Opinion: I’ll open by stating that I am very disappointed with our Community Board! The “Direction-setting for Long Term Plan” Community Board meeting was held on the 7th of November. The meeting lasted approximately 35 minutes (the shortest meeting for...

Council Meeting: 08 August 2023 Brief points: 2 Community Board members were absent from the meeting. A public presentation was provided by Dylan Graves. No decisions were made during the meeting. The following reports were received by the Community Board,...

Council Meeting: 06 June 2023 Brief points: 2 Community Board members were absent from the meeting. The Hauroko Valley Primary School student leaders from year 8 (and Mrs Waikato, Principle) made wonderful presentations to the Board sharing details of what...

The Big One In late March, Alice Lake-Hammond from Alpine Fault Magnitude 8 (AF8), presented a public talk on what the impacts of a large Alpine Fault earthquake might look like in our region. This was well attended and was...