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Recruiter sends Kane on the right Kapiti track P9 Kids go all out for challenges P22 Thursday, April 20, 2017 ‘‘They’re not paying for the future. They’re just eating the future.’’ Kapiti mayor K Gurunathan Rate plan region’s highest JOEL MAXWELL Wellington City came mid- depreciation – on a more valuable ‘‘If there was some new with interest rate rises it seems pack for a proposed average 3.3 asset which, along with inflation, services on their way I could there is a lot being hit at once.’’ Kapiti’s mayor has defended a per cent increase, Hutt City was at make up most of the hike. maybe understand, but there is Chief executive Pat Dougherty proposed rate increase that tops the bottom with 2.3 per cent – but Kapiti mayor K Gurunathan nothing new being offered to said councils were expected to the region, accusing other Kapiti Coast District Council was said one of the ways other residents and a lot of this appears fully cover wear and tear every councils of ‘‘eating’’ their own at the top with 5.9 per cent. councils kept rate increases low to be hush-hush and not being dis- year, but ‘‘some councils are leav- future. Kapiti’s proposal, above was not to fully pay for wear and cussed in a open platform.’’ ing a massive problem for future It comes as Kapiti Coast Dis- projections and the council’s own tear. He bought his first home in ratepayers’’. trict Council says it has to pass on cap, comes without additional lav- ‘‘They’re not paying for the Paraparaumu about two years The council had its under- the cost of more-valuable than ish spend-ups or pet projects. future. They’re just eating the ago and said while he could cope ground assets revalued last year expected pipes to its ratepayers. Instead the council had its future.’’ with the proposed increase, there and the value ‘‘went up a lot’’. As of this week all nine underground assets revalued last Kapiti’s proposal, 1 per cent were tough times ahead. ‘‘Then your balance sheet is councils in the region have year and was told they were above projections and the coun- ‘‘My concern is we are also worth more . but you’ve then launched consultation on worth much more than expected. cil’s planned cap of 5.5 percent, facing a new rateable valuation in got to fund the depreciation on proposed rate increases for the Now the council has to left ratepayers like Ryan August. And there is also mention them.’’ Submissions on the pro- next billing year, starting July. increase wear-and-tear charges – Decartier McCarthy disappointed. of water rate increases. Together posal close at 5pm, May 1. Tyres Suspension Mag wheels Wheel alignments Behind Caltex Kapiti Road WE-7570212AB 2 KAPITI OBSERVER, APRIL 20, 2017 stuff.co.nz YOUR PAPER, YOUR PLACE 1. ARTS This newspaper is subject to NZ Press Graphic artist and book designer Council procedures. Sarah Maxey will be speaking at A complaint must first WE SAY Paraparaumu Library tonight. be directed in writing, within one month of 2. NO WASTE publication, to the editor’s email address. Hannah Blumhardt and Liam If not satisfied with the response, the complaint may be referred to the Prince, who have lived waste-free Press Council. PO Box 10-879, for two years, will talk about their The Terrace, Wellington 6143. I used to travel a lot overseas. experiences in Paekakariki tonight, Or use the online complaint form at Even with kids we would save all and Paraparaumu on Sunday. www.presscouncil.org.nz Please year to head off to an exotic island include copies of the article and all or across the ditch to Australia. 3. CARRY 1 correspondence with the publication. The most adventurous trip we New and previously exhibited work undertook was a road trip up the can be seen in ‘Cash and Carry’, a Pacific Highway on the west coast Kapiti Gallery exhibition that closes CONTENTS of the United States and then into on Sunday. P6: Walk for donation awareness Canada and across to Calgary. It P9: Meet the principal was an exciting time, especially 4. CHOIR P13: Pottery and passion with two young teenagers in the The New Zealand Youth Choir is P14-15: Conversations back seat. I had a fabulous junket stopping at Southward Theatre for P20-21: What’s On to Beijing just before the Olympic to do list one Kapiti show on Sunday P22-24: Entertainment Games but since then it has been afternoon. 2 3 P35: Gardening very quiet on the travel front. P37: Motoring As United States President 5. BISCUITS P39: Backyard Banter Donald Trump bombs Syria and Anna Bailey brings a puppet show, P40: Community Cookbook ramps up his rhetoric on North relating to one family’s experiences P41: Your Health/Puzzles Korea, I’m very happy to be in in WW1, on Tuesday. P46-48: Sport this part of the world. Over the past decade or so there has been an expectation that our children will head off on an OE – to see and experience life in 4 5 other countries. My daughters don’t seem that interested. The world has always had volatile hot spots, but at the Contact us Reporters: Joel Maxwell, [email protected], and Adam Poulopoulos, [email protected]. News Editor: moment I’m happy that they are Sharron Pardoe 04 474 4165.Advertising: Cheryl Amos, [email protected]; Bruce Court, [email protected]. content to stay down under – at General Inquiries: Nadia Viljoen, 04 298 5019 or [email protected]. Classifieds: 0800 252 774 or classi@kapiti- least for a while anyway. observer.co.nz. 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But the council says it is on track to hit its 2016-17 target, with 13 new bus shelters due to be installed before the end of this month and another 17 to be installed by the end of June. Angus Gabara, the council’s manager of bus and ferry operations, insisted it would not only meet the June 30 target, ’’but we’ll beat it’’. The reason no shelters had Council’s target been installed during the first is to install 30 nine months of the financial year new shelters this was because the council had financial year. WARWICK SMITH/ focussed on replacing existing FAIRFAX NZ shelters across the region. It has completed 31 renewals against a target of 40 by June 30. It takes very little time to build apply for resource consent to taken care of. council for bus shelters. the new 2018 bus network. brand new shelters, but the build seven of its proposed new ‘‘We often have to delay Once the applications have Fifteen new bus shelters were installation process can be held shelters in Wellington city. planned installation to work been received, the process of installed in the 2015-2016 financial up by neighbourhood consul- Councillor Barbara through objections from deciding on consent normally year when the council first out- tation, checking sites for suit- Donaldson, chairwoman the coun- neighbours.’’ takes 20 days. lined its bus stop prioritisation ability and, in some cases, apply- cil’s Sustainable Transport Com- But a Wellington City Council Last year the regional council plan. ing for a resource consent, Gabara mittee, said the shelters awaiting spokesman said it had not yet set aside $1.9 million for the new ❚ Contact Metlink to find out if said. resource consents would be built received any resource consent shelters and other bus stop infra- your local bus stop is destined to The regional council needs to as soon as the paperwork was applications from the regional structure, as well as supporting have a shelter. 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