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A large pile of smahed glass has been given a new lease of life for use in roads and pathways. A Manawatu contractor is crushing it up into little pieces and is hoping to soon offer the product to its clients. Reporter Jimmy Ellingham walked over broken glass to file this report.
The need for fire safety upgrades has suspended live-in artist arrangements.
Palmerston North needs to improve heating for the bulk of its city council flats.
Councillor Lorna Johnson, who is also a vet, said the council had little choice but to find the extra money. It had to deal with the compliance issues, and it had a legal obligation to provide the animal control service. Head of environmental protection services Kerry-Lee Probert said space constraints at the pound meant animal control officers were not impounding as many dogs as they could. The priority was to bring in any aggressive dogs, or dogs suspected of being involved in an attack. But dogs that had been found roaming or had been picked up by members of the public were quite ofte...