Local Democracy Reporting

A new $5.6m intersection in Rolleston is uneven and needs repair work within a month of being sealed.

The fallout from last week’s heavy rain in Mid Canterbury cost as much as $150,000.

The fallout from last week’s heavy rain in Mid Canterbury cost as much as $150,000.

Kaikōura's council is sticking to its promise to keep its average rate rise under 10% - but only just.

A Canterbury mayor says he has no plans to become a truancy officer after Associate Education Minister David Seymour listed four things mayors can do to help schools raise attendance.

A decision to restore the speed limit to 100km/h on State Highway 1 south of Woodend has been described as "disappointing".

The flooding in the rural Canterbury settlement of Selwyn Huts is as bad as it's ever been, an evacuated resident says.

Buller’s mayor Jamie Cleine is calling for civility after a councillor saw red and stomped out of a council meeting.

A report supporting a shake-up of Southland’s four councils has raised issues with the current model, including high costs, "fraught governance" and concerns with the regional council.

Environment Canterbury plans to boost its Rangiora to Cashmere bus route - if it can get the funding.

Another $1 million has been allocated to extra road resealing in Mid Canterbury next summer.

Rakaia's speed limit remains under the microscope while decisions have been made on the limits for 49 state highway sections around NZ.

NZTA has apologised and promised to investigate after the West Coast Regional Council chairman reported hundreds of road marker pegs missing on SH73, east of Arthur’s Pass.

NZTA has apologised and promised to investigate how almost 400 road marker pegs were either missing or damaged along State Highway 73.