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Mayor Andy Watson says issues with community committees are due to a ‘wax and wein’ interest in volunteers. “We need less consultation and more communication.” She said request from the committee had once been ignored by the council because it was not worded correctly. Bates and Turner previously chaired their respective committees but were unable to take on the role again due to other commitments. They said the council should take a new approach to how they engaged citizens, such as through frequent public meetings that encouraged everyone to participate, not just a few. At a recent council meeting, mayor Andy Watson raised concerns that the committees were unable to find someone to lead them, and were failing to meet the minimum level of attendance.
Rangitīkei faces future: WiFi, Taihape grandstand and Marton s gravel avenue
13 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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The Rangitīkei District Council is wanting to install free WiFi zones in the district s main town at an upfront cost of $64,000, and a monthly cost of $2,600. Photo / File
The Rangitīkei District Council is wanting to install free WiFi zones in the district s main town at an upfront cost of $64,000, and a monthly cost of $2,600. Photo / File She was speaking at the council s Long Term Plan hearings on Thursday.
The council received 255 written submissions to its Draft Long Term Plan which also includes proposals to increase the pool of funding for local events and economic development, and restore the Taihape Memorial Park grandstand.
Heartbreak by Tony Shull It s a show nearly everyone in Burlington has seen, though not heard: Phish Concert, a mural on the North Street side of Nunyuns Bakery & Café, epitomizes a long, strange trip. Motley pilgrims walk, crawl or ride a chicken on a magenta-hued road toward a distant stage. One of the phans is a creature whose backside is a set of stairs. A smiley-faced clock carrying a briefcase walks in the opposite direction. A huge, deific eye hovers in the sky. The wondrous landscape includes a rocket ship, a waterfall, a sky-bound ladder supported by nothing, a pair of snowmen, Santa with a red-and-white-striped (north?) pole, and a deep gulch whose occupants seem unfazed to be stuck there. In the lower right corner, a facsimile of Edvard Munch s screamer looks very fazed indeed.