Tauranga residents will get to vote for a new member of parliament on June 18, after National`s Simon Bridges retired from politics after 14 years as MP.In this Local Focus interview, Labour candidate Jan Tinetti talks about the... Read...

Waitaki National MP Jacqui Dean is to retire from politics at the next election.Dean, who has just turned 65, said that after a quarter of a century involved in local body and then national politics, she had done her share of public... Read...

The first wahine Māori to be elected to Wellington City Council has announced she will not stand again in this year`s local body elections. Over her five years in politics councillor Jill Day has been pivotal in establishing... Read...

Talk is mounting on the left that Auckland Mayor Phil Goff will not seek a third term at October`s local body elections and will endorse a rising star on council, North Shore councillor Richard Hills, as his successor.The Weekend... Read...

Noel Peterson is the green wizard of Bluff - a man with a passion for both the environment and local politics. But could he be the next mayor of Invercargill? Read...

Noel Peterson is the green wizard of Bluff — a man with a passion for both the environment and local politics. But could he be the next mayor of Invercargill? As Sir Tim Shadbolt takes aim at a 10th term, Peterson says he is coming... Read...

Noel Peterson is the green wizard of Bluff – a man with a passion for both the environment and local politics. But could he be the next mayor of Invercargill? Read...

Covid-19 is continuing to dominate local politics - but for this week`s episode, On the Tiles takes a break from the pandemic to look at what`s happening in the economy.There`s been a surfeit of economic news the past few weeks,... Read...

Invercargill’s deputy mayor Nobby Clark wants a mechanism introduced to local body politics where councillors can trigger a mayoral by-election. Read...

Podcast - Political Editor Jane Patterson dives into the three waters debate, plumbing the depths of local governments` opposition to the centralisation of water infrastructure. Read...