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Horizons holds Palmerston North constituency by-election
Tuesday, 26 June 2018, 9:51 am | Horizons Regional Council
Horizons Regional Council will be holding a by-election for the Palmerston North constituency following the passing of Councillor Pat Kelly over Queen’s Birthday weekend. More >>
Horizons’ community grants funding spread across region
Monday, 25 June 2018, 4:37 pm | Horizons Regional Council
Twelve community groups from across the Manawatū-Whanganui region are to receive funding for their projects under Horizons Regional Council’s community grants programme. Set up at the beginning of 2012, the programme was established to support community ... More >>
Horizons Regional Land Transport Plan adopted
Friday, 22 June 2018, 2:50 pm | Horizons Regional Council
Horizons Regional Council have adopted the 2018-28 Regional Land Transport Plan (RLTP), following a required three year review. More >>
Horizons adopts Long-term Plan
Thursday, 21 June 2018, 12:47 pm | Horizons Regional Council
After considering over 500 submissions and hearing from more than 80 submitters, Horizons Regional Council adopted its final Long-term Plan for the next 10 years today. More >>
Horizons welcomes funding announcement
Friday, 15 June 2018, 11:07 am | Horizons Regional Council
Horizons Regional Council is extremely pleased to learn today that it is the recipient of nearly $1 million from central government’s Provincial Growth Fund to plant 1.35 million trees this winter. More >>
Farmers reminded to keep stock off stopbanks
Thursday, 14 June 2018, 9:01 am | Horizons Regional Council
Horizons Regional Council has closed the Moutoa floodgates after the Manawatū River levels dropped significantly overnight. More >>
River levels across the region drop
Wednesday, 13 June 2018, 3:33 pm | Horizons Regional Council
Horizons Regional Council will keep an eye on river levels overnight as they continue to drop across the region. More >>
St Johns Hill School retains top Enviroschools status
Wednesday, 13 June 2018, 2:24 pm | Horizons Regional Council
Horizons Regional Council will be helping St Johns Hill School to celebrate retaining their Green Gold status for the Enviroschools programme, which is the highest achievable status, on Friday 15 June. More >>
Moutoa floodgates open
Wednesday, 13 June 2018, 8:23 am | Horizons Regional Council
Horizons Regional Council river management staff have opened the Moutoa floodgates this morning after rainfall has seen the Manawatū River rise. More >>
River levels to be monitored overnight
Tuesday, 12 June 2018, 5:19 pm | Horizons Regional Council
Horizons Regional Council river management staff will be keeping a close eye on river levels across the region overnight, with Manawatū River level predictions signaling a possible Moutoa floodgate operation in the early hours of Wednesday morning. More >>
Abatement notice served on NZDF following contamination
Tuesday, 12 June 2018, 1:40 pm | Horizons Regional Council
Horizons Regional Council has served the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) with an abatement notice to cease the unauthorised discharge of contaminants at Ohakea air base. More >>
Horizons Long-term Plan submissions to be heard
Thursday, 17 May 2018, 3:16 pm | Horizons Regional Council
Submissions for Horizons Regional Council’s Long-term Plan have closed with hearings taking place over three days from 22-24 May in both Palmerston North and Whanganui. More >>
River protection upgrades underway behind the scenes
Friday, 11 May 2018, 3:36 pm | Horizons Regional Council
Horizons Regional Council upgrades to flood protection in the lower Manawatū are ticking along steadily behind the scenes. More >>
Leaders meet to discuss progress on river improvements
Friday, 27 April 2018, 3:31 pm | Horizons Regional Council
Leaders meet to discuss progress on river improvements The Manawatū River Leaders’ Forum met in Palmerston North today to discuss progress of initiatives underway to help improve the Manawatū River and catchment. The Forum is made up of Iwi/hapū, ... More >>
Avoid the spread of water pests - check clean dry
Thursday, 26 April 2018, 11:37 am | Horizons Regional Council
With duck shooting commencing on 5 May Horizons Regional Council and the Ministry for Primary Industries are reminding everyone of the importance of cleaning equipment between waterways. More >>
Horizons seeks feedback on representation arrangements
Wednesday, 11 April 2018, 11:14 am | Horizons Regional Council
Horizons Regional Council is reviewing its existing community representation arrangements and wants to hear your thoughts before submissions close at noon, 14 May 2018. More >>
Horizons: Grants available to support community initiatives
Tuesday, 10 April 2018, 9:15 am | Horizons Regional Council
Grants available to support community initiatives Horizons Regional Council is calling for applications to its community grants programme with $20,000 available to support environmental initiatives. The programme helps encourage and support local community ... More >>
Submissions sought to shape the Region
Wednesday, 28 March 2018, 12:55 pm | Horizons Regional Council
Horizons Regional Council are calling for the public to have their say on their proposed 2018-28 Long-term Plan (LTP), which was adopted in a Regional Council meeting yesterday. More >>
Electric bus charges into Palmerston North
Monday, 12 March 2018, 4:56 pm | Horizons Regional Council
Horizons Regional Council is testing Tranzit Group’s prototype electric bus for four days this week, showing the community what the future of our public transport could look like. Dubbed EV1, the fully electric bus has been exceeding performance ... More >>
Horizons Emergency Operations Centre stands down
Friday, 9 March 2018, 4:34 pm | Horizons Regional Council
Horizons Regional Council emergency manager Ross Brannigan says that the Council’s emergency operations centre has been stood down and that the Moutoa floodgates will not be activated. More >>
