What's billed as a historic change under the Resource Management Act is being released to the public for feedback.

Local councils and insurers are increasingly deciding which properties are at climate risk, in a legislative void.

Video / Mark Mitchell The Government is suspending a requirement for councils to map and impose Significant Natural Areas under environmental protection laws for three years, and telling councils ...

A shed in Esk Valley is filled with silt and debris from Cyclone Gabrielle in early March. Photo / Angus Dreaver (RNZ) Thousands of Hawke’s Bay people with cyclone-damaged homes can now sit down ...

Local councils from across the region ... what appears on the Cyclone Gabrielle Flooding Map, please contact engineering.enquires@hbrc.govt.nz with the subject line “Feedback on Cyclone Gabriell ...

University of Canterbury provides funding as a member of The Conversation NZ. If you live in a city or town, you have a mental map of the places ... The dashboard enables councils to understand ...