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Mackenzie District councillors have asked for more time to fully understand Plan Change 18 before voting on it. (File photo)
A decision on how to protect native species in the Mackenzie Basin has been delayed as councillors say they don’t properly understand the proposal. The district council proposal, known as Plan Change 18, is to designate vast swathes of the Mackenzie as areas of natural significance, and mostly stop new clearance and irrigation of that land, as well as making it more difficult to clear native vegetation in the rest of the basin. At a Mackenzie District Council meeting on Tuesday, councillors were due to vote on whether to adopt the recommendations, which were made by independent commissioners.
Dump decision delayed as protesters go to Parliament
Fight the Tip’s Michelle Carmichael and Sue Crockett’s presentation was screened live from the Environmental Select Committee.
The long-awaited news on whether Waste Management (WM) will be allowed to build a vast new regional landfill in the Dome Valley was again delayed last week, as the hearing panel grappled to come to a decision.
The five independent commissioners were originally set to make their announcement 15 working days after the hearings into WM’s resource consent and private plan change applications officially closed in late March.
That timeframe was extended to 30 working days “due to the scale and complexity of the matter”, meaning the decision was due last Wednesday, May 12. However, Auckland Council principal project lead Warwick Pascoe could only announce then that the hearing panel was still working on both decisions.
The Big Dry continues to affect store livestock markets
12 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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Peter Barnett weaves his auctioneering magic at the on-farm clearance sale in upper Aramoho. Photo / Supplied
Peter Barnett weaves his auctioneering magic at the on-farm clearance sale in upper Aramoho. Photo / Supplied
Iain Hyndman is a reporter for the Whanganui Chronicleiain.hyndman@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron
The Big Dry in certain parts of the country continues to have an impact on the price and sale of store stock. Independent Whanganui stock agent, livestock commentator, farmer, rural real estate agent and Horizons regional councilor David Cotton said the continuing dry spell in Hawkes Bay, northern parts of Wairarapa near Masterton and several areas of the South Island were having a major impact.
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Press Release – Bayleys
According to the comprehensive growth management strategy being undertaken by Tauranga City Council, record population growth in Tauranga is forecast to continue, with a deficit of supply over demand of circa-5,000 homes in the region by 2031.
Developers are on the hunt for strategically-located land with scale in the Bay of Plenty of region, with the largest demand being for land close to Tauranga city, and supported by a high level of amenity in the immediate area.
Tauriko West has been an earmarked growth node for residential housing for some time and the broader area has undergone significant development in recent years with the establishment of the regional shopping centre Tauranga Crossing, Tauriko Business Estate and The Lakes residential subdivision.