Any privately owned land can apply by 20 August 2024 for projects to start in 2025
An appeal to the application for a liquor licence at 31-35 Gladstone Road, made by Te Kura Kauapapa Maori o Hawaiki Hou no longer stands, after the liquor licence application was withdrawn on 5 June, 2024.
Council is inviting residents of Wainui to an evening community hui on Thursday 1st of August to help shape plans that will affect Wainui.
"The outcome is fantastic and an asset for the community. It really is a good news story," - Mitre 10 owner Geoff Taylor.
Removing woody debris from almost 30kms along the Waimāta River - part of the big regional clean up.
“This story is a terrible reminder of what can happen in an urban environment when poison is used in an unsafe or indiscriminate manner,” said Biosecurity team leader Phillip Karaitiana.
“Sheep are ok, but cattle, pigs or horses are definitely not because of the damage they can cause undermining the stopbank integrity,” - Community Lifelines Director Tim Barry.
“It gets me up and gives me purpose for the day,” says Sijtze.
Significant tree damage poses a high health and safety risk to members of the public, including golfers, dog walkers, and casual visitors.
Please make sure children and any dogs are kept away from the excavators and trucks as they clean up the beaches at Waikanae and Midway.
“To put it into context - it would usually take ten years to deliver what this council will deliver in three years," Chief Executive Nedine Thatcher Swann.
Council’s Landslide Susceptibility and Connectivity Model will soon be applied to land use planning in Tairāwhiti. This is part of the work underway to improve forestry and farming practices across the region.
Deputy Mayor Josh Wharehinga says they will each bring a significant contribution to the Trust’s governance table to support commercial, economic, social and Māori outcomes.
Further updates are available after a break in a water supply main pipe.
Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery Mark Mitchell has announced $100,000 for the Tairāwhiti Mayoral Relief Fund.
Traffic can still use the Peel Street Bridge and the William Pettie Bridge on Rutene Road which will stay open during this time.
Mayor Rehette Stoltz says there are a lot of trees down across the district with surface flooding still in some areas.
Valves were closed 29 June at 12.30pm and discharges have stopped.
Thousands of tonnes of wood and debris washed up along a 10-kilometre stretch of beach, which added a hefty layer to what’s been piling up for 20 years.
Strategic Planning Manager Charlotte Knight has been selected for an exchange to the U.S.A at the LGFA Taituarā Excellence Awards.
Tiniroto Road reopened Monday 17 June after being closed since August due to extreme rockfall risk at the bluffs.
Tairāwhiti Emergency Management has won an award for its Common Operating Picture (COP) intelligence dashboard.
Mayor Rehette Stoltz says she’s delighted to have the two independent commissioners Sarah Stevenson and Alan Matheson on the Committee.
One of Council’s goals is to identify the worst eroding land across the region and transition it to permanent vegetation cover - Chief Executive Nedine Thatcher Swann.