South Taranaki iwi wants sewage spills stopped, better partnership with council
17 May, 2021 04:40 AM
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A south Taranaki iwi says continuing sewage spills into coastal waters are intolerable.
Ngāti Ruanui has told a hearing on South Taranaki District Council s proposed long term plan that the best options to improve Hāwera s wastewater system had been chosen with iwi cooperation.
The iwi s submission said that solution must explicitly be added to the council s long term plan. For years we have seen continued pollution of our shellfish and overall harm to our reefs and the life-supporting capacity all of which is a direct result of the wastewater plant, including norovirus pollution.
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Lavinia Kivell, John Graham and Dion Luke (front row) are among a group of Manaia residents who want the South Taranaki District Council to repair their town hall and sports complex, which are closed due to their earthquake risk.
Councillors in South Taranaki have agreed to look again at the cost of earthquake-strengthening and refurbishing a small town s long-closed hall and sports complex after residents banded together to demand action. Manaia’s war memorial hall was shut by the South Taranaki District Council (STDC) in 2015 and its sports complex followed in 2018, after both were assessed as earthquake-prone.