On Monday, building and construction minister Chris Penk told reporters the government would remove the New Building Standards ratings used to determine whether a building has a low, medium or high ...
Once water reform is out of the way, all eyes will turn to the complex, expensive quagmire of the council's social housing.
Many in Queenstown also support density, particularly in Frankton, the area around the airport, five kilometres from the main town. Well-connected by bus, with several big supermarkets and the high ...
A Christchurch man is taking Kāinga Ora to the tenancy tribunal over a bedroom-based discrepancy that has seen him evicted from his home of 13 years. To the naked eye, it definit ...
New Zealander Ashley (Ash) Stanley-Ryan is a PhD candidate in international law at the Geneva Graduate Institute. He teaches international law and has advised both states and international ...
Porirua locals are voting on a potential mega-council merger, and, bucking the national trend, picking a mayor from an all-female lineup.
Winston Peters promised that New Zealand’s recognition of Palestine was a matter of 'when, not if', which has a real deadbeat-dad-promises-he’ll-have-his-shit-together-next-week air about it.
As local elections fever grips the nation, council candidates are jostling for your vote the best way they know how: by chucking up great big bloody signs on the side of the road. Here are The Spinoff ...
The Pirie Street Play Area is the best entrance to the Town Belt if you want to reach the Mt Victoria Lookout without taking a route that is too long or too steep. Along the way, you’ll pass the ...
It’s the event that stops the nation – no, not local body elections or an All Blacks test, Bird of the Year. The competition invites voters to settle the pecking order in the name of conservation.
But where the personal website lives on is in local elections, where candidates suddenly think that it might be a good idea to have their own domain name. The Spinoff has been spending far too much ...
For a long time the Black Ferns' immense talent has papered over shortcomings in how we run the women's game. But talent alone is no longer enough.