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Let’s Go Wheels Out Surprises To Waitara And Inglewood School Students
Monday, 13 December 2021, 5:06 pm | New Plymouth District Council
Students in Waitara and Inglewood are enjoying brand new bikes as part of NPDC’s Let’s Go Bikes In Schools programme. Backed by Downer New Plymouth and Torpedo7, 25 bikes and helmets have been delivered to Waitara Central School and Inglewood ... More >>
Len Lye Kinetic Work Realised Decades After Idea Created
Monday, 13 December 2021, 2:15 pm | New Plymouth District Council
A kinetic sculpture has come to life nearly 60 years after renowned artist Len Lye first came up with the concept. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2112/0261ee17419be8bf8c01.jpeg" width="720" height="480"> The newly constructed massive ... More >>
New Plymouth District Council Wins International Award For Most Liveable City
Thursday, 9 December 2021, 1:55 pm | New Plymouth District Council
New Plymouth has won a prestigious global award for the Most Liveable City –for the second time! <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2112/2d90aa8ff3af6f70e12b.jpeg" width="720" height="541"> A view of New Plymouth on a ... More >>
Fascinating Hands-on Exploring Maps At New Puke Ariki Exhibition
Wednesday, 8 December 2021, 5:47 pm | New Plymouth District Council
Looking for some free family fun this summer? Don’t miss NPDC’s Puke Ariki latest exhibition - Map It! Finding a way across land, sea, and space through interactive quests, shows the vital role of maps and navigation in everyday life on at the Puke ... More >>
Prestigious Arts Scholarship Awarded To Local Student
Monday, 6 December 2021, 11:45 am | New Plymouth District Council
The Govett-Brewster Art Gallery was the first place Belle Evans (18) would take her Grandparents every time they’d visit and holds a special place in her heart. So she was delighted to receive a personal call from the gallery awarding her the George ... More >>
Taranaki Moving To Orange Under New Traffic Light System
Thursday, 2 December 2021, 11:33 am | New Plymouth District Council
· From Friday December 3rd NPDC will be operating at Orange under the Government’s new Traffic Light System in a bid to curb the spread of Covid. · All sites are open for all to enjoy, including our libraries, art gallery, museum, ... More >>
Bowl Of Brooklands Hits The Big Time As It’s Named New Zealand’s Best Big Venue
Friday, 26 November 2021, 11:46 am | New Plymouth District Council
We’ve known it for decades and now it’s official – the Bowl of Brooklands has been crowned New Zealand’s best large event venue. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2111/e2a1e005a035f22d8f72.jpeg" width="720" height="539"> The Bowl, which has hosted an ... More >>
NPDC Wins Inaugural Beacons Award For Leadership Approach
Friday, 19 November 2021, 3:27 pm | New Plymouth District Council
NPDC’s courage and leadership in its Supply Chain Leadership approach has been recognised at a national level after it was awarded the Construction Sector Accord’s inaugural Beacons Award. The Construction Sector Accord is a partnership between ... More >>
How Food Fat Down The Drain Costs NPDC Ratepayers Money
Friday, 19 November 2021, 8:57 am | New Plymouth District Council
Two fatbergs in a week have highlighted the problems pouring your cooking fat down the kitchen sink can cause on NPDC’s wastewater networks. Last week a ball of fat the size of a large schoolbag made a surprise appearance at the New Plymouth Wastewater ... More >>
New NPDC Bridge Puts Taranaki Students On A Career Path
Friday, 12 November 2021, 12:10 pm | New Plymouth District Council
It takes a village to raise a child, but it takes a partnership of industry, education and NPDC to help our young people build a bridge to a career. Building the new Camden Street footbridge over the Huatoki River has given eight secondary school students ... More >>
TSB Festival Of Lights Cancelled This Summer Due To Global Covid Pandemic
Thursday, 11 November 2021, 2:03 pm | New Plymouth District Council
Despite considering a range of options to keep New Zealand’s leading light festival switched on this summer, the TSB Festival of Lights has been cancelled in the face of Delta pandemic restrictions. “Sadly and like other event organisers around Aotearoa, ... More >>
Draft Strategy Aims To Reshape City Centre Towards 2050
Wednesday, 10 November 2021, 1:35 pm | New Plymouth District Council
A vision for a sustainable New Plymouth city centre, including opening up the Huatoki River and links to the oceanfront over the next 30 years, goes before New Plymouth District Councillors on 16 November. The draft City Centre Strategy has been drawn ... More >>
Double Delight As $18 Million Reservoirs And New Water Treatment Plant In Ōākura Boost Water Network
Friday, 29 October 2021, 9:29 am | New Plymouth District Council
Two multi-million dollar drinking water infrastructure projects are coming on-line, giving a major boost to our district’s water resilience. After two years of construction, the connection of NPDC’s two new reservoirs to the water network has just been ... More >>
NPDC Covid Update Friday 22 October
Friday, 22 October 2021, 2:52 pm | New Plymouth District Council
HWM quote “We’re in the midst of a global pandemic, people are dying from Covid and the Government has been signaling for months vaccination is our ticket to a more normal future. To put it simply, if we want to party this summer at the TSB Festival ... More >>
A Life Saver For Tradies: New Million Dollar Waste Sorting Facility To Open For Region’s Businesses
Thursday, 7 October 2021, 9:56 am | New Plymouth District Council
A game-changing $1.2 million rubbish facility for building and business waste is coming to New Plymouth District. The New Plymouth District Council (NPDC) will open a waste sorting facility on Colson Road for business waste in the first half of next ... More >>
Independent Tick For NPDC’s Prudent Financial Management
Wednesday, 6 October 2021, 12:37 pm | New Plymouth District Council
NPDC’s finances, including plans to pay for 10-Year Plan investments such as $248 million to Fix our Plumbing, have got the independent tick of approval from international ratings agency S&P Global. The agency has reconfirmed NPDC’s AA+ Stable ... More >>
Exhibition Showcasing Our World Through The Lens Of Our Youth
Tuesday, 5 October 2021, 10:00 am | New Plymouth District Council
Get set to see our world in a new way at NPDC’s Puke Ariki Museum this summer – through the eyes of our young photographic artists. Armed with a camera, a creative mind and a unique perspective, photography students aged 13-18 at ZEAL Taranaki transform ... More >>
Save The Date - Synthony Is Back To Get The Bowl Pumping!
Tuesday, 28 September 2021, 10:39 am | New Plymouth District Council
The Bowl of Brooklands is set to bounce when Synthony brings its classic dance party back to Taranaki on 5 February 2022. Over 7,000 people packed into the Bowl earlier this year as Synthony’s first outdoor show brought in their largest ever crowd, ... More >>
NPDC to discuss Central Government’s Three Waters Reforms
Wednesday, 15 September 2021, 2:26 pm | New Plymouth District Council
New Plymouth District’s Mayor and Councillors are set to consider feedback on proposed Three Waters reforms at a public meeting next week. Under the Central Government proposal, responsibility for the delivery of New Zealand’s drinking water, wastewater ... More >>
NPDC Covid Update - Friday 20 August
Friday, 20 August 2021, 6:17 pm | New Plymouth District Council
. Our 3-day Taranaki lockdown has gone into extra time while the government tracks the Covid spread. · The whole country is in lockdown until midnight Tuesday before a possible change in alert levels. · New Zealand now has 31 community cases of the ... More >>
