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Invercargill city councillor Alex Crackett believes the inner city masterplan is a big leap forward for the city. It included Tay St and Esk St retailers concerns about the proposed reduction of street parking outside their businesses. “I’m a wee bit concerned some of the great things in this plan are being lost in the noise,” Cr Alex Crackett said. Crackett said a common problem that has been raised was the difficulty to get from Clyde St through to Tay St and Dee St by foot. She felt the planned reduction of traffic flow would help with the current problems and it was “a huge leap forward for the city”.
Racist graffiti on te reo school hurtful
24 Dec, 2020 01:31 AM
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An Invercargill father of two is hurt following a racist attack on his sons school.
Tyson Gene Grennell of Ngati Tuwharetoa was shocked when he heard a racist message was sprayed on the sign of Te Wharekura O Arowhenua in Newfield. This has affected me emotionally and physically. It hurt me, you know. I m actually upset to see this kind of behaviour, the racism in 2020.
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Grennell was upset that he had to lie to his children. To tell my son what it actually meant I can t. I had to tell him that was saying they love your school. I had to change the whole subject matter and lie to them a couple of days before Christmas it is hurtful.
Police were also aware of another incident at a residential address in Invercargill and are making inquiries. Racist language was spray painted onto a fence in that incident. Māori Language Commissioner professor Rawinia Higgins said, in a statement, “this is what hatred looks like. It’s not overseas, it’s right here in our communities and it’s targeting our children, our language and our identity. “We know that more than one million people stood with us to celebrate Māori language in September and we ask people to show their support for the children and families from this kura.”
Monday, 14 December, 2020 - 16:50
Invercargill City Council is pleased to announce the opening of its new funding pool: The Community Wellbeing Fund.
The fund will be launched on 14 December, with the first round closing on 29 January 2021.
The Community Wellbeing Fund replaces the previous Council funds, the Community Grants Fund, the Neighbourhood Fund, the Iconic Events and the Development Events Fund.
The aim is to make it easier for people to apply for community funding and to introduce a more strategic approach to supporting the community, this comes as part of Council’s response to Covid-19.
Gemma Crawford, Engagement and Partnerships Officer for the Invercargill City Council, said the fund has the goal of investing in social, cultural, environmental and economic wellbeing, as well as supporting the Council’s vision to create Our city with heart - He NgÄkau Aroha.