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MidCoast Council distributed nearly $32,000 to nine community organisations, supporting various local projects from seed funding to food relief.

Read about the MidCoast Council's recent allocation of $32,000 in community donations to local organisations for 2024 projects.

MidCoast Council urges organisations to follow guidelines for community donations funding. See this year's recipients and prepare for next round.

MidCoast Council approves reduced two-storey dwelling in Seal Rocks after community input and plan modifications.

Seal Rocks sees approval of a revised two-storey dwelling, satisfying community and council concerns.

The strategy will reform resource management in the catchment.

Iwi of the Whanganui River expect a new strategy unveiled on Friday will reform resource management in the catchment.

The U.S. and other Western nations have imposed severe financial penalties against Russia. Will this boil over into other countries?

This river in New Zealand is legally a person. Heres how it happened Updated 9:43 PM ET, Fri December 11, 2020 Whanganui, New Zealand (CNN)As a child in the 1970s, Gerrard Albert played on the mud flats at the mouth of New Zealands Whanganui River where raw sewage from the nearby town spilled into the estuary and out to the ocean. At low tide, he and his playmates would see pieces of toilet paper in the water and joke to one another: "That was the one I did yesterday." After arriving in New ...

This river in New Zealand is legally a person. Heres how it happened As a child in the 1970s, Gerrard Albert played on the mud flats at the mouth of New Zealands Whanganui River where raw sewage from the nearby town spilled into the estuary and out to the ocean. At low tide, he and his playmates would see pieces of toilet paper in the water and joke to one another: "That was the one I did yesterday." After arriving in New Zealand in the 1800s, British colonialist industrialised Whanganui River,...