Monday, 17 May 2021, 8:34 am
Four brand new commercial units for lease in a
council-backed development will offer businesses the chance
to be at the heart of a town centre renaissance in
Ōpōtiki.
The premium retail and
office units at Lots 9 and 10 Church Street, Ōpōtiki, will
form part of a new two-level development to be known as The
Laneway, which is already being labelled as the town’s
premier business premises.
The project, being
progressed by Ōpōtiki District Council with funding from
the Government’s $3 billion Provincial Growth Fund, is due
to get underway later this year with building completion
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Last year Lachie McKnight was in a Hamilton classroom, today he s sitting on the back of a ute with his heading dog pup, Jed, gently leaning into his shoulder.
They re about to head out into the paddock, under the eye of a top dog trialist, to see if little Jed s interested in sheep and if he ll stop when Lachie gives him the word.
Lachie and 44 other school leavers around the country are training to become sheep and beef farmers through the programme.
The two-year, fees-free programme teams up 16-to-18-year-olds with farmer-trainers and supports them to complete certificates in agriculture and primary industries through Eastern Institute of Technology.
Waitaki deputy mayor Melanie Tavendale.
Local government is under the spotlight, but in my view, proactive conversations regarding the future of the sector can’t come soon enough.
Councils are currently facing the biggest shake-up since reforms in the 1980s.
As central government explores a more centralised approach to many aspects of our lives, such as education, RMA and delivery of our water services (just to name a few), we need to highlight the things our community can deliver more successfully than central government’s one-size-fits-all approach.
We are currently one of the most centralised countries in the developed world, with almost 90% of all public expenditure controlled by central government.