Project Marton News Today

Helen King says council funding is key to the survival of community events. “Funding from council is a little more special [than funding from elsewhere], because it’s on behalf of the people the [event] is made for," she said. The Manawatū District Council adopted its 2021-31 Long-Term Plan on June 29, setting an average rates rise of 5.75 per cent. Along with a boost to community events, the plan includes a discount of up to $2500 on consent fees for owners in the central business dis...

Project Marton members vote to bring the group to an end. She and three other committee members had tendered their resignation in the past three months, leaving the group without enough leaders to meet their legal obligations. Thirty-one members of the community, including current and former district councillors, gathered to either volunteer themselves for the positions or decide to wind it up.. Lawyer Kirsten Harper, who helped the group pro bono, said she had assisted Feilding & District P...