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Breached Landfill Wall Secured At Awatere River
Thursday, 9 July 2020, 9:12 am | Gisborne District Council
Contractors and Council workers yesterday secured the breaches in the old landfill site at the mouth of the Awatere River. “The work we’ve done over the last two days will prepare for the revetment work that will stabilise the wall even further,” ... More >>
Mata Road Reopens To All Vehicles
Thursday, 9 July 2020, 6:58 am | Gisborne District Council
Mata Road will reopen to all vehicles from 6am tomorrow (Thursday 9 July). The road has been closed to heavy vehicles at the 6.5km mark where a major slip occurred during the recent heavy rainfall. Council would like to acknowledge the incredible effort ... More >>
Council Initiates Repair Work At Awatere River
Tuesday, 7 July 2020, 5:13 pm | Gisborne District Council
Council has started urgent work at the Awatere River mouth where high river levels and large swells have compromised a former landfill site. Community caretakers were on site this morning collecting disturbed rubbish from the river and the beach, and ... More >>
Fernside And Mata Roads To Reopen To Heavy Vehicles
Tuesday, 7 July 2020, 4:38 pm | Gisborne District Council
Fernside Road is now open to heavy vehicles and Mata Road will reopen at the end of the week, weather and geotechnical conditions permitting. Ihungia Road remains open to four wheel drive vehicles only and a structural repair is required to make ... More >>
Council Investigating Eroding Landfill Site At Awatere River
Tuesday, 7 July 2020, 8:51 am | Gisborne District Council
Council is urgently investigating an old Council landfill site which has been disturbed by a river swollen due to recent heavy rain. The old landfill site in Te Araroa, 170km north of Gisborne, has been closed for about 15 years. Council staff were on-site ... More >>
‘Fatberg’ Prompts Plea For 3Ps
Friday, 3 July 2020, 4:29 pm | Gisborne District Council
A half-tonne ‘fatberg’ is proving a bane for workers who have been attacking it with picks, shovels and high pressure hoses this afternoon, and prompted Council to remind residents to be mindful of what they flush. The Kaiti sewer network overloaded ... More >>
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 >>
