Your Weekly Update from District Council Will you stand for election? boat ramp Due to flooding in the Urenui River, NOMINATIONS FOR the local A candidate information meeting will be • South-West Ward: two Councillors. the start date for maintenance on the held from 3pm to 5pm on Saturday 23 July The four community boards are Clifton, elections open on Friday next week boat ramp at Urenui Domain has been in the Civic Centre, New Plymouth. Waitara, Inglewood and Kaitake. Each (15 July). delayed to Monday 25 July. This is the Council board comprises four elected members, To be eligible to stand for election, a next period of favourable tides. candidate must be on the electoral roll Nominees can stand for election as plus one Councillor from the relevant ward and be a citizen. Mayor, as a Councillor, or as a member of (who is appointed by the Council). Be part of the TSB Bank Festival Nomination forms will be available one of four community boards. Other elections of Lights! from 15 July from NPDC offices and The Mayor is elected ‘at large’ (by all the Nominations for Regional Applications have opened for online at newplymouthnz.com/elections. district’s voters) while the 14 Councillors Council and the Taranaki District Health musicians, dancers and children’s Nominations close at noon on 12 August. are voted from three wards as follows: Board also open on 15 July. More entertainers in the festival’s On Stage Also, candidate information packs are • North Ward: two Councillors. information is online at newplymouthnz. and Summer Scene programmes. available from Council offices and online. • New Plymouth City Ward: 10 Councillors. com/elections. Also, artists, designers and groups are able to submit their designs for new lighting features. Puke Ariki has a world of reading at your fi ngertips All application forms are online at festivaloflights.nz – applications close DID YOU know that Puke Ariki gives on 1 August. you the world of newspapers and - magazines at your fingertips for free Waiata for Maori Language Week Would you like to learn te reo songs with your library card? - Everything from the Chicago Times to for Maori Language Week? Vanity Fair, to publications in languages Puke Ariki and the Govett-Brewster from Afrikaans to Zulu, are available with Art Gallery have been holding waiata the use of your Puke Ariki membership lessons for the public, with the next card. ones at the gallery today (Wednesday) Puke Ariki members can also borrow and tomorrow, and at Puke Ariki e-books and audio books. Library on Friday. “We have publications in digital that All lessons are from 12.20pm to aren’t available in hard copy here, and 12.50pm. See you there! new items are going into the catalogue News at your fingertips every month,” says Manager Puke Ariki Keep up with the latest Council news Kelvin Day. International newspapers and magazines are available online for Puke Ariki members. by liking our Facebook page and “Audio books are really good for when following our Twitter feed! See the you’re driving long-distance – just plug footer of this page for details. in your MP3 device to play through the can operate on your phone and tablet). with set-up on the Puke Ariki website at stereo speakers and you can listen and Bolinda and e-pukapuka pukeariki.com/ Libraries/eBooks. drive at the same time.” Use these services to download Other digital services PressReader e-books and audio books. These have a Puke Ariki has an enormous number COUNCIL MEETINGS PressReader allows you to access two-week issue period but you can renew of digital services for the public, including newspapers and magazines from your checked-out items. Academic Onefile (an easy way to access 6 to 15 July around the world. If you sign in to create Books can be read online, and via an extensive research) to World History in an account, you can personalise your app on smartphones or tablets (but they Context (covering events and people that Kaitake Community Board1 selections and get alerts when a new issue aren’t compatible with Kindles). have shaped the world from ancient to 7pm on Monday 11 July of your favourite publication is available. If you want to download the app, look for modern times). Just go to pressreader.com. Overdrive or Borrow Box in your phone’s Have a look at what’s available by going Inglewood on Community Board2 eznewplymouth.kotui.org.nz/catalog or use App Store or Play Store. to pukeariki.com/Libraries and searching 1.30pm on Tuesday 12 July a PressReader smartphone app (the app You can find more information to help for eResources. Clifton Community Board3 9am on Thursday 14 July PUBLIC NOTICES Waitara Community Board4 9am on Friday 15 July You can also phone the Council March 2017. Send written submissions about Annual Plan 2016/17 * To be broadcast, with a recording available, on 06-759 6060 for a copy to be Roads to be closed the closure to New Plymouth NEW PLYMOUTH DISTRICT via newplymouthnz.com. COUNCIL’S Annual Plan 2016/17 sent out to you. • De Havilland Drive from Devon District Council by 4pm on Friday was adopted at a meeting of the Road (SH3) to 100m south of 15 July 2016. Agenda papers will be available to read Council held on 28 June 2016. Road closure request: Hudson Road. Submissions must be made on at Council offices and libraries, and Copies of the plan are available Taranaki Car Club • Connett Road East from De the road closure form, which is newplymouthnz.com. Where no venues are from the Civic Centre, Liardet THE Taranaki Car Club has Havilland Drive to Mustang Drive. available online at newplymouthnz. shown, these meetings will take place in the Street, New Plymouth and at requested the closure of the • Hudson Road. com/submissions or by contacting Civic Centre, New Plymouth. library and service centres in Bell following roads to conduct Naki • Catalina Place. the Council on 06-759 6060 or Venue: 1 - Hempton Hall, Okato; Block, Inglewood and Waitara. Drag Wars, a motorsport event. The application is being [email protected]. 2 - Inglewood Library and Service Centre; Alternatively, you can view the Date and period of closure: considered under Schedule 10 of Please note: these roads could 3 - Urenui Community Centre; 4 - Waitara plan at newplymouthnz.com. from 6am to 6pm on Sunday 12 the Local Government Act 1974. reopen earlier than advertised. Library and Service Centre.

For more information: New Plymouth District Council, Private Bag 2025, New Plymouth 4342 Phone. 06-759 6060 Fax. 06-759 6072 Email. [email protected] Web. newplymouthnz.com; facebook.com/newplymouthdistrictcouncil; twitter.com/npdcouncil