Wednesday, 7 July 2021, 4:05 pm
Dr
Rob Gregory, leading specialist in farm animal
welfare.
The deer industry is
reinforcing its commitment to animal welfare with the
appointment of a leading specialist in farm animal welfare,
Dr Rob Gregory, to its executive team.
Dr Gregory will
assume the role of general manager, quality assurance, at
the end of July. He replaces John ‘JT’ Tacon who is
retiring after working for Deer Industry NZ (DINZ) and its
predecessor organisations for more than 30
years.
Tacon, who was awarded the prestigious Deer
Industry Award in May, has overseen the establishment of
rigorous animal welfare standards across the deer industry
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The original roundabout in Northcote was built in 2018 at the centre of a $400,000 project. It was later removed to make way for a water infrastructure upgrade, but is now being replaced.
Tax and ratepayers have forked out $600,000 for a roundabout to be built on Auckland’s North Shore, twice. Council-controlled Auckland Transport first built the roundabout on Ocean View Road in 2018. Construction of the roundabout cost about $400,000, costs which also included traffic management, speed tables and pavement work as part of the Northcote Safe Cycle Route. But that roundabout was recently demolished – to allow the construction of a water main which will serve the Northcote Development, a major Government housing project just over 100 metres away.
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