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New Zealand's National Party leader downplayed on Wednesday the possibility that a right-wing political ally would refuse to support his government should his party win next month's election as expected. New Zealand is due to elect a new government on Oct. 14, and the centre-right National Party is currently leading the polls but is unlikely to be able to govern without the support of at least one smaller party. Historically, it has joined forces with the right-wing ACT party, however, the ACT said this week it might just sign a "confidence agreement" with the National Pa...

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The Green Party has announced Mike Davidson (Ngāi Tahu) as its candidate for Ilam. Mike is a former Christchurch City Councillor having served for 6 years from 2016 to 2022. During this time he was the chairperson for Council's Urban Development ...

Kelly Hodel/Stuff Councillors met in Thames to consider their options on the climate change declaration before it goes out for public consultation. A Waikato council has been backed into a corner by newly elected councillors pushing for the mayor to reconsider signing a climate change declaration. In 2019, Thames Coromandel District Council and mayor Sandra Goudie voted against signing the Local Government Leaders’ Climate Change Declaration. It’s a decision that’s since cost thousands of ratepayer dollars after Hauraki Coromandel Climate Action Group took the council to court and wo...

As strategy and communications general manager Sean Hickey pointed out in his report, in the 2019/2020 year the organisation generated 10,438 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions (excluding biogenic methane) – a reduction of 4.5 per cent. While this was a good drop and in line with the desired progress towards achieving the 2050 target, a good portion of that reduction was attributable to the first Covid-19 lockdown, when many council services went into an enforced hiatus. Councillors, including committee chairwoman Margaret Forsyth, were keen to trumpet the council’s successes. “The ...