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Caption:Local Government Minister Simon Watts says having un-elected people on committees undermines decision-making.Photo credit:RNZ / Samuel Rillstone
Far North Mayor Moko Tepania faces possibly the first ever media standup at the council chambers in Kaikohe.
Chris Penk
Caucus & Bridge
Chris Hipkins
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - JULY 11: Bilateral Meeting with Prime Minister of New Zealand Christopher Luxon and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Government House on July 11, 2026 in Auckland, New Zealand. Prime Minister Modi is making his first official visit to Auckland after the signing of a free trade agreement with New Zealand. Herald photograph by Dean Purcell
Tārati Buckley, who was 76, was a much-loved educator, a fierce champion of te reo Māori, and a “treasured taonga of Hokianga”. Photo supplied – taken from FB
3D render of the exterior of a property on a hill with dusk skies.
Brendon McCullum.
One of IKEA’s Central Hawke’s Bay forestry blocks.