Do you feel strongly about the future of your city? Now is your chance to give local politics a go and have your say. This October, the city will elect its Mayor and 12 Councillors for the Invercargill City Council. Read...

A surge of young women are setting their sights on the local politics scene across the country. Local body elections are set down for October, and while candidate nominations don`t open until July, campaigns are already beginning... Read...

After 21 years as a councillor and four terms as mayor, Ross Dunlop is pulling the pin on local body politics. Read...

Gamal Fouda, the Al Noor Mosque imam who won acclaim for his response to the Chch terror attacks, wants to enter local politics. Read...

COMMENT: Politics can so often be a matter of nuances, of light and shade. None less so than local governance in a metropolis of bundled-together villages such as Auckland.The flashpoint of Auckland Transport`s (AT) non-attendance... Read...

When I first became an MP back in 1984 one of the earliest and sagest pieces of advice I received was from my illustrious predecessor, Sir John Marshall, who told me `be loyal to your electorate and it will be loyal to you.` It was advice I was to follow constantly for the next 33 years. Read...

Three city councillors will go up against three Members of Parliament to debate if local body politics or central government decisions have more bearing on the wellbeing of New Zealand’s capital city. Read...

Former Labour MP Chris Carter is to stand for the party that ousted him in 2010, in the local body elections. Read...

Former National MP Jami-Lee Ross is not ruling out a return to local politics this year.A source told the Herald Ross is tapping into the Chinese community in his Auckland electorate of Botany with an eye to standing in the local... Read...

Hayley Browne, the former naval officer who alleges she was raped while on deployment and has taken on the New Zealand and British governments via the court system, is taking on two more challenges - motherhood and running as a city councillor. Read...