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Monday, 28 June 2021, 4:46 pm
It’s taken more than 20 years, but Te Ara Piko is
finally the finished product.
The 5.25km, $5.3million
pathway around the northern side of the spectacular
Pāuatahanui Inlet was pitched in 1999 to then-Porirua mayor
Jenny Brash by members of the Rotary Club of
Plimmerton.
The first turf was turned in 2005 and an
official blessing and opening was held on Monday at
Motukaraka Point to recognise its completion.
Current
Porirua mayor Anita Baker said the tireless fundraising by
Plimmerton Rotary - it contributed $1.3m towards the project
- has created a much-loved walkway that will be enjoyed for
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More than a hundred people attended a public hui in Titahi Bay last night to discuss plans to continue discharging sewage into Porirua Harbour. Titahi Bay residents have long been concerned about the discharge of untreated sewage into their bay.
There was disappointment that the mayor of Porirua did not attend the hui, and that no city councillors or regional councillors were present to hear the residents’ concerns.
The meeting made a unanimous decision to ask why the Mayor and the councillors did not attend.
And there was a consensus that commissioners are needed to consider the issue, as the resource consent process provides no clear plan or financial strategy to fix frequent polluting from an ageing treatment plant.