Source: Palmerston North City Council
A new attraction that connects recreation activity with our multicultural community will be launched in Palmy on Sunday 21 March, which is also Race Relations Day.
Palmerston North City Council has supported the creation of He Kupu Rangatira â The Proverb Pathway on Te Arapiki a TÄne â The Stairway of TÄne. RangitÄne and the ManawatÅ« Multicultural Council are joining us for the launch at 1pm. The public is invited to discover the 12 proverbs for themselves.
Te Arapiki a TÄne â The Stairway of TÄne is two sets of steps that take you from Te Motu o Poutoa â Anzac Park and Vaucluse Heights to the ManawatÅ« awa (river). One set is 207 steps and the other is 220.
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The former High Flyers building is subject to a Dangerous Building notice, saying it s unfit for occupation.
A one-time symbol of Edwardian civic pride is continuing to blight inner-city Palmerston North, and police worry that amid the smashed glass and decay the former High Flyers building is a home for undesirable activity. The former nightclub hot spot has been on a steady decline since High Flyers closed in 2013 and, then in 2017, the final tenant in the building, The Daily sports bar, moved from the property on the corner of The Square and Main St. Developments on the site have long been planned, but nothing has eventuated and, instead, the building has been left to deteriorate, with windows boarded up or smashed, and the faded paint of days gone by peeling away.
The Long Term Plan was approaching and Tukapua wanted to make sure she didn’t miss a thing. She said she was lucky to have good support that allowed her to get straight back into it. “There is big stuff happening at the moment. We have got to have all the voices at the table.” Tukapua said hearings, when members of the public came in to talk on their submissions, were her favourite part of council proceedings and was looking forward to attending. Cyrus was already famous in the chambers, with staff, other councillors, the mayor and the chief executive all awing over him, she said.
Their droppings carried diseases including avian botulism, campylobacter,
e. coli, and salmonella, which posed a risk to park users, especially children, and lowered the quality of the lagoon. Dever-Tod said they also ate the wetland plants installed by the council to help improve water quality in the lagoon. “For those reasons, culling of the Canada geese is generally supported by residents.” The previous culling methods included shooting, trapping and killing the geese on-site, planting a grass species that is thought to make them sick, and taking them off-site to be killed. Council investigations found the grass species only made the birds unwell, which was inhumane, as was taking the birds off-site to cull them. Trapping and killing on-site manually was also considered cruel.