Smith died last month, after a long battle with ill health.

The council has formally approved a proposal to rename the Beach Street - Gibson Quay intersection to the tip of Sunset Point, as Bruce Smith Drive

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02 Mar: Wellington's mayor says the Council is not looking at compensating businesses on the wastewater plagued-southern coast

02 Mar: Rates are set to rise in Dunedin - as the city council releases its draft Annual Plan

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25 Feb: Wellington's mayor is considering taking the city's bus lanes back to the drawing board

24 Feb: Wellington's mayor says he'd be comfortable swimming on Wellington's southern coast - on current information available

20 Feb: The Local Government Minister says he is seeking advice on changes to the 30-year-old Dog Control Act

18 Feb: Dozens of Canterbury kids spent a night hunkering down in Banks Peninsula - which was cut off by yesterday's torrential rain

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