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Ngai Tahu And The West Coast Conservation Board: Healing The Rift
Monday, 13 July 2020, 10:28 am | Lois Williams - Local Democracy Reporter
The West Coast Tai Poutini Conservation Board will make history next week by holding a meeting on a marae for the first time. The workshop at Arahura Marae will deal with Treaty principles and how they mesh with the Conservation Act. He tohu pai tera: ... More >>
Election 2020: Can Labour Win Back Rotorua?
Monday, 13 July 2020, 10:24 am | Felix Desmarais - Local Democracy Reporter
Graphic image - credit: Felix Desmarais / LDR The Rotorua electorate race has long been dominated by candidates from the two major parties - Labour and National. Despite Labour's Ray Boord winning the seat for the first two terms of its existence, ... More >>
Developers Seek To Transform Drury In South Auckland
Tuesday, 7 July 2020, 11:11 am | Steve Forbes - Local Democracy Reporter
The land in East Drury Kiwi Property is planning to develop with a new town centre and residential development. Plans to open up Drury for three massive development projects by Oyster Capital, Fulton Hogan and Kiwi Property are now one step closer ... More >>
Rural Councils Job Scheme Extended
Tuesday, 7 July 2020, 11:03 am | Marcus Anselm - Local Democracy Reporter
A successful pilot scheme to bring jobs to Wairarapa in the wake of the covid-19 lockdown has been expanded and extended. The Mayors Taskforce for Jobs [MTFJ] Community Recovery Programme, a collaboration with the Ministry of Social Development [MSD], ... More >>
Puppy Love: Bylaw Review Suggests Lifting Town Centre Dog Ban In Blenheim
Tuesday, 7 July 2020, 11:02 am | Chloe Ranford - Local Democracy Reporter
Shadow the dog at Taylor River. CREDIT: BRYA INGRAM/STUFF/SUPPLIED – SINGLE USE ONLY A bylaw review in Marlborough has paved the way for dogs to make a permanent return to Blenheim’s town centre. The Marlborough District Council is looking at ... More >>
Cash Boost For Wairarapa Waterways
Monday, 6 July 2020, 9:17 am | Marcus Anselm - Local Democracy Reporter
A multi-million programme for environmental work across Wairarapa's waterways got the green light yesterday [Sunday]. Funding in Wairarapa Moana from regional and central government may boost jobs and the lake's conservation status. PHOTO/FILE ... More >>
‘Wholesale Reconfiguration’ Of Rotorua CBD To Be Considered
Friday, 3 July 2020, 10:22 am | Felix Desmarais - Local Democracy Reporter
A 30 km/h CBD speed limit, the pedestrianisation of Tutanekai St and the removal of the green corridor cycleway are to be considered as part of Rotorua’s inner city revitalisation strategy. Those ideas - the most comprehensive of which could ... More >>
Council Honours Sister-city Advocate
Friday, 3 July 2020, 10:18 am | Charlotte Jones - Local Democracy Reporter
HONOURED: Sammy Wilson is helped to plant the tree dedicated to her by parks and reserves team member Ranee Whiting (left) and deputy mayor Andrew Iles. TROY BAKER / WHAKATANE BEACON Twenty-five years of service in international relations ... More >>
Book A Marae And Its Community Will Thrive
Friday, 3 July 2020, 10:15 am | Charlotte Jones - Local Democracy Reporter
A Te Ao Maori answer to Airbnb looks set to provide local marae with a constant revenue stream. Three local marae have been selected to be a part of new Maori venture Book a Marae, essentially an online booking system not dissimilar to Airbnb. Iramoko ... More >>
Dust Settles On Waiewe Reserve
Friday, 3 July 2020, 10:13 am | Charlotte Jones - Local Democracy Reporter
Following outcry from neighbours, the Whakatane Mountain Bike Club has withdrawn its request to create mountain bike tracks on the Waiewe Reserve. This is despite a consultant recommending to Whakatane District Council that one of the proposed ... More >>
Whangaroa Maori Call For Better Planning To Manage Challenges From Unprecedented Local Growth
Wednesday, 1 July 2020, 4:14 pm | Susan Botting - Local Democracy Reporter
. Whangaroa Maori are calling for better Far North District Council planning to deal with their local area's unprecedented growth. They say lack of council planning for fast-growing settlements in their district is causing problems for the communities’ ... More >>
Drone ‘mosaic’ Helps Forestry Catch Cracks, Erosion Before Compliance Failure
Tuesday, 30 June 2020, 4:24 pm | Chloe Ranford - Local Democracy Reporter
A drone "mosaic" of harvested forestry blocks is letting Marlburians see the wood for the trees, and could cut down environmental issues. Marlborough company GeoInsight Limited is using drones, 360-degree cameras and an e-bike to "stitch ... More >>
Kerikeri Residents Lose Faith In Council’s Latest ETA For New Wastewater Treatment Plant Completion
Tuesday, 30 June 2020, 4:22 pm | Susan Botting - Local Democracy Reporter
Angry Kerikeri residents say they have no faith their town’s new $27 million wastewater treatment plant will be working by January. “We were told by Far North District Council we would have reticulated sewerage to our properties by the end of 2017,” ... More >>
West Coast Regional Council Adopts Annual Plan With Nil Rate Rise
Tuesday, 30 June 2020, 4:18 pm | Lois Williams - Local Democracy Reporter
The West Coast Regional has adopted its annual plan for the coming financial year, confirming a nil rate increase. The council has agreed to borrow up to $750,000 from the Local Government Funding Agency if required, at an interest rate of about 1% ... More >>
Rotorua Lakes Council Draft Annual Plan Revisions Recommended By Committee
Tuesday, 30 June 2020, 4:17 pm | Felix Desmarais - Local Democracy Reporter
Rotorua Lakes Council draft Annual Plan revisions recommended by committee A general rates freeze and a 4 per cent targeted rates rise will soon be considered for Rotorua, following public feedback. The proposed targeted rates rise has dropped 0.7 per cent. ... More >>
Beachfront Residents Left In Dark Over Erosion Plan
Tuesday, 30 June 2020, 4:12 pm | Aaron van Delden - Local Democracy Reporter
Surging tides eroded several metres of land in front of three Wainui properties last September. Photo: Paul Rickard / The Gisborne Herald - single use only Wainui residents feel left in the dark over Gisborne District Council’s management of ... More >>
Watercare Earmarks $57.5m To Recommission Dam
Friday, 26 June 2020, 4:17 pm | Steve Forbes - Local Democracy Reporter
Watercare is planning to spend $57.5 million to recommission a mothballed dam in Hūnua to help in the fight against Auckland's water shortages. The Hays Creek Dam was built in 1967. It is the smallest of the Hūnua dams and was originally designed ... More >>
Tararua Rates Hike Slashed
Friday, 26 June 2020, 4:11 pm | Marcus Anselm - Local Democracy Reporter
Tararua District councillor Peter Johns said he hoped to see a focus on the regions as New Zealand recovers from the covid-19 lockdown. Representatives in the district, which covers parts of northern Wairarapa and inland Hawke’s Bay, confirmed an average ... More >>
Lessons Learned In ‘comedy Of Errors’ Toilet Project
Friday, 26 June 2020, 4:07 pm | Aaron van Delden - Local Democracy Reporter
Lessons have been learned through the beleaguered construction of a new $928,000 toilet block for Gisborne’s inner harbour, district council chief executive Nedine Thatcher Swann says. “No one wants to kind of say, ‘Well, yeah, this is our issue’ ... More >>
Three-year Battle Over South Auckland Nightclub’s Liquor Licence
Monday, 22 June 2020, 5:07 pm | Steve Forbes - Local Democracy Reporter
A group of Manukau business owners have been fighting for more than three years against a nightclub’s plans to renew its liquor license after a shooting and ongoing compaints about the behaviour of its patrons. The Vava’u Lahi Night Club in Manukau’s ... More >>
