new Canterbury regional councillor. With special votes still be counted, the Culverden farmer has 9764...
It's a tight race for the Westland mayoralty, with Hokitika businesswoman Jacquie Grant leading the race against incumbent Helen Lash by just 64 votes.