Richmond footpath upgrade halted by one camellia that won't budge
Christchurch City Council confirms works paused pending an arborist, a mediator, and possibly a priest.
Council Chaos
Rate rises, road cones and four-year consultations that baffle everyone but the consultants. Every Council Chaos yarn we have filed, newest first — 70 stories, none of them true.
Bishopdale ratepayers fund $84,000 report concluding reports are underfunded
The report recommends a further report. Christchurch City Council says this is a positive finding.
Halswell woman locked out of Auckland council portal despite living 800km away
The portal has rejected fourteen passwords. One was the portal's own suggestion.
Wellington city council hires consultant to consult on whether it needs more consultants
Bloke I know reckons the fee's got a fee. And that fee's got a mate.
Masterton district council to debate whether hot cross buns require resource consent
One councillor reckons the cross on top might be unpermitted signage.
Invercargill footpath job downs tools over single stroppy camellia
Six blokes, two diggers, one shrub. Guess who's winning.
Dunedin city council shuts North Dunedin playground for 'aspirational maintenance' — no one can explain what that is
Sources who spoke to The Daily Yarn on condition of anonymity say the swings were 'basically fine, mate'.
Mapua footpath upgrade halted by one stroppy camellia
Tasman District Council spent $47,000 on a plan. The plan did not survive a shrub.
Christchurch dog park stalled by written submission from one (1) cat
Council confirms the submission was signed with a paw print and lodged before the deadline.
Guys. I need to address the Mayor's DVD situation
Constable Dave Pearce sits down in front of the ring light to talk about accountability and $47.80 in library fines that quietly disappeared.
Queenstown pothole reported to Napier app by mistake, gets more sympathy than qldc has offered in a decade
Ratepayer meant to email QLDC. Ended up on a Hawke's Bay portal that at least had the decency to lie kindly.
Redwood playground shut for 'aspirational maintenance' — nobody at council will say what that is
Christchurch City Council has closed a working slide behind orange netting for reasons nobody can define in under 400 words.
Christchurch council installs EV chargers on Southshore spit where no car has ever parked
Guys. Guys. I never thought I'd have to make this article. But here we are — four chargers, zero cars, one very confused seagull.
Opotiki ratepayer billed $340 for stormwater pipe that does not, has never, and will not exist
Ōpōtiki District Council insists the invoice is correct. The pipe insists on nothing, being imaginary.
Huntly public meeting on proposed pigeon statue ends with two resignations and a thrown scone
Waikato District Council wanted feedback on a $48,000 bronze pigeon. They got it.
Paihia library amnesty quietly wipes $340 of mayoral DVD fines
Whangārei District Council's goodwill gesture has retroactively pardoned the mayor's five-year hold on 'The Bourne Supremacy'.
Hamilton West woman gets three council letters about bins, none of them agree
One says yellow lid. One says red lid. One thanks her for joining a trial she's never heard of.
Eltham residents now officially outnumbered by road cones, council shrugs
South Taranaki District Council says the two-to-one ratio is 'within tolerance', whatever that means.
Frankton hall meeting on pigeon statue collapses into shouting, one walkout, one pigeon
Hamilton City Council wanted feedback on a $48,000 bronze. They got it.
Guys. I need to address the 'shrek 2' situation
A Bishopdale ratepayer addresses his community after a Stoke library amnesty wiped a Mayor's overdue DVDs.