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New Plymouth Airport Named Best In New Zealand By Peers
Monday, 5 September 2022, 10:56 am | New Plymouth District Council
New Plymouth Airport’s terminal has won two major accolades for design excellence from the New Zealand Airports Association. Owned by NPDC, the terminal Te Hono, was named medium-sized airport of the year and medium infrastructure project of the year ... More >>
Kick-off Spring By Joining The Fresh Air Challenge
Friday, 2 September 2022, 10:02 am | New Plymouth District Council
It is not too late to put your best foot or bike wheel forward and challenging your mates or colleagues to ditch the car for this year’s NPDC Fresh Air Challenge. All throughout September, The Fresh Air Challenge/Te Wero Hauhau is your chance to ... More >>
Silver Noodle Soup Scoops Two Community Awards
Tuesday, 30 August 2022, 10:46 am | New Plymouth District Council
Wellington’s Silver Noodle Soup Film and Theatre Company are celebrating picking up the Arts & Culture and Rising Star awards in this month’s Wellington Airport Community Awards. Artistic Director Madeline McNamara says everyone involved ... More >>
NPDC Teams On The Ground Clearing Up And Fixing Things
Saturday, 20 August 2022, 1:20 pm | New Plymouth District Council
General · Take care when you’re out and about this weekend as we still have more rain forecast. · We seem to be over the worst of the downpour, but the clean-up continues. · Our team are still on the ground helping residents and fixing things. ... More >>
NPDC Crews Busy Clearing Roads, Managing Floods And Sewer Overflows
Friday, 19 August 2022, 12:10 pm | New Plymouth District Council
General NPDC crews are busy clearing roads, managing flooding and sewer overflows after the heavy rain over the last two days. The situation is constantly changing with more rain and heavy winds forecast today and over the weekend. Some private ... More >>
Race On For Your Vote For New Plymouth District Council
Wednesday, 17 August 2022, 10:16 am | New Plymouth District Council
The names are in, and the race is on for the people vying for your vote to represent the residents of New Plymouth District for the next three years. NPDC has today confirmed the names of the candidates running for Mayor, Council and Community Boards for the ... More >>
Waitara Kaumātua Keep The NPDC Community Benefits Flowing
Monday, 15 August 2022, 1:31 pm | New Plymouth District Council
Elsie Kearns retired at the age of 70 from a career in teaching 16 years ago and now she’s working on her first art show, thanks to a bit of help from NPDC’s community fund. Elsie is one of about a dozen kaumātua who gather twice a week at ... More >>
Candidates Taking A Stand To Shape New Plymouth District’s Future
Monday, 15 August 2022, 10:42 am | New Plymouth District Council
Candidates are taking a stand across all wards and community boards for New Plymouth District Council in this year’s local body election. Nominations closed at midday on Friday and the provisional candidate numbers are as follows: 8 candidates for ... More >>
New Plymouth Dancers Take National Spotlight With NPDC Creative Communities Fund
Thursday, 11 August 2022, 1:24 pm | New Plymouth District Council
Young dancers have been putting Taranaki centre stage on the national dance circuit thanks to NPDC Creative Communities grants. As well as helping to raise the bar for local dancers, the events receiving funding have attracted young performers and their ... More >>
Time’s Running Out To Take A Stand And Shape New Plymouth District’s Future
Wednesday, 10 August 2022, 9:53 am | New Plymouth District Council
If you want to be around the table to decide how your rates will be spent, the clock is ticking, with those wanting to represent New Plymouth District having until midday on Friday to get their paperwork in. While not unusual for a flurry of nomination ... More >>
NPDC Recognise Efforts Of Local Legends
Thursday, 28 July 2022, 9:54 am | New Plymouth District Council
From flying sick people to hospital and providing support for seniors, children with disabilities and helping people to get fit and healthy – the efforts of this year’s NPDC local legends make impressive reading. Eleven people were announced ... More >>
NPDC’s Festival Of Lights Crowned NZ’s Favourite Event
Wednesday, 27 July 2022, 9:58 am | New Plymouth District Council
We’ve always known it but now it’s official – NPDC’s TSB Festival of Lights has been crowned New Zealand’s Favourite Event. The free annual event took home the award and the title of Best Local Government Event at last night’s New Zealand ... More >>
Rubbish Idea Brightens Up Ōnaero Campground
Wednesday, 20 July 2022, 11:01 am | New Plymouth District Council
If a tidy camper is a happy camper, then two Waitara boys have been spreading the joy around the NPDC-owned Ōnaero campground. Layne Russ, 6, and his cousin Jack Melville, 10, collected three big bags of rubbish during a sweep around the campsite, ... More >>
Take A Stand And Help Shape Our Sustainable Lifestyle Capital
Friday, 15 July 2022, 9:59 am | New Plymouth District Council
The face of New Plymouth District is changing with the local elections this year and Councillor Stacey Hitchcock says it’s an opportunity for the diversity of voices from across the District to have a say on our future. Our first-ever Councillor ... More >>
Deep Cleaning At NPDC’s Wastewater Treatment Plant
Thursday, 14 July 2022, 9:57 am | New Plymouth District Council
While most of us get to ‘flush and forget’ – keeping the district’s wastewater system ticking is a big job. The team at NPDC’s New Plymouth Wastewater Treatment Plant recently emptied the impressive-sounding bioreactor basin 2. The work involved ... More >>
NPDC Chief Executive Resigns
Friday, 8 July 2022, 1:48 pm | New Plymouth District Council
New Plymouth District Council received a complaint about the Chief Executive’s conduct. Mr Stevenson has resigned. NPDC has a highly capable leadership team which has a history of growing executives into chief executives and outperforming many ... More >>
Lithuanian - Taranaki Partnership Tackles Global Energy Challenge As Part Of EU Backed Programme
Friday, 8 July 2022, 9:14 am | New Plymouth District Council
A shared goal to reduce emissions was at the heart of discussions during a European Union (EU) visit to New Plymouth from the Lithuanian city of Vilnius this week. New Plymouth District Council hosted the party of five, here for the first ever delegation ... More >>
NPDC’s New Bridges Span The Path From School To Work
Thursday, 7 July 2022, 10:10 am | New Plymouth District Council
Three new bridges are helping Taranaki students cross from school to work in a growing training partnership of NPDC, WITT and the building industry. The second Build a Bridge project is giving 22 students from six Taranaki secondary schools valuable ... More >>
Protecting The Coastline: Our Superhero Sand Dunes
Friday, 1 July 2022, 11:12 am | New Plymouth District Council
NPDC’s system of sand dunes and other sea defences along the coastline have stood up well against the recent storms and king tides. Damage is noticeable in spots from Urenui to Ōākura, but NPDC Manager Parks and Open Spaces Stuart Robertson says ... More >>
NPDC Animal Control Officers Go Back To School For Doggy Dos And Don’ts Lessons
Thursday, 30 June 2022, 2:26 pm | New Plymouth District Council
NPDC Animal Control Officer Shaun tells Year 6 kids at Woodleigh School that their fingers are like sausages. “If you stick them in front of a dog that doesn’t know you, they might think those sausages look pretty good to eat, so you need to ... More >>
