The Latest Breaking News from Local Government

A total of 18 councils were given an injection of money from the government in February to ensure they could meet their duty to balance the books.

MORE than 90,000 council and school workers in Scotland will be balloted for strike action in a pay dispute, a union has said ...

Workplace relations firm Pinnacle Integrity conducting investigation.

Councils are concerned about the unknown and potentially significant fiscal cost of lowering the voting age – but they will also discover another cost. Jonathan Milne reports.

The pre-election uncertainty hanging over local councils has stalled much of their work, such that some mayors are muttering about a snap election, to be done with it. Jonathan Milne reports.

The Government created 10 water corporations to give local communities more control, but new changes to the Three Waters reform package ensure they will share the same employment contracts, the same IT systems, and more. Jonathan Milne reports from the Local Government NZ conference in Christchurch.

City mayors are pushing for new funding deals that would devolve more responsibility for infrastructure and social services to local communities. Jonathan Milne reports from the Local Government NZ conference in Christchurch.

Local Government Minister wants to be kept informed on Neylon investigation.

EXCLUSIVE: A leaked paper reveals the expansion of the flagship policy to include children in primary six and seven could be delayed again.