Mayor Weston Kirton has congratulated Omaka Lodge owner-hosts Christopher Riches and Scott Riches-McPherson for receiving a Five star - Garden of National Significance rating from the New Zealand Gardens Trust. Established by the Royal New Zealand Institute .
The Whanganui River strategy is being taken to the public for feedback by the 17-member group of iwi, central government, local government, and industry.
More than 180 submissions have been received in the first month of consultation on an iwi bid to change the name of the National Park village and railway.
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The controversy surrounding a large-scale social housing scheme in the small tourist town of Ohakune deepens. Ruapehu District Council (RDC) and Kainga Ora, which are partnering a proposal to build 44 houses in the first of a potential three-stage .