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Council Performance Data Needs Local Context — Council Boss | Scoop News (opens the original)
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Local Govt | National News Video | Parliament Headlines | Politics Headlines | Search Council performance data released last week does not tell the full story, a North Canterbury council boss says. The Government published new performance metrics last week, including figures on council rates revenue, debt and staff costs. Local Government Minister Simon Watts said the report gives clear facts and figures directly into the hands of ratepayers. But Waimakariri District Council chief executive Jeff
Life Looks Different For Everyone: $486,000 Of Funding Backs Choice And Opportunity For Disabled People | Scoop News (opens the original)
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Local Govt | National News Video | Parliament Headlines | Politics Headlines | Search Getting your first paid job. Finding new ways to communicate and create. Connecting with your culture. Playing sport. Building friendships. Having more of a say in what happens in your community. They are ordinary parts of a good life, and they sit at the heart of Spectrum Foundation’s latest funding round. The disability-focused funder has invested $486,000 in its 2026 open funding round, supporting organisati
All Aboard: Full-Size Tūhono Train Mock-Up Unveiled | Scoop News (opens the original)
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Local Govt | National News Video | Parliament Headlines | Politics Headlines | Search Wairarapa commuters will be all aboard a new fleet of 18 five-car, battery electric trains in three years. While the wait is underway, a full sized mock-up of the Tūhono train has been built by KiwiRail and put on display at its Lower Hutt workshop. The Tūhono trains were part of the Lower North Island Rail Integrated Mobility programme led by Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) in partnership with Horiz
'No Council Invoices': Ashburton Community-Funded Bike Park Takes Shape | Scoop News (opens the original)
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Local Govt | National News Video | Parliament Headlines | Politics Headlines | Search The first asphalt surface has been laid at the new Tarbotton RideSmart Park in the Ashburton Domain, and ratepayers aren’t picking up the bill. Tarbotton’s business development manager Tim Tarbotton said it’s fantastic to see the park taking shape, “made possible by the generous support of local businesses and the wider community”. The bike is on Ashburton District Council land but has been 100% community funde
National’s Energy Plan An Absolute Fizzer | Scoop News (opens the original)
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Gordon Campbell | Parliament TV | Parliament Today | Video | Questions Of the Day | Search National has had three years to bring power bills down. Instead, Simeon Brown’s big plan is more reviews, more deregulation and more promises to fix things later. “Kiwis are sick of being told cheaper power is just around the corner. National has had three years to deliver, and power bills are still hurting households,” Labour energy spokesperson Megan Woods said. “After three years in Government, Simeon B
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