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Porirua City Council - Latest News [Page 10]
Council Approves Proposed Porirua District Plan
Friday, 1 December 2023, 1:36 pm | Porirua City Council
Porirua City Council has approved the Proposed District Plan for Porirua, which will play an influential role in how the city develops in coming years. The Proposed Porirua District Plan (PDP) will replace Council’s existing district plan, which ... More >>
Christmas Flags Celebrate Porirua’s Cultural Diversity
Thursday, 23 November 2023, 9:52 am | Porirua City Council
<img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2311/f86802e58d1be208554a.jpeg" width="720" height="377"> With the festive season quickly approaching, Porirua City Council has updated its Christmas flags to reflect the ... More >>
Council Agree On Policy To Stem The Number Of Gaming Machines In Porirua
Thursday, 16 November 2023, 2:41 pm | Porirua City Council
Porirua City Council agreed to a comprehensive sinking lid policy for Class 4 gaming today, as a way to help reduce the harm caused by gambling in the city. Porirua has 156 pokie machines in operation, across 10 licensed venues. A comprehensive sinking ... More >>
Porirua City Council Considers Capital Spending Cuts And Rates Position
Thursday, 16 November 2023, 12:31 pm | Porirua City Council
Porirua City Council’s Te Puna Korero committee met today to agree a rates starting point for discussion with the community ahead of its Long-term Plan (LTP), which sets the city budget for the next 10 years. Mayor Anita Baker said the indicative ... More >>
Helping The Next Generation To Love Their Waterways
Monday, 13 November 2023, 2:58 pm | Porirua City Council
A collaborative education programme being piloted by Porirua City Council aims to help local tamariki understand the importance of Porirua’s waterways. The ‘Loving our Waterways’ programme educates students about this important resource from the ... More >>
Policies Up For Review Ahead Of Long-term Plan
Friday, 20 October 2023, 3:38 pm | Porirua City Council
Porirua City Council is reviewing a suite of policies in the lead-up to next year’s three-yearly review of the Long-term Plan (LTP), which sets the budget for the city for the next 30 years. Up for review and consultation are: - Rating Policy - which ... More >>
Pacific And Māori Partnership With Porirua City Council Strengthened
Thursday, 19 October 2023, 2:48 pm | Porirua City Council
Porirua City Council signed off its new Māori and Pacific strategies this morning, in an emotive meeting full of tears, applause and song. At its regular Te Puna Kōrero meeting, councillors and Porirua Mayor Anita Baker adopted "Ola Kamataga - Beginning ... More >>
Young People’s Fund Open For Applications
Thursday, 28 September 2023, 11:39 am | Porirua City Council
A fund to support projects for our city’s tamariki and rangatahi is open for applications. The Porirua City Council Young People’s Fund is available for projects and initiatives that will have a significant impact on children and young people living in our city. More >>
Adventure Park Investment Not Best Use Of Ratepayer Money
Thursday, 21 September 2023, 11:11 am | Porirua City Council
Porirua City Council has turned down a request to invest almost $2 million in stage one of a pared back Porirua Adventure Park. While Council supports the idea of an adventure park on Rangituhi, it says any future financial backing of the project ... More >>
Porirua Mayor Concerned About Proposed Kenepuru Hospital Changes
Wednesday, 13 September 2023, 10:59 am | Porirua City Council
Porirua Mayor Anita Baker has voiced her concerns regarding the potential changes to Kenepuru Hospital’s After Hours Accident and Medical Service. "Te Whatu Ora's announcement today of a service review should ring alarm bells for every Porirua ... More >>
Cycling And Walking Around Papakōwhai To Get Easier
Thursday, 7 September 2023, 2:55 pm | Porirua City Council
Moving along a vital piece of Porirua’s roading network will become safer and less difficult to travel as projects to build a shared path along Papakōwhai Rd and an upgrade of the Whitford Brown intersection get under way in November. Announced ... More >>
Extra Ballot Boxes Popular With Porirua Voters
Friday, 25 August 2023, 9:48 am | Porirua City Council
The introduction of big orange ballot boxes turned out to be a popular one in Porirua’s local body election last year, with close to half of all votes being cast via ballot box. A report to Council yesterday included a debrief on last year’s local body ... More >>
Speed Limit Changes Confirmed For Porirua
Thursday, 17 August 2023, 12:11 pm | Porirua City Council
Safety is the key factor in changes made to the speed limits on some Porirua roads, agreed to today by Porirua City Council. At Te Puna Kōrero this morning, councillors and Mayor Anita Baker signed off the city’s Speed Management Plan that will lower ... More >>
Porirua City Council Receives Top Credit Rating Again
Friday, 11 August 2023, 9:59 am | Porirua City Council
Porirua City Council continues to maintain its AA credit rating with independent credit rating firm S&P Global. Mayor Anita Baker says the S&P Global report (formerly Standard & Poor’s), is helpful not only in reassuring ... More >>
Porirua’s Inspiring Young Leaders Honoured
Monday, 7 August 2023, 4:09 pm | Porirua City Council
Porirua’s inspiring young students were celebrated today for their outstanding leadership and service to their schools and the community. The Rotary Clubs of Porirua, Plimmerton and Tawa, together with Porirua City Council presented Primary School ... More >>
Four Priorities For Porirua
Thursday, 20 July 2023, 3:11 pm | Porirua City Council
Porirua City Council confirmed its vision for the city today, locking in four priority areas that will be the city’s focus in the short term. These are: Commit to the health of Te Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour and its catchment through investment, advocacy ... More >>
Porirua Volunteers Celebrated
Wednesday, 19 July 2023, 10:46 am | Porirua City Council
The Porirua winners have been announced for this year’s Wellington Airport Community Awards. At a ceremony at Pātaka on Tuesday night, category winners were: Porirua Multicultural Council (Arts & Culture) Wellington Riding for Disabled (Education ... More >>
More Art Coming To Porirua Neighbourhoods
Tuesday, 11 July 2023, 11:27 am | Porirua City Council
Seven more broadband cabinets in Porirua have been selected for a colourful makeover, with local artists encouraged to submit their designs. Requests for designs for the dull green or grey cabinets in Whitby, Takapūwāhia, Plimmerton, Paremata, Aotea, ... More >>
Scrubcutting Men Add To Porirua's Streamside Success
Friday, 7 July 2023, 1:31 pm | Porirua City Council
Search for ‘Scrubcutting Men’ on Facebook and you’ll find some cool videos of a Porirua-based outfit doing outstanding mahi around our city. Established by Kaisa Onosai in 2008, he and his two sons have contracts with organisations in Porirua ... More >>
Streamside Planting Off To A Flyer In Porirua, With Many Hands
Friday, 7 July 2023, 11:46 am | Porirua City Council
It’s full steam ahead for Porirua City Council’s streamside management programme, on track to put more than 100,000 plants in the ground in its second year. The 20-year programme was announced last year and receives $600,000 of Government funding per ... More >>
