Rodney District Council - Latest News [Page 11]
Mayor Calls for Water Savings
Monday, 19 December 2005, 5:38 pm | Rodney District Council
Rodney’s mayor John Law is calling on residents and visitors to the district to conserve water after one of the driest Novembers in 60 years. More >>
Code of Conduct Complaints Dropped
Thursday, 15 December 2005, 4:30 pm | Rodney District Council
The Rodney District Council has today at its final meeting of the year voted to drop all code of conduct complaints currently before the Council. More >>
Connectivity By Sea Gains Momentum
Thursday, 15 December 2005, 2:39 pm | Rodney District Council
Rodney mayor John Law’s vision of giving towns along the Hauraki Gulf’s eastern seaboard greater connectivity by sea is gaining influential support. The concept, a series of jetties along the eastern seaboard connected by a ferry service, is the focus ... More >>
Aids Day: UN-Supported Events, New Initiatives
Friday, 2 December 2005, 5:23 pm | Rodney District Council
Under the 2005 banner "Stop AIDS. Keep the Promise," the United Nations system around the world today observed World AIDS Day through the launch of new initiatives and through ceremonies at the largest cathedral in New York, cricket stadiums in ... More >>
UN Teams Assess Damage in Wake of Tropical Storm
Friday, 2 December 2005, 5:22 pm | Rodney District Council
In the wake of tropical storm Gamma, which left at least 34 people dead and almost 90,000 affected in Honduras, the United Nations system in the country has dispatched five assessment teams to scope out long-term damage from flooding and mudslides. More >>
Annan Postpones Asia Trip to Tackle UN Budget
Friday, 2 December 2005, 5:21 pm | Rodney District Council
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has delayed a planned two-week official trip to Asia that was to have started this weekend because of urgent political concerns, including thorny negotiations among Member States over the UN's biennial budget, ... More >>
Humanitarian Access in Darfur Drops
Friday, 2 December 2005, 5:20 pm | Rodney District Council
As the number of people needing humanitarian assistance in western Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region rose to almost 3.5 million people, the United Nation peacekeeping mission's access dropped to less than three-quarters of those in need, the lowest rate since ... More >>
Council Campaign to Reduce Youth Access to Alcohol
Friday, 2 December 2005, 5:19 pm | Rodney District Council
The Rodney District Council in partnership with the Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand is running a campaign from December through to January 2006 to reduce youth access to alcohol in Rodney. More >>
Council Makes Hammerhead Announcement
Thursday, 24 November 2005, 3:17 pm | Rodney District Council
Councillors meeting in full session today voted unanimously to seek a determination of respective rights and obligations of the two parties (to the issue) in relation to the Hammerhead by declaratory judgment, or other process to be determined by the ... More >>
Fire fighters up-skill in time for summer
Thursday, 24 November 2005, 10:55 am | Rodney District Council
Rodney District's fire fighters, all of whom are volunteers, have completed intensive helicopter training in preparation for a potentially dry and busy summer. More >>
Design Competition Offers Cash Prize
Thursday, 10 November 2005, 1:35 pm | Rodney District Council
A design competition organized by the Warkworth Community Centre Advisory Group and the Rodney District Council is giving Rodney designers an opportunity to create the new logo for a proposed community centre on Baxter Street Warkworth. More >>
Code Of Conduct Investigation
Wednesday, 9 November 2005, 4:44 pm | Rodney District Council
Rodney District Council CEO, Vijaya Vaidyanath, has welcomed the end of an investigation into a recent code of conduct complaint made by her against Councillor John Watson. More >>
New Arts Centre for Hibiscus Coast
Thursday, 3 November 2005, 11:05 am | Rodney District Council
Rodney District Council is supporting a proposal for a community arts centre to be established at the KFC site on Western Reserve in Orewa. More >>
Goat Island art completed for summer
Thursday, 3 November 2005, 11:03 am | Rodney District Council
A sculptural enhancement has been completed at the new Goat Island Marine Reserve toilet and changing facilities in time for the influx of summer visitors. More >>
Annual Report Shows RDC in Good Shape
Monday, 31 October 2005, 9:21 am | Rodney District Council
Rodney District Council has ended the 2004/2005 fiscal year in good financial shape, according to its annual report presented to Council last Thursday More >>
Unitary Authority Status for Rodney not Feasible
Thursday, 27 October 2005, 4:52 pm | Rodney District Council
A report commissioned by the Rodney District Council has found that acquiring regional authority powers is not a realistic objective for the Council at present. More >>
Rodney District Council to Survey Beach Water
Thursday, 27 October 2005, 9:13 am | Rodney District Council
The Beach Water Quality Survey for Rodney District Council began this week on Wednesday and will continue throughout the summer season until April 2006. More >>
Summer dog rules now in force
Wednesday, 26 October 2005, 3:54 pm | Rodney District Council
Rodney District Council is reminding dog owners that summer rules for exercising dogs on a number of Rodney beaches are now in force. Until March 19, when daylight savings finishes, dogs are not allowed on designated beaches from 9.00am to 7.00pm. More >>
Council Moves To Stop Arkles Bay Boy Racers
Thursday, 20 October 2005, 6:01 pm | Rodney District Council
The Rodney District Council has moved to make Arkles Bay less attractive to boy racers. More >>
Whangaparaoa Four Laning Review Released
Thursday, 13 October 2005, 1:16 pm | Rodney District Council
An independent review of the Whangaparaoa four-laning project has commended the Rodney District Council on its handling of what the review’s report describes as “a complex and sometimes frustrating” roading project. More >>