We’ve restocked our water and emergency supplies and refreshed our plans. With road closures we worked out that we might need to provide a bed to our non-Wellington workmates for a night or two if they aren’t able to walk all the way home to Paraparaumu. But if they...

The proposed consultation items include restricting the annual average rate rise to 2.5% and addressing Auckland’s need for extra revenue to support growth with the proposed introduction of a visitor levy, a targeted rate for new large-scale developments and a...