Rotorua District Council - Latest News [Page 8]
‘Resource’ environmental education centre open to public
Thursday, 6 March 2014, 8:57 am | Rotorua District Council
Rotorua District Council (RDC) is opening up its environmental education centre ‘Resource’ to the public on Saturday [8 March] as part of this month’s Rotorua Sustainable Backyards events. ‘Resource,’ located at the Rotorua Recycling Centre, ... More >>
Inner city carpark building goes automated
Friday, 28 February 2014, 2:21 pm | Rotorua District Council
Rotorua District Council’s (RDC) inner city Pukuatua Street Carpark Building is becoming an automated operation from Monday [3 March], while offering safer, more secure, better value and all-weather parking to inner city users. More >>
New Zealand soprano for Paul Potts Rotorua concert
Thursday, 27 February 2014, 2:21 pm | Rotorua District Council
Rotorua fans of Britain’s Got Talent winner, Paul Potts, will also get to see promising New Zealand Soprano Anna Hawkins when she joins him on stage for his Civic Theatre concert on EasterSunday. More >>
Migrants invited to share Maori culture on Rotorua marae
Thursday, 27 February 2014, 1:18 pm | Rotorua District Council
Rotorua Settlement Support, Ngati Rangiteaorere and English Language Partners are inviting local migrants to come along and enjoy a day on a marae next month. Migrants are invited to Mataikotare Marae on the eastern shores of Lake Rotorua on Saturday ... More >>
Community feedback supports new direction for Rotorua
Thursday, 27 February 2014, 12:40 pm | Rotorua District Council
Feedback from the Rotorua community has confirmed to Mayor Steve Chadwick that there is strong public support for the council’s new direction for reshaping Rotorua’s future. More >>
Parks Week set to connect locals with nature
Thursday, 27 February 2014, 9:29 am | Rotorua District Council
Rotorua District Council is supporting the annual Parks Week taking place across New Zealand and Australia from 3 to 9 March. More >>
Accounting firm commissioned for independent review
Wednesday, 26 February 2014, 12:31 pm | Rotorua District Council
Rotorua mayor Steve Chadwick has confirmed that PwC (formerly PricewaterhouseCoopers) will undertake an independent review into past Rotorua District Council financial disclosures. More >>
Forum to discuss Rotorua's homeless issue
Monday, 24 February 2014, 3:25 pm | Rotorua District Council
A forum is being held at Rotorua District Council (RDC) this week to discuss the issue of homelessness in Rotorua. RDC Night Shelter coordinator, Amy Duckett, said the Rotorua Community Night Shelter Trust is hosting the forum to identify the level ... More >>
Bill Haley Jr and Comets promise night of rock ‘n’ roll
Friday, 21 February 2014, 2:58 pm | Rotorua District Council
Bill Haley and the Comets are rock ‘n’ roll legends - they were there at the birth of rock ‘n’ roll and changed the face of music forever. And now Bill Haley’s son Bill Haley Jr, and his five-piece band, are coming to Rotorua’s Energy Events ... More >>
Fresh ideas will continue Rotorua lakes clean-up
Thursday, 20 February 2014, 4:18 pm | Rotorua District Council
Rotorua Mayor Steve Chadwick today [20 February 2014] called for innovation and fresh ideas to continue the work in cleaning up the Rotorua lakes as she opened the national Biological Farming Conference in Rotorua. More >>
Tax seminar to help newcomers and migrants
Wednesday, 19 February 2014, 9:06 am | Rotorua District Council
Tax seminar to help newcomers and migrants Local migrants and newcomers are being given an opportunity to learn more about the New Zealand tax system at a special seminar next month. More >>
Elite BMX facility gets Rotorua council support
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 3:13 pm | Rotorua District Council
Rotorua District Council’s Strategy, Policy & Finance Committee has given its support ‘in principle’ to proposals to build an elite international BMX facility on council land off Waipa State Mill Road. More >>
Rotorua gets tough on psychoactive substance sales
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 3:06 pm | Rotorua District Council
“There’s no place for the sale of psychoactive substances in Rotorua.” That is the message Rotorua District Council (RDC) wants to make clear through a new policy which would severely restrict the sale of the products to the full extent of powers ... More >>
Council set to reduce speed limits on four Rotorua roads
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 3:04 pm | Rotorua District Council
Rotorua District Council has reviewed current speed limits on a number of district roads and is proposing to cut maximum speed on four roads, subject to community consultation. More >>
Rotorua business and consumer confidence on the up
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 2:31 pm | Rotorua District Council
Confidence among local businesses and the general public is on the up according to just released results from the latest national and Rotorua business and consumer confidence surveys. More >>
Rotorua District Council orders independent review
Thursday, 13 February 2014, 4:57 pm | Rotorua District Council
Council orders independent review of past financial disclosures Rotorua mayor Steve Chadwick announced today that an independent review of Rotorua District Council financial disclosures is to be commissioned. The review is to be undertaken by an external ... More >>
Tarawera Landing beach re-opened to public
Thursday, 13 February 2014, 2:40 pm | Rotorua District Council
Rotorua District Council (RDC) has re-opened a 50 metre stretch of beach at Tarawera Landing which had been closed for a number of weeks as a public health precaution after a sewage discharge was detected. RDC Infrastructure Services Group manager ... More >>
Pukuatua Street overnight re-seal starts Sunday
Thursday, 13 February 2014, 10:56 am | Rotorua District Council
Rotorua District Council (RDC) is about to commence work on re-sealing a stretch of Pukuatua Street alongside the Trade Central shopping centre and Rotorua Boys High School. More >>
Council action sees $3.3m shortfall slashed
Wednesday, 12 February 2014, 1:02 pm | Rotorua District Council
A financial report presented to Rotorua District Council’s Operations & Monitoring Committee this morning [12 February] shows action taken to reduce a recently forecast $3.3 million funding shortfall is proving successful. More >>
Rotorua Mayor hosting Mayors’ Taskforce for Jobs
Wednesday, 12 February 2014, 9:38 am | Rotorua District Council
Rotorua mayor Steve Chadwick will welcome mayors from across the country on Friday [14 February] when she opens a meeting in Rotorua of the national group Mayors’ Taskforce for Jobs. The Mayors’ Taskforce for Jobs is a nationwide network of mayors ... More >>