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The council had paid above “market value” to secure the property which would prove invaluable to the council’s wastewater strategy going forward, Carterton Mayor Ron Mark said. Of the $4.5m purchase price, $3.6m will be loan-funded and serviced ...

Carterton councillors are concerned for the viability of their events centre, should neighbouring Masterton District Council forge ahead with a 700-seater town hall replacement. Masterton’s earthquake-prone town hall has been closed since 2016 and many events ...

Carterton's deputy mayor is "disappointed" and "disgusted" at the response to a proposal to erect a memorial sculpture of the late Georgina Beyer.

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Beyer, who died last year, was elected mayor of Carterton in 1995, making her the world’s first openly transgender mayor. Carterton’s Deputy Mayor Dale Williams said he was “disgusted” by the comments his council had received regarding a ...

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This Anzac Day , the Ode of Remembrance will again be spoken even as pressure continues to pile on systems intended to support military veterans. Journalist...