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The council’s people and performance committee made a recommendation to keep Carran in the job. Cr Richard Lyon was supportive of retaining Carran, moving that the recommendation be accepted. “The recommendation has been thoroughly researched and democratically approached.” Lyon said Carran had been a strength in many ways and difficult decisions had been made. “I know there have been all sorts of undercurrents, but the reality is - it’s for our organisation to grow and grow and ...

Piddington called for an explanation from Mackey for what he called the council ending up “in a mess” as it missed its statutory June 30 deadline for the adoption of the plan. Mackey said when they looked at the details in a final analysis, corporate activities as a group of activities was not in the draft. This had to be amended. Also, a cut in funding from Waka Kotaki NZ Transport Agency and the flood at the end of May complicated matters. A council staff report said addressing Audit N...

‘Devastating’ nuclear accident risks kept under wraps, The Ferret, Rob Edwards, July 4, 2021,  A ruling allowing the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to keep nuclear safety problems secret has been condemned as a threat to democracy, with “devastating” accident risks. An information tribunal in London has rejected a bid to release reports about Trident nuclear bomb and submarine hazards on the Clyde because of fears about leaks to an increasingly “aggressive” Russia. But the secrecy ha...

Work will proceed on Aorangi Park, the Aigantighe Art Gallery, and to enable development of the city hub, the Timaru District Council has decided.

By Press Association 2021 Lynda Rickard A woman who forged the will of a wealthy landowner before starving him to death to inherit a slice of his £3.5 million fortune has been jailed for life. Carer Lynda Rickard, 62, was found guilty of murdering former auctioneer’s clerk James Sootheran, known as Anthony, 59, at his property, High Havens Farm in the village of South Newington, Oxfordshire, in March 2014. She had been paid £47,000 a ...

chris tobin/Stuff Singh Trading has been granted a liquor off-licence to operate a bottle store in this former cafe in Pleasant Point, but the decision is now subject to an appeal. A Pleasant Point primary school has lodged an appeal against a decision to allow a new bottle store to open the small South Canterbury town. St Joseph’s School principal and board of trustees member Aroha Stewart confirmed an appeal had been made to the Alcohol Regulatory and Licensing Authority (ARLA) but would n...

Puttshack Announces $60 Million in Growth Capital Latest investment round to support continued strategic growth for the only upscale tech-infused mini golf experience News provided by Share this article Share this article CHICAGO, May 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Puttshack, the only upscale tech-infused mini golf experience with global food and drink, today announced it has completed a growth capital round of $60 million led by Promethean Investments. The funds will continue to support the companys...

JOHN BISSET/Stuff A runner uses the closed section of the Smithfield Walkway in February 2021 after a gate was removed. But the walkway may open again officially, with Alliance general manager manufacturing Willie Wiese saying “Alliance is finalising a proposal to temporarily open the pathway and is in discussions with Environment Canterbury about this”. Wiese had previously said “an in-depth site investigation identified relatively low levels of asbestos-containing fragments within som...

JOHN BISSET/STUFF Safer Mid Canterbury and Safer Waitaki have been consulted regarding a new safer communities co-ordinator being employed by the Timaru District Council. (File photo) The employment of a new safer communities co-ordinator in the Timaru District has been recommended following the reassessment of a council decision, in 2019, not to renew its contract for Restorative Justice services. At Tuesday’s Timaru District Council community services committee meeting, councillors agreed ...

The “appalling” state of a stretch of State Highway 1, near Timaru's Evans St, has concerned councillors.