Horizons Regional Council acknowledges today’s sentencing of RangitÄ«kei District Council (RDC) for untreated wastewater discharge into the Hautapu Stream near Taihape, and Coles Transport for effluent discharge from a stock truck wash-down into the Rangitikei River last year.

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State Services Commissioner Peter Hughes has today announced the details of an investigation into the breach of sensitive personal information last week.

The Commissioner said the Minister of State Services, the Hon Chris Hipkins, had asked him to undertake the investigation.

Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport Agency advises that essential repair work on the Penrose Road bridge over State Highway 1 in Auckland will require motorway closures and other traffic restrictions over the next three weeks.

"Be fruitful and multiply" says the Bible, and worldwide religious people tend to have more children than their secular counterparts.

Council is upping the stakes in its efforts to recover the swings stolen from Ngā Huinga Cherry Grove in Taumarunui earlier year this by offering a $500 reward for their return and the charging of those responsible.

When an earthquake hits, it doesn’t just affect what’s on the surface, it also affects the ground it travels through - and that, says Victoria University of Wellington Professor of Geophysics Martha Savage, could be the key to understanding how earthquakes affect the ground and buildings on i

A proposed new plan for the Hororata Reserve has been released for people to have their say.

The Hurunui District Annual Plan 2020-21 was adopted by the Council at its meeting of Thursday June 25, 2020. 

It was unanimously agreed upon and adopted by all Council members. 

Police are continuing its enquiries to locate 16-year-old Haami Hanara.

Hanara, along with another young person, absconded from a youth facility in Wiri on Saturday night.

A number of enquiries were initiated by Police once we were notified of this event occurring.