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Council and TLC ensure access to drinking water
Wednesday, 17 July 2019, 3:01 pm | Ruapehu District Council
Council and The Lines Company (TLC) have been working together to ensure that anyone in Ohakune affected by both the TLC planned three day rolling power outage and Council’s precautionary water safety notice are not without clean drinking water. Council Chief ... More >>
Heavy rain leads to precautionary water safety notice
Tuesday, 16 July 2019, 5:40 pm | Ruapehu District Council
Localised heavy rainfall over the last three days and resulting high raw water turbidity in Ohakune's water source has led to Council needing to issue a precautionary water safety notice which is advising people to either use bottled water or to boil water ... More >>
Cooking class teaches life skills and helps our environment
Monday, 8 July 2019, 4:04 pm | Ruapehu District Council
Yummy, delicious and fun was the overwhelming response from the kids taking part in the zero waste, healthy food cooking class at Taumarunui REAP today (Mon 8 July). At today’s class the kids cooked a family favourite Nachos from the winter ‘Easy ... More >>
Mobile library brings love of reading to rural school kids
Tuesday, 2 July 2019, 5:29 pm | Ruapehu District Council
Ruapehu Librarians Fiona Thomas and Libby Ogle have been on a mission to get books to children at the National Park and Owhango Schools who otherwise are not able to get into the library in Taumarunui. District Librarian Fiona Thomas said that there ... More >>
Join the Plastic Free July Challenge
Tuesday, 2 July 2019, 9:23 am | Ruapehu District Council
With Plastic Free July 2019 coinciding with the official ban of single use plastic bags by retailers Ruapehu Waste Minimisation Educator Emily Jasmine is encouraging people to think about what other single use plastics they could do without. More >>
Taking part in council elections important for Ruapehu
Friday, 21 June 2019, 4:47 pm | Ruapehu District Council
Mayor Don Cameron is calling on all eligible Ruapehu voters to get involved in the Local Authority elections in October this year. “I strongly encourage people to inform themselves about the issues confronting Ruapehu, what the candidates stand ... More >>
Call for year-end Pride of Place funding applications
Monday, 10 June 2019, 4:20 pm | Ruapehu District Council
Community groups wanting project support from the final round of Pride of Place Funding for this financial year have two weeks to get their applications in which close on Friday 21 June. More >>
Call for Rate Rebate Applications Before 30 June Deadline
Thursday, 6 June 2019, 2:27 pm | Ruapehu District Council
Ruapehu District Council is urging ratepayers to check their eligibility for receiving a rate rebate before the end of June deadline if they haven’t done so. More >>
A lot of positivity at Visit Ruapehu Forum
Tuesday, 28 May 2019, 10:14 am | Ruapehu District Council
Over 70 tourism operators together with representatives from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), DOC and Taupo’s Regional Tourism Organisation joined Mayor Don Cameron and Council economic and community development staff at ... More >>
Council thrilled with Trades Academy work on playground
Friday, 24 May 2019, 4:56 pm | Ruapehu District Council
The Kakahi community have celebrated the opening of their new playground that was constructed by carpentry and farming Trades Academy pupils from Taumarunui High School (THS). Residents together with Major Don Cameron, Deputy Mayor Karen Ngatai and the ... More >>
Youth Ambassadors help feed Raetihi
Friday, 24 May 2019, 12:03 pm | Ruapehu District Council
Waimarino-Waiouru Youth Ambassadors from Ruapehu’s award winning Youth Council have held a working bee at the Raetihi Community Gardens as part of the NZ Youth Week. Held every May, Youth Week is a nationwide festival of events designed to encourage ... More >>
Museum Building Committee supports housing collections
Tuesday, 21 May 2019, 3:46 pm | Ruapehu District Council
Museum Building Committee supports housing collections together More >>
Eruption training exercise goes well
Monday, 20 May 2019, 2:19 pm | Ruapehu District Council
Ruapehu Emergency Management Officer Nick Watson said that last week’s multi-agency training exercise based around a major eruption on Mt Ruapehu went well. "In terms of people and organisations taking part it was probably the largest emergency ... More >>
Support for Trades Academy helps build pathways
Friday, 10 May 2019, 4:38 pm | Ruapehu District Council
Ruapehu’s booming construction sector is providing opportunities for students in the Taumarunui High School (THS) Trades Academy to take on real projects and gain real-life work experience. Council’s Property Team was struggling to find any spare ... More >>
Carrot Park award recognises efforts of Ohakune community
Tuesday, 7 May 2019, 9:54 am | Ruapehu District Council
The Ohakune Carrot Adventure Park has won the Healthy Park Award category at the 2019 Recreation Aotearoa NZ Parks Awards held in Auckland last week. More >>
Excitement at Taumarunui Domain playground upgrade
Monday, 8 April 2019, 9:29 am | Ruapehu District Council
The playground at the Taumarunui Domain is about to get a major upgrade that will see new junior and senior multi-play equipment, swing zone, double flying fox, natural water play area, junior play train and accessible wheel chair carousel installed. More >>
Snow Shuttle pilot helping to manage growth
Friday, 29 March 2019, 10:58 am | Ruapehu District Council
Ruapehu District Council with partner agencies and stakeholders including DOC, RAL, Horizons, NZTA and transport providers are in the second year of a three year pilot to improve public transport within the Tongariro National Park (TNP). The pilot called ... More >>
2019 Youth Ambassadors Sworn-in
Tuesday, 26 March 2019, 10:09 am | Ruapehu District Council
Ruapehu’s 2019 Youth Council Ambassadors were sworn-in in front of whanau and friends by Mayor Don Cameron at a special ceremony held in Taumarunui Council Chamber last night. Mayor Cameron said that he was really impressed with the caliber of young ... More >>
Nighttime water outage planned for Ohakune over 26-28 March
Friday, 15 March 2019, 10:55 am | Ruapehu District Council
Council is undertaking a programme aimed at identifying and locating the source of leaks from its reticulated (pipe) drinking water networks starting with Ohakune and then followed by Raetihi. More >>
New community housing for Taumarunui celebrated
Friday, 15 March 2019, 10:40 am | Ruapehu District Council
Ruapehu District Council, Te Puni Kokiri / Ministry of Maori Development and the Taumarunui Community Kokiri Trust are celebrating the Trust’s purchase of the derelict Heritage Court apartments on Huia St in Taumarunui that will see them demolished ... More >>
