Neil Holdom

A local government transport leader has given the government a "solid B plus" for its new draft transport plan.

New Plymouth Mayor Neil Holdom says the plan addresses the poor state of our roading… Audio

Opponents of the Mt Messenger bypass project in Taranaki have a new beef with Waka Kotahi - the cost of "Pieday Friday".

They say the staff event - also known as "Whānau Friday" - could cost up to… Audio

A new government is still to be formed, but councils around the country are urgently wanting direction on what will happen with new policy on water infrastructure. Wellington Water estimates it would… Audio

New Plymouth Mayor Neil Holdom says if Ben Bell was older, perhaps as old as 76-year-old Auckland mayor Wayne Brown, the whole affair would have been reported differently. He spoke with Corin Dann Audio

Mayors on both sides of the Three Waters debate are anxious to see what the government's promised reset will look like when it is announced on Thursday morning.

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and Local… Audio

The National Party is promising to dump Three Waters and leave water infrastructure under council control.

But it's policy announcement has left some mayors asking how they are going to pay to fix… Audio

Councils around the country are eyeing up cycleways and bus routes as Government funding for environmentally friendly transport projects is handed out. 

The $350 million, first promised in this… Audio

Local councils are expecting cutbacks in transport infrastructure because of a $600 million hole in the Transport Agency's budget.

Waka Kotahi says project costs are higher than estimated, while the… Audio

A former New Plymouth mayor has criticised the council for lack of transparency over why its chief executive is absent from his post.

Craig Stevenson, who earns about $370,000 a year, is on leave for… Audio

A new community case of Covid-19 in New Plymouth came just one day after the Taranaki region was declared Covid-19 free.

The Ministry of Health says genome sequencing is underway but in the meantime… Audio

Neil Holdom was once a local newspaper editor, then an executive at an energy company before he "accidentally" became mayor. He joins us to share how he got there, while sharing some of his favourite… Audio

The title for the sunniest place in New Zealand is usually won by Whakatane or Nelson, but New Plymouth has taken the top spot for 2021.

The Taranaki town outshone Hawke's Bay by about 30 hours to… Audio

The mayor of New Plymouth has found himself at odds with the Taranaki Public Health Unit over modelling of the potential impact of a delta outbreak in the province.

Neil Holdom is warning of… Audio

Organisers of the WOMAD festival in Taranaki say the event next March - featuring a completely New Zealand-based line up - will be just like any other year.

They say home based artists will go hard… Audio

The mayor of New Plymouth says a lack of spaces in managed isolation is forcing New Zealanders working on overseas oil and gas rigs to choose between their careers and their families.

Neil Holdom… Audio

An aquifer in coastal Taranaki is contaminated with an agricultural chemical at a level that is a risk to human health.

It had been hoped to use the aquifer to augment water supply at Okato, but… Audio

The New Plymouth mayor has joined the chorus of local body politicians bemoaning Waka Kotahi's commitment to deliver road safety projects.

Neil Holdom says lives are being lost on State Highway 3… Audio

The new Covid-19 cases that have put the nation on high alert travelled to New Plymouth over Waitangi weekend.

On their way, they visited two McDonalds restaurants, BP petrol stations at Papakura and… Audio