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Maniapoto marae get facelifts More Related Stories Related Podcast Maniapoto Māori Trust Board says more than 130 people are now working on marae renovations throughout the rohe. Chair Keith Ikin says they include whānau who have attended a five-day work readiness wānanga run in partnership with Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, covering first aid, health and safety, use of power tools, driver licensing and other workplace issues. Twenty marae across the rohe received support from the Provincial Dev...

New fund for regional ecomonic growth Economic and Regional Development Minister Stuart Nash Stuart Nash. Photo. RNZ. ); } else { // } The government has taken the next step to boost regional economic recovery with the establishment of the new fund to replace the Provincial Growth Fund. Economic and Regional Development Minister Stuart Nash says the new fund is a vital part of post-Covid recovery efforts. “Today we are launching the $200 million Regional Strategic ...

$3b fund to be replaced by $20m 'seed funding'.

A contract to map ground levels along the full length of the Otago coast and a large part of Central Otago has been signed after the Otago Regional Council (ORC) secured funding support from the Provincial Development Unit (PDU). Approximately 8,000 square ...

Whanganui port project moves to phase 2 with inter island ferry proposal excluded from plans 19 May, 2021 05:00 PM 3 minutes to read Whanganuis port is heading into a new phase in its revitalisation. Photo / Whanganui District Council Whanganuis port is heading into a new phase in its revitalisation. Photo / Whanganui District Council Whanganui Chronicle Plans for Te Pūwaha - the project to revitalise Whanganuis port - do not include an inter island ferry, Te Pūwaha chairman Gerrard Albert sa...

“Emergency works were undertaken to retain ongoing and future flood flows within the main channel,” Griffiths said. “Current works to address the immediate flood risk to the community include extension of the emergency embankments and construction of stopbanks and gravel groynes at the three breakout locations, and strengthening of existing rock stub groynes and construction of additional groynes adjacent to the Rangitata South Irrigation Ltd ponds.” Supplied The December 2019 Rangit...

Source: New Zealand Government A milestone for jobs, businesses and regional economic development in Bay of Plenty is being marked as construction gets underway on the multi-million dollar Ōpōtiki harbour infrastructure project. Economic and Regional Development Minister Stuart Nash has joined Whakatōhea iwi, local councils and representatives of the aquaculture and marine industry at a ceremony with the Prime Minister to celebrate the beginning of the harbour construction. “We are today c...

Ōpōtiki was ready: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visits multi-million dollar harbour development project 30 Apr, 2021 04:07 AM 4 minutes to read Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the Provincial Growth Fund has been aimed at communities where it will make the biggest difference. Photo / Andrew Warner Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the Provincial Growth Fund has been aimed at communities where it will make the biggest difference. Photo / Andrew Warner There is a buzz around Ōpōtiki. Incr...

First-home buyers are taking up the opportunity to get on the property ladder, quickly buying sections at the new Tarbet St subdivision that’s been created in Flaxmere. The completion of the first, infrastructure stage of the development was celebrated on-site today, ahead of the construction phase beginning. Hastings Mayor Sandra Hazlehurst said the development of the site, on time and on budget, illustrated Hastings District Council’s commitment to addressing the need for more housing in ...

Dream come true for first-home buyers of new sections in Flaxmere 20 Apr, 2021 04:56 AM 4 minutes to read A Flaxmere mothers wait for a house of her own is nearly finished. Amo Taite is excited about a new house to be built in a Tarbet Street development. Reporter Shannon Johnstone, Video Warren Buckland. A Flaxmere mothers wait for a house of her own is nearly finished. Amo Taite is excited about a new house to be built in a Tarbet Street development. Reporter Shannon Johnstone, Video Warren B...