“Disagreement with our process has also overshadowed the benefits the trial could bring.” Sheil Priest, the council’s communications and engagement manager, said some residents had harassed contractors and staff. “It was enough that it was considered significant and a health and safety risk.” The project sought to bring “tactical urbanism” to the village. Imported from North America and Europe, the approach aims to make it faster and easier to create ‘’people friendly’’ street changes in urban areas where space is a premium. Kathryn King, Waka Kotahi’s manager of urban mobility, said it was “disappointing” the council had to stop the project.
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South Wairarapa Mayor Alex Beijen has delivered a petition to Parliament on behalf of 33 mayors urging banks to reinstate rural branches across New Zealand.
South Wairarapa Mayor Alex Beijen delivered the petition on behalf of 33 mayors
Photo: LDR/ WAIRARAPA TIMES-AGE
Beijen presented the petition to high-ranking government officials on Tuesday after his own concerted campaign to bring major bank branches back to his rural district.
Masterton Mayor Lyn Patterson also signed the accord.
Since then, a part-time BNZ branch in neighbouring Carterton and Kiwibank facilities at shops in Featherston, Martinborough, and Greytown have supplemented online financial services.
A trial bank hub was opened in Martinborough late last year by Finance Minister Grant Robertson, one of six in rural areas across New Zealand.