Hawera library amnesty quietly wipes Mayor's $340 DVD tab
South Taranaki's top brass walks free on three years of overdue Sopranos box sets while everyone else got a stern email.
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.
Bromley widow gets three contradictory recycling letters from same council in one week
One says yellow bin Tuesday. One says fortnightly. The third wants the bin back.
Wellington council to debate whether hot cross buns need resource consent
Three consultants engaged. Bun unavailable for comment.
Nelson council schedules meeting to discuss scheduling of future meetings
Ratepayers told the agenda for the agenda meeting will be circulated at a later agenda meeting.
Wellington council spends two hours debating whether hot cross buns need a resource consent
The motion was tabled, untabled, then tabled again by a councillor who hadn't read it.
Cycle lanes to steam engines: Woolston's quirky future plans
*Chimneys over cones? Locals are keen to see the smoke rise again.*
Tekapo flat whites: the $7.20 caffeine shake-down
Flat whites now costing a mint at $7.20 a pop.
Grey Lynn water: a dash of chlorine, anyone?
Sources allege Auckland Council has reversed the chlorine-to-water ratio. The Daily Yarn has spent six weeks investigating a glass of water.
Council slow to support after cat becomes permanent garden fixture
The cat is fine. The silverbeet is not. The Dunedin City Council is, as ever, reviewing.
Hamilton candidates indistinguishable in ring road trifecta of promises
Three mayoral candidates promise to fix the ring road. None of them define ring, road, or fix.
Napier council pothole app now replying 'we feel your pain' to every single complaint
Taradale woman reports same pothole 14 times. Gets 14 identical hugs from a server.
Onerahi EV chargers installed in paddock no car has ever reached
Whangarei District Council confirms the two chargers are 'future-proofing' a gravel turnaround accessible only on foot.
Linwood Cycle Lane ends in a hedge, council calls it "phase one"
Phase two was described as "in scoping" by someone who would not give their name.
Dunedin council paints zebra crossing on Mosgiel man's driveway
Dallas now has to give way to himself when reversing the Hilux.
Invercargill council invoices Gladstone woman $847 for stormwater pipe that does not exist
Council insists the pipe is there. The ground disagrees.
Henderson pigeon statue meeting ends in shouting, one evacuation, zero pigeons consulted
Auckland Council spent $48,000 on a feasibility report. The pigeons don't know.
Auckland council hires consultant to consult on consultants, invoice pending
Devonport ratepayers asked what the job actually is. Nobody at the Town Hall could say without a workshop.
Stoke library amnesty quietly erases Mayor's $187 DVD tab
Two copies of Shrek 2 among the wiped items. The librarian is not happy.
Sumner household gets three council letters about recycling — all contradict each other
One says yellow bin Tuesday. One says fortnightly. One says the yellow bin is under review.
Newmarket footpath works halted over single stroppy camellia
Auckland Council says the shrub is 'of significance'. Locals say it's a bush.