Letters: We need housing in Whanganui more than the velodrome
8 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Whanganui Chronicle
It s time, councillors. I share Trevor Stratton s misgivings (Letters, April 7) about the district council s preferred option for a $20 million velodrome roofing project. I suspect many councillors were uneasy about giving that option the tick but chose what they saw as the line of least resistance, after enduring years of fierce lobbying by what became the Regional Velodrome Development Trust.
The squeakiest wheel of all has been councillor Philippa Baker-Hogan who, after years of velodrome lobbying, went all out in her 2019 campaign for a fifth term as the sole bearer of the Velodrome Events Centre banner.
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Democracy in action : Pets for pensioners to be trialled in Whanganui council housing
4 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Bob the bird will be part of a new pet ownership trial at Whanganui pensioner housing complexes in Whanganui.
Photo / Bevan Conley
Bob the bird will be part of a new pet ownership trial at Whanganui pensioner housing complexes in Whanganui.
Photo / Bevan Conley
Pets will now be allowed at three Whanganui pensioner housing complexes as part of a year-long trial. The trial follows a review of Whanganui District Council s long-standing policy of not allowing pets in pensioner housing which caused a stir in 2019 when some residents were asked to rehome their pet birds or face a 90-day eviction notice.