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Stratford District Council and South Taranaki District Council also need to agree. Last week, mayor Neil Holdom said having Central Landfill as a plan B gave them extra bargaining power with Midwest Disposals, the company that runs Bonny Glen. Earlier in the meeting, a decision was made to move the pink bike rack on Devon St West after retailers asked for the parking space back.
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The famous, or infamous, pink bike rack is on the move, but only across the street. (file photo) But it’s only moving across the street, to replace a damaged bike rack.
Dunlop said his artist son, Blake, was the brains behind the colour palette, which took two months to complete. Blake had noticed that bolder colours often emerged in eras where societies had overcome global events, such as the Spanish Flu in the 1920s and following World War II. The cost of the revamp has not been disclosed, but it was supported by the New Plymouth District Council’s main street building fund, which gives CBD buildings a spruce up.
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The revamp has been supported by the New Plymouth District Council’s main street building fund. “It was a good opportunity and I always thought it suited to have those panels highlighted in colour.
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This dramatic 4k footage of the escalating conflict between Israel and Palestine reveals the devastation being left behind with high-rise buildings toppled to the ground and once-busy streets reduced to mere rubble on May 12.
A youth organisation will be walking through the streets of New Plymouth to raise awareness of violence between Israel and Palestine. Voice of the Youth, supported by the Taranaki Muslim Association, will be walking from the clock tower down Devon St West at 12.30pm on Sunday. From 1pm they will gather at Puke Ariki Landing, where there will be a moment of silence, youth speakers and a donation box handed around to collect money for medicine, food, water and other necessities for Palestinians.
It will continue to be run by Taft, formerly the Taranaki Arts Trust, which has presented the festival for 20 years, the council has said. Taft pulled out as production partners last year, after an attempt to get an underwrite from the government was unsuccessful and it risked losing $3.5 million. Councillors will consider whether or not to approve an underwrite of up to $1.9 million to Taft to protect the organisation from a pandemic-related cancellation of the three-day festival on May 25.
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The three-day festival will return to the TSB Bowl of Brooklands next year. Novotel New Plymouth general manager Jayesh Bala said he d like to see the underwrite approved, as the festival was a boon for Taranaki.