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Resident Satisfaction In Horowhenua Remains High Despite A Difficult 2020

Friday, 20 November 2020, 9:18 am | Horowhenua District Council

Horowhenua residents have given Horowhenua District Council a mixed scorecard in the Council’s annual Resident Satisfaction Survey. Residents were very happy with their library services, sports grounds and rubbish collection, but thought Council ... More >>

2020 Civic Honours And Youth Excellence Scholarships Presented

Wednesday, 18 November 2020, 11:43 am | Horowhenua District Council

Outstanding voluntary service to the community saw five people recognised with Civic Honours Awards and five with Certificates of Recognition in the 2020 Horowhenua Civic Honours Awards at Te Takeretanga o Kura-hau-pō on Tuesday 17 November. In addition, ... More >>

Council Adopts Community Plans For Ōhau And Manakau

Tuesday, 17 November 2020, 3:41 pm | Horowhenua District Council

The south Horowhenua communities of Ōhau and Manakau now have formal community plans to guide their futures. Horowhenua District Council adopted the two community plans at its November meeting. Strategic Planner Lauren Baddock said community plans ... More >>

Diwali Lights Up Libraries Horowhenua

Monday, 16 November 2020, 9:42 am | Horowhenua District Council

The Diwali lights will shine bright at Levin’s community centre, Te Takeretanga o Kura-hau-pō, with a vibrant cultural afternoon full of traditional festival activities, music, dance and food on Friday 20 November. Diwali, also known as Deepaval or the ... More >>

Council Steps In To Save Levin Adventure Park

Wednesday, 11 November 2020, 6:40 pm | Horowhenua District Council

The children of Horowhenua will be able to continue enjoying the district’s favourite playground after a decision by Horowhenua District Council at its meeting of 11 November to take over the expiring park lease, subject to Crown agency agreement. Councillors ... More >>

Community Support Grant Supports 30 Community Wellbeing Initiatives

Friday, 30 October 2020, 4:55 pm | Horowhenua District Council

The Pasifika SCENE group in action. Each meeting includes exercise. Thirty community groups and organisations have received funding from Horowhenua District Council’s new Community Support Grant so far this year. The Community Support Grant aims to ... More >>

Keep Your Kids Safe Online

Wednesday, 28 October 2020, 10:49 am | Horowhenua District Council

Keeping kids safe online is a challenge every parent faces in today’s cyber-connected world. Horowhenua District Council is hosting a practical workshop on the evening of 5 November to help raise awareness of the dangers young people face online and ... More >>

NZ COVID Tracer Booklets Available From Council Service Centres

Wednesday, 21 October 2020, 3:03 pm | Horowhenua District Council

Horowhenua District Council is making the NZ COVID Tracer booklet available from its customer services in Levin, Foxton and Shannon. The NZ COVID Tracer booklet offers a hard copy option for keeping track of where you’ve been, when you were there, ... More >>

Books ‘come Alive’ For Halloween Haunted Library

Tuesday, 20 October 2020, 11:36 am | Horowhenua District Council

The books will be coming alive at Te Takeretanga o Kura-hau-pō this Halloween! On Saturday 31 October, Te Takeretanga o Kura-hau-pō will be getting into the spirit of Halloween and hosting The Haunted Library night for the first time to get families ... More >>

Exquisite Jewellery – Shining Its Glittery Lights In Foxton

Friday, 16 October 2020, 3:38 pm | Horowhenua District Council

There’s jewellery, and then there is ‘art jewellery’. The differences between the two are vast. And that really shows, in the new exhibition ‘Parallax: Shine and Shadows – Spelen met Licht’ in Te Awahou Nieuwe Stroom. The art on display ... More >>

Population Growth Rate In Horowhenua Will Continue To Outpace The Country

Thursday, 15 October 2020, 9:32 am | Horowhenua District Council

The population growth rate in Horowhenua will continue to outpace the rest of New Zealand for the next decade, a review of the Horowhenua Socio-Economic Projections has found. The review, by Sense Partners, was carried out during the COVID-19 Lockdown ... More >>

Three Pasifika Churches Get Renovation Boon

Wednesday, 7 October 2020, 4:31 pm | Horowhenua District Council

Three Pasifika churches in Horowhenua will benefit from renovations under the Fale Lotu Connections Project. Under the project, the Free Church of Tonga, Samoan Methodist Church, and the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa will jointly receive $1.46 ... More >>

Community Invited To Help Shape The Future Of Horowhenua

Friday, 2 October 2020, 11:45 am | Horowhenua District Council

Horowhenua District Council is inviting the community to help shape one of its most important strategic plans. A survey that will inform Council’s Long Term Plan 2021-2041 is now open, and Mayor Bernie Wanden is encouraging people to have a say. “Our ... More >>

The Mahi Space – A New Co-working Space For Levin

Thursday, 1 October 2020, 4:48 pm | Horowhenua District Council

A new co-working and collaboration work area, The Mahi Space, is open at Te Takeretanga o Kura-hau-pō in Levin. The Provincial Growth Fund will provide $400,000 to help run the space, which aims to boost business operations in Levin. Manager Narita Dixon ... More >>

Applications Open For Community Support Grant

Thursday, 1 October 2020, 1:12 pm | Horowhenua District Council

Applications are now open for the second round of Horowhenua District Council’s new Community Support Grant. The Community Support Grant aims to support community initiatives that enhance wellbeing and social connectedness in the wake of COVID-19. ... More >>

Council Re-establishes Full Services For Alert Level 1

Monday, 21 September 2020, 4:54 pm | Horowhenua District Council

Following the Prime Minister’s announcement on Monday 21 September that most of Aotearoa, including Horowhenua, will move to COVID-19 Alert Level 1 at midnight, officers are working to re-establish full services across Council facilities. Council ... More >>

Celebrating Te Wiki O Te Reo Māori With Interactive Online Events

Wednesday, 9 September 2020, 7:47 pm | Horowhenua District Council

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori celebrates and promotes te Reo Māori as one of the national languages of New Zealand, and Horowhenua is joining the fun. Horowhenua District Council and Muaūpoko Tribal Authority have partnered to offer a range of interactive ... More >>

Hydroslide Repairs Begin At Levin Aquatic Centre

Wednesday, 26 August 2020, 5:00 pm | Horowhenua District Council

Swimmers at the Levin Aquatic Centre can look forward to aquatic fun on the hydroslide. Work to repair the hydroslide will begin in early September, and is expected to be complete by January 2021. The stairwell leading to the hydroslide needs to be repaired ... More >>

Nominations For Youth Excellence Scholarships Now Open

Wednesday, 19 August 2020, 12:34 pm | Horowhenua District Council

Nominations for Horowhenua District Council’s Youth Excellence Scholarships are now open. Twelve Youth Excellence Scholarships of $250 each are available, with three scholarships in each of four categories: arts and culture, sport, academic, and outstanding ... More >>

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