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ArticleSchool’s num­bers mul­tiply

The impact of local hous­ing growth and a lock­down baby boom is being felt at a Mas­ter­ton primary school, its prin­cipal says, and he is urging the Gov­ern­ment to start plan­ning now or risk a classroom crunch by 2028. Sol­way Primary prin­cipal...

ArticleMPI to review homekill rules

The Min­istry for Primary Indus­tries’ (MPI) review of homekill reg­u­la­tions is being wel­comed as a way for more con­sumers to access meat, as check­out prices con­tinue to soar. Homekill is the slaughter and but­cher­ing of a farmed animal or...

ArticleCus­tom tipped to rise as CBD works near end

ArticleFin­an­cial future for road repairs

A fra­gile coastal road in South Wair­ar­apa has been thrown a life­line with the Gov­ern­ment com­mit­ting to halt its fund­ing with­drawal for three years. Mayor Fran Wilde has wel­comed the move as “an early Christ­mas present for local...

ArticleCoun­cil rat­ing review

Carter­ton Dis­trict Coun­cil is review­ing the way rates are dis­trib­uted between res­id­en­tial, rural, com­mer­cial and indus­trial prop­er­ties. It is con­sult­ing on two options: keep­ing the cur­rent rat­ing sys­tem or mak­ing changes to how...

ArticleSH2 Carter­ton road clos­ure

State High­way 2 south­bound in Carter­ton, between Somer­set Rd and Park Rd, will be closed for road recon­struc­tion work 24/7 for south­bound traffic until Sunday, Septem­ber 13. SH2 north­bound will remain open with a tem­por­ary speed restric­tion...

ArticleMeet the mayor

South Wair­ar­apa mayor Dame Fran Wilde and the dis­trict’s coun­cil­lors are hold­ing a series of informal pub­lic meet­ings this month. No regis­tra­tion or book­ing is needed. The meet­ings are at the Feath­er­ston Com­munity Centre on Septem­ber 9,...

ArticleHome con­sent num­bers up

New fig­ures from Stats NZ show there were 40,908 new homes con­sen­ted in New Zea­l­and in the 12 months to July 31 – up 21% year-on-year. The fig­ures, released yes­ter­day, showed an increase of just over 7000 homes from the pre­vi­ous year. There...