Consultation at Manutuke

The likes, dislikes and improvement points from the workshop held at Manutuke Fire Station, 13 April 2010

Likes

• Lots of parking
• Have our own police station and local policeman, fire station, dairy, post office and play centre
• All the marae
• The Church
• Friendly people
• The shop, fire brigade, garage, postal service
• Friendly for tamariki with play centre and kohanga reo
• The school
• Maori corporate farms
• The police station
• Peaceful
• Our place - turangawaewae
• All marae
• Our home is clean, friendly, safe
• Our home has historical significance
• Our home has average community facilities

Dislikes

• Unkempt look of some properties
• Fix the road properly
• River rats
• Argentine ants
• Traffic management at the school
• Rates - no increase
• water supply and connection
• Rates need to reduce
• Bird bangers (scarers) need to start and finish at a reasonable time - currently dusk till dawn
• Should start at a later time in weekends
• Water supply on Tuaraki Road
• Drainage on Tuaraki Road needs to continue - stops at certain point and has no place to drain so floods the road
• Spraying and weed control - should consult affected community
• Mower only does one strip of the kerb - waste of time and money
• Rates should be based on properties that won't be sold - families pass on too - not sold
• Water take from Te Arai River
• Ants
• Rates - no increase
• Water quality in Te Arai - animal faeces and sprays
• Dairy farmer spraying stinky stuff
• Local facilities need upgrading

Improvements

• Sustain the population
• Play centre to be used as a day care when not in use
• Help the school to get a bigger pool for all to use
• Clean up the old river and landscape the banks
• Develop a playground in part of the park
• Connect all of the drains properly
• Replant the park with trees
• Clean up the park - spray it and keep it tidy
• Improve Manutuke hall and rebuild it
• Relax planning regulations within a certain number of kilometres of village centre for new housing
• Pursue business opportunities and opportunities for small industry
• Improve Manutuke park
• Road safety issues - could have a path by the road on the main road
• Bus shelter on Waingake road and Taurau Valley road - lots of kids wait
• Swing bridge - keep upgraded, sprayed and graffiti free
• Hall upgraded - an icon/taonga
• Church upgraded - funding from Council
• Clean up Te Arai and get rid of pests
• Turning bay into Manutuke - transit
• Manutuke speed restrictions from first lot of houses to the end
• Signage needed - nothing at present
• Speed an issue - should be 30 or 40
• Pest control - possums, rabbits and ants
• Signage needed - history, marae, church, school
• Community caretaker funded by council
• Urupa - Turakina, Manutuke, Hurimoana, Te Mahina - more land required and need help with smoothing the resource consent process and assistance with maintenance of urupa
• Improve memorial hall - no demolition
• Church and marae fencing
• Whakato road - reduce speed limit to 30
• Picture theatre - improve or demolish
• Community play area and skatepark
• Domain maintenance and sports ground
• Wharerata footpath extended north of the bridge
• Drainage and flooding on Wharerata road
• Clean and beautify Te Arai
• Kaumatua Whare
• Youth, homework centre for local youth and adults
• Walkway Turaraki road, Wharerata road, Whakato road
• Maintenance of wing bridge and roadway - no maintenance for years - improvements should not affect the rate due to lack of maintenance for years
• Tsunami warning system at the fire station
• Town supply for water
• Look after the trees - street trees, domain trees, marae trees and church trees
• Need a bike track to the village from Brown's Beach road and Whero Whero
• Need to explore tourism opportunities - churches and marae
• Need more fire hydrants - two at present - need to get water to Pahau Marae
• Museum Oxbrows
• Hall upgrade
• Carving school at Manutuke marae
• Restoration of the domain
• Restoration of marae
• Tell local stories
• Historical restoration of old maori pa Taurau Valley
• Safety on the road needs improving
• Need signs - historic and general
• Need public amenities - toilets, water, fire hydrants
• Memorial hall needs to be upgraded as a public facility
• Possibility of extending the school to include a secondary school whare
• Council use council property in Manutuke - what does council own?
• Speed limit should be 50kph within town
• Need turning lane of SH2 into Manutuke off the bridge
• Need water reticulated into Tuaraki Road
• Improve signage
• Need public toilet