The deadline was eight years off but the possible closure of another landfill and a composting U-turn could drastically shorten that.

Government agencies are scathing of the proposed move-on orders - which official documents say will see an estimated six people imprisoned every year and up to 818 cases taken to court.

Deputy mayor Ben McNulty has been behind closed doors taking a scalpel to council spending and today, some time around noon, invites Wellington to see his masterpiece.

This year’s rates increase will be 7.4% as opposed to the forecast 9.4%, which was itself down on earlier predictions - if all cost-cutting recommendations are adopted.

The Finance Minister has called the opposition's behaviour "unbecoming" after accusations of name-calling and conspiracy-thinking.

Wellington’s veteran campaigners criticise NZTA’s consultation as it tries to make once-in-a-generation highway changes to the heart of the capital.

Only the Greens wanted to push on, even after news of another cost blowout.

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OPINION: Half a century on, my grandmother would have been dismayed to see waste piling ever-higher – but heartened by the signs that, at long last, those piles might soon start shrinking.