65 days ago

What are your thoughts on denser housing in your area?

Libby Totton Reporter from Cambridge Edition

Waipā’s council wants another year to make decisions on housing density, saying there are “a lot of unknowns” after the government change.

Councils around the country had been preparing for the previous government’s plans to allow three homes of up to three storeys on most sections without extra permissions. That’s now set to become optional.

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1 hour ago

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10 days ago

Have you heard about this Hamilton petition?

The Team Reporter from Hamilton Press

A group of Hamilton business owners have started a petition to stop the council from hiking up rates and passing the cost of what they say are unpopular projects on to residents.

It frustrates longtime residents Tom Andrews, a former roading engineer who owns Classics Museum and has property interests and Jo Reeder, to see Hamiltonians facing large bills.

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