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Gisborne District Council - Latest News [Page 31]

New Trustee Appointments Of Trust Tairāwhiti

Thursday, 2 July 2020, 12:03 pm | Gisborne District Council

Council has appointed Dr Jill Chrisp and Kristen Kohere-Soutar as trustees of Trust Tairāwhiti for 2020/21. Dr Jill Chrisp was first appointed to the Trust three years ago and successfully sought reappointment for the position. “It has been proven ... More >>

Work Continues To Reopen Roads And Reconnect Communities

Tuesday, 30 June 2020, 10:13 am | Gisborne District Council

Mata and Waiomatatini Roads remain closed and others are only accessible by four wheel drive after last week’s heavy rainfall caused major subsidence across the Tairāwhiti road network. Council contractors worked around the clock at the weekend ... More >>

Council Adopts 2020/21 Annual Plan

Monday, 29 June 2020, 9:54 am | Gisborne District Council

Council has adopted its 2020/21 Annual Plan, which focuses on investment in core infrastructure and supporting the region’s economic recovery. Chief executive Nedine Thatcher Swann said Covid-19 completely altered the approach for this year’s Annual ... More >>

Repair Work Underway, Roads Remain Closed

Friday, 26 June 2020, 1:32 pm | Gisborne District Council

Contractors are hard at work to reopen roads across the region after heavy rain caused slips and flooding. Tiniroto Road, Cave Road and East Cape Road have now been cleared of debris and reopened. Mata Road remains closed and Tauwhareparae Road is ... More >>

Caution Advised As Slips Reported

Friday, 26 June 2020, 8:31 am | Gisborne District Council

Heavy rain has caused multiple slips across the region overnight and road closures are in place. Downer crews have been dispatched to a number of locations including Tauwhareparae Road, Ngakoroa Road, Mata Road, Tiniroto Road and Cave Roads. Extreme ... More >>

Industry Sectors In The Spotlight For Plan

Thursday, 25 June 2020, 1:34 pm | Gisborne District Council

The smallest project in the Tairāwhiti Economic Support Package Redeployment Programme could potentially have one of the biggest region-wide impacts. Trust Tairāwhiti are working on The Workforce Development Plan which will play a large part in the ... More >>

Gisborne District Council Reaps Parks Week Award

Monday, 22 June 2020, 11:45 am | Gisborne District Council

Gisborne District Council has won the Parks Week Marketing Award 2020. Parks Week brings together hundreds of organisations across New Zealand and Australia to celebrate the important role parks play in creating liveable cities and successful communities. ... More >>

State Of Our Environment Report Adopted

Thursday, 11 June 2020, 4:06 pm | Gisborne District Council

Council’s Sustainable Tairawhiti Committee today adopted its latest State of our Environment Report 2020, which includes environmental data, scientific analysis, and case studies of community initiatives. Covering our land and soil, biodiversity ... More >>

Proposal To Develop Revised Freedom Camping Bylaw

Thursday, 11 June 2020, 4:03 pm | Gisborne District Council

Council is developing a proposal to deregister summer camping areas and include them within a revised Freedom Camping Bylaw, in a move to address summer camping and compliance issues. The Sustainable Tairawhiti Committee today approved the proposal ... More >>

Provincial Growth Fund Set To Deliver More Than Just Roads

Wednesday, 10 June 2020, 3:12 pm | Gisborne District Council

  Council is on track to deliver $23m of Provincial Growth funded local roading projects before the end of the year. Over $24m has been invested to date and up to 150 local people are directly employed on PGF funded projects across Tairāwhiti, ... More >>

Region Launches Comprehensive Recovery Plan For The Future

Saturday, 6 June 2020, 7:45 am | Gisborne District Council

An action plan to guide the region’s post-COVID-19 recovery, Rau Tipu Rau Ora, was launched by Mayor Rehette Stoltz today. Mayor Stoltz is co-chair of the regional forum that oversaw the plan’s development, which includes chairs of the local iwi ... More >>

Library And Council Customer Services To Reopen On Monday

Friday, 5 June 2020, 4:48 pm | Gisborne District Council

Gisborne readers will be delighted to learn that the HB Willliams Memorial Library will open for longer hours from Monday. In addition, Council will resume pre-lockdown hours at Customer Services, with counter service open to the public from 9am-5pm ... More >>

Upcoming Exemptions To Building Act

Thursday, 4 June 2020, 10:45 am | Gisborne District Council

New exemptions to the Building Act will allow more work to be undertaken without a building consent but Tairāwhiti residents are reminded that any building work must still comply with the Resource Management Act. Single-storey detached buildings ... More >>

Pamoa Native Restoration Project Underway

Tuesday, 2 June 2020, 3:12 pm | Gisborne District Council

Council has approved a comprehensive implementation plan for its Pamoa Native Restoration Project, with the primary intent to stabilise and protect the Waingake water supply pipeline. In December 2018, Council decided the future composition of the Pamoa forest ... More >>

Redeployment Programme Enables More Mahi On Tītīrangi

Tuesday, 2 June 2020, 11:14 am | Gisborne District Council

When Whaia Tītīrangi operational leader Jordan Tibble thinks about her work on the maunga, it is with a long term vision. “When I am 65 I want to come back and walk through the ngahere (forests) we have planted and see all our manu (birds) thriving ... More >>

Tauwhareparae Road Closed Due To Slip

Tuesday, 2 June 2020, 8:04 am | Gisborne District Council

Tauwhareparae Road is closed at the 20km mark due to a slip. Contractors are working to clear the debris from the road. The road is expected to be reopened by 10am. Tiniroto Road remains closed at the 35km mark and contractors expected to have the road reopened ... More >>

Gisborne Swimmers Get Your Togs Ready

Friday, 29 May 2020, 6:50 pm | Gisborne District Council

Council will reopen the doors to the 33m outdoor pool at the Olympic Pool complex on Tuesday, 2 June. “The decision to open has not been an easy one. Our 50m pool has a leak that we will be unable to fix until summer, so we’ll be diverting water ... More >>

Capital Investment Programme To Support Economic Recovery

Thursday, 28 May 2020, 9:35 am | Gisborne District Council

Council yesterday approved its $96 million capital investment programme for the 2020/21 Annual Plan, with a focus on key infrastructure and the delivery of Long Term Plan projects. Chief executive Nedine Thatcher Swann says capital investment ... More >>

Redeployment Ramps Up

Tuesday, 26 May 2020, 11:55 am | Gisborne District Council

The Tairāwhiti Economic Support Package Redeployment Programme may be in response to the impacts of COVID-19 virus but the $23.755m package will provide so much more for the region. While it initially aimed to assist displaced forestry workers, the ... More >>

Thousands To Benefit From Joint Initiative To Get Food Out To 1450 Households Across The Region

Thursday, 14 May 2020, 5:00 pm | Gisborne District Council

There’s an impressive collaboration going on between Toitu Tairāwhiti, Gisborne District Council’s Emergency Coordination Centre and 16 iwi, hapu and community hubs to get kai (food) parcels out to 1450 households across the rohe. The Toitu ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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