Report from RNZ
There are still 286 households without power across Wellington since the storm that tore down trees and power lines on Thursday. Read more »

News from Hamilton City Council
In a hotly contested battle to be the new home for the Homegrown music festival, Hamilton has come out on top. Read more »

LDR report by Emily Ireland
The consultation period has now closed for each partner council of the proposed Wairarapa-Tararua water services model, and public support has swung in favour of the partnership. Read more »

Media release from Karl Tiefenbacher
With Tory Whanau announcing she will no longer be seeking another term as the Mayor of Wellington, it would be extremely unwise for the city council to sign any contracts for the Courtenay Place section of the “Golden Mile” project. Read more »

by Ian Apperley
What a difference a week makes. It’s hard to keep up with the madcap shambles that is going on around the mayoralty race in Wellington. Attempts at history are being rewritten, the proverbial is flying and no one is without sin. Read more »

News from VUW
Robinson Research Institute, a pioneer in high-temperature superconductivity (HTS) research, has received funding of $71million towards setting up and hosting an advanced technology platform in Future Magnetic and Materials Technologies. Read more »

News from Wellington Airport
Wellington Airport’s giant eagle sculptures will be flying off into the sunset next Friday, ending a 12-year residence in the terminal. Read more »

by Felicity Wong
It takes a while for head office memos to reach council staff. The Local Government infrastructure conference this week reflected on councils’ increased debt, and the risks of population levels not supporting higher debt. Read more »

by Helene Ritchie
The Wellington City Council’s preferred option for water reform is plainly absurd. It is nothing less than a regional copy-cat of the seriously failed 20-year-old regional company, exemplified by Wellington Water. Read more »

by Stuart Niven
This is Leo. He is the last Wellingtonian to be welcomed onto Toi Te Rito Maihi’s weaving pattern of flounder that made up the surface of our Civic Square and represented a reference to manaakitanga – welcome and hospitality – now a pile of discarded rubble at the side of where the Square used to be. Read more »