District Plan News Today

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Additional residential land has opened up in Dargaville after Kaipara District Council gave final approval to a Plan Change request to rezone 39 hectares of rural land into residential land.

America's method of electing Presidents, colloquially referred to as the Electoral College, has come under fire in the aftermath of the 2000 presidential election. That election was the first in more than 100 years to feature a discrepancy between the popular and electoral vote outcomes. Today's unenthusiastic views on the Electoral College would surprise the founding generation. They considered the Electoral College to be one of the greatest achievements of the Constitutional Conventi...

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The Women’s Rights Party opposed the draft by-law changes and called on the Council to support the women of Queenstown and Wanaka with liveable wages, affordable housing, and effective exit services so women are not forced into prostitution to survive ...

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Challenging times call for challenging choices and last night Councillors spoke of the many community voices that helped guide their decision making in a Long Term Plan process that proposes the biggest rates increase this district has seen.

Listen to the detransitioners.

Waimakariri Mayor Dan Gordon is calling for the Government to apply the brakes on the Fast-Track Approvals Bill. While the Waimakariri District Council supports the intent of the legislation, it has called on the Government to ‘‘slow down’’ ...

The fate of a major housing development planned in North Canterbury will not be known for several months as legal discussions drag on.