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Four bodies for three waters
Policy

Four bodies for three waters

The country's 67 local bodies will become four amalgamated water entities, that will be community-owned and new regulation will control pricing and quality of drinking, waste and stormwater services.

Pattrick Smellie 30 Jun 2021
Transpower contemplates future of Cook Strait power cable
Energy

Transpower contemplates future of Cook Strait power cable

Transpower is trying to work out how and when to replace or even upgrade the Cook Strait -cable in a rapidly-changing energy environment.

Ian Llewellyn 30 Jun 2021
A new tangle at the heart of a new RMA
Policy Analysis

Pattrick Smellie: A new tangle at the heart of a new RMA

If the purpose of replacement law for the RMA is unclear, the resulting outcomes cannot be expected to be any better than the regime it replaces.

Pattrick Smellie 29 Jun 2021
NZ's largest solar farm gets consent
Editor's Picks

NZ's largest solar farm gets consent

Lodestone Energy's solar plant in Kaitaia will have up to 80,000 panels and will take advantage of grass underneath the panels to boost reflection from the sun.

Ian Llewellyn 29 Jun 2021


Oliver Lewis
Oliver Lewis

Infrastructure Editor

Oliver Lewis won the local government reporting category at the 2023 Voyager Media Awards. He is part of our investigations unit and also covers infrastructure, housing and employment issues. Formerly with Stuff/The Press, Oliver has also written for the Guardian and North & South. 

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