Linda Hall

4 days ago | stuff.co.nz | Linda Hall |Glenn McConnell |Poppy Clark |Jonathan Leask

A Southland man who misled his elderly neighbours has been convicted and fined $3000 for completing illegal plumbing and drainlaying work. George West pleaded guilty in the Invercargill District Court earlier this month and was sentenced for the unlawful work he completed in August 2024, contrary to the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Act 2006.

3 weeks ago | stuff.co.nz | Marty Sharpe |Lois Williams |Linda Hall |Sam Smith

After nine years of debate and legal challenges, the Proposed Marlborough Environment Plan has finally made it over the line ‒ well, most of it. The Marlborough District Council’s major planning document, which was finished in 2020, had been operative but not officially enacted during an appeals process. On Thursday morning, the council’s Environment and Planning Committee approved all provisions not currently under appeal in the Environment Court to come into effect on July 9.