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  •   Home > News >  Subscribe to NZCity's Local Politics articles  Local Politics
    Calls for more cash to go towards promoting local elections - to cure low voter turnout
     17 July 2025
    Calls for more cash to go towards promoting local elections - to cure low voter turnout
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    A property expert believes it's a good time to hold on to a property, as Wellington heads into local body elections later this year
    16 Jul: A property expert believes it's a good time to hold on to a property, as Wellington heads into local body elections later this year... more
    Farms and orchards in the Nelson Tasman region have been carved up by floodwaters following severe weather
    12 Jul: Farms and orchards in the Nelson Tasman region have been carved up by floodwaters following severe weather... more
    Belief more international routes are on the way for Christchurch
    11 Jul: Belief more international routes are on the way for Christchurch... more
    The Hamilton Mayor's not bothered by the French rugby team's decision to stay outside the city, in the lead-up to their test against the All Blacks
    9 Jul: The Hamilton Mayor's not bothered by the French rugby team's decision to stay outside the city, in the lead-up to their test against the All Blacks... more
    Christchurch City Council has taken to the air to understand how storms have changed our coastlines
    4 Jul: Christchurch City Council has taken to the air to understand how storms have changed our coastlines... more
    Tauranga's Mayor says the region wants certainty, as a deal with the Government inches closer
    2 Jul: Tauranga's Mayor says the region wants certainty, as a deal with the Government inches closer... more
    Nelson Mayor Nick Smith says the death of a person from floodwaters is a tragedy
    28 Jun: Nelson Mayor Nick Smith says the death of a person from floodwaters is a tragedy... more
    Heavy rain is prompting evacuations in Marlborough this morning
    27 Jun: Heavy rain is prompting evacuations in Marlborough this morning... more
    Some Marlborough residents are preparing to evacuate, as wild weather batters the region
    26 Jun: Some Marlborough residents are preparing to evacuate, as wild weather batters the region... more

     Most Popular Recent Local Politics News
     17 Nov: The cost of Christchurch City Council's five-year battle against city-wide housing intensification has been tallied +++++++++++
     20 Nov: Northland Regional Council has paid tribute to former councillor and businessman, Monty Knight - who died on Sunday ++++++++++
     02 Dec: Criticism of Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown - for planning a rates hike, at the same time the Government's put up a plan to force Councils to cap them +++++++++
     09 Nov: Zohran Mamdani gave these New York women 'a glimmer of hope'. They helped make him mayor ++++++++
     21 Nov: Waikato's Matamata-Piako District Council has been fined 105 thousand dollar for unlawfully discharging wastewater from its treatment plant in Waihou, near Te Aroha ++++++++
     21 Nov: Alice Guo has been sentenced to life in prison for human trafficking in the Philippines +++++++
     21 Nov: Fresh analysis casts serious doubt on National's local government reform agenda +++++++

     Local Politics NewsLinks
      14 Sep: Former real housewives star to run for local politics (Stuff.co.nz)
      28 Aug: Popular wellington brewery and pub fortune favours closing down (NewstalkZB)
      12 Jul: 'absolutely disgraceful': porirua mayor slams ray chung's 'attack' on tory whanau (RadioNZ)
      16 Jun: Nelson's deputy mayor rohan o'neill-stevens to step down at next election (RadioNZ)
      22 Apr: Young south auckland politician quits local politics (Stuff.co.nz)
      20 Apr: ‘the second division of politics’: mps who made the jump to mayor (Stuff.co.nz)
      9 Apr: 'shoot me': retiring mp david parker dismisses prospect of wellington mayoralty bid (RadioNZ)
      18 Mar: Politics live: act to run in local elections, winston peters meets us officials (RadioNZ)
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