RNZ stories
Tauranga’s housing squeeze is worsened by 2,142 empty homes, though the mayor says filling them beats building anew.
Tauranga’s push for taller Mount Maunganui buildings has reignited debate over whether greater density will ease the city’s housing squeeze.
The hub is expected to take 40,000 truck movements a year off Mid Canterbury roads and cut freight emissions by 70%.
Cyclone Gabrielle showed why decentralised power could keep homes, water and communications running when the main grid fails.
Support is growing for a proposed GBP £570 million Kaipara incinerator that could burn Auckland and Northland rubbish and power 165,000 homes by 2028.
Councils must decide whether to keep water services in-house or form regional CCOs, as new laws could reshape debt and rates bills.
An IT security expert said the web app was using software that was known to have security flaws and people's information could be at risk.
A traceability scheme could cut hefty repair bills and help curb unsafe or counterfeit materials in New Zealand's building sector.
