Over 190 submissions have been received so far on the Tairāwhiti representation review, which seeks feedback on how the community is represented around the council table. Mayor Rehette Stoltz says the inclusion of Māori Wards for the next two elections .
Has this landed where we wanted it to?
That was Gisborne district councillor Kerry Worsnop s question for the table as elected members deliberated the region s rates for the next 10 years.
Worsnop pointed to an East Coast property worth $95,000 facing a rate increase of 4.3 percent, or $62, compared to a $1.22 million property in Gisborne s Lytton West, where rates would only increase by $55.
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She pointed to an East Coast property worth $95,000 facing a rate increase of 4.3 percent, or $62, compared to a $1.22 million property in Gisborne s Lytton West, where rates would only increase by $55. That just seems bizarre and ridiculous if you re trying to address affordability because that trend is perpetuated across all of the rural townships, Cr Worsnop said.
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A strong 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck New Zealand just off its eastern coast, days after a series of tremors prompted a tsunami alert and mass evacuations. A series of earthquakes hit New Zealand on Tuesday morning, four days after two massive tremors forced evacuations along a 100-mile stretch of the coast. The biggest was a magnitude 6.6 earthquake that occurred at 7:35 a.m. local time.
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(Photo : Bridget Cameron/ Getty Images) GREAT BARRIER ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND: Residents wait on higher ground following a tsunami warning on March 5, 2021 in Great Barrier Island, New Zealand. A number of low-lying coastal areas were evacuated across New Zealand following a series of earthquakes this morning. While the threat level has now been downgraded, wave surges are still expected along coastal areas, with New Zealanders warned to stay off beaches.