DOCSLIB.ORG

Supporting Our Community 1 November 2008 to 31 March 2009 $5,493,545

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Supporting Our Community 1 November 2008 to 31 March 2009 $5,493,545 ILT Foundation Grants Supporting our Community 1 November 2008 to 31 March 2009 $5,493,545 All Saints Church $1,333 Multiple Sclerosis Society Southland $17,500 Southland Fire Service Museum Society $5,000 Alzheimers Society Southland Inc $15,000 Myross Bush School $3,500 Southland Foodbank Charitable Trust $18,000 Anderson Park Art Gallery $5,000 National Heart Foundation (Southland Branch) $5,500 Southland Football Incorporated (Southland Soccer) $750,000 Ascot Longtrack Motorsport Club Inc $3,500 Netball Southland $215,000 Southland Ford Falcon Club Inc $3,500 Badminton Southland $75,000 North Invercargill Indoor Bowls Club $1,215 Southland Golf Club $32,000 Bluff Invercargill Kiwi Can Charitable Trust $25,000 NZ Society of Geneologists - Southland Branch $1,200 Southland Indoor Bowls Centre $26,200 Bluff Oyster & Food Festival $10,000 Order of St John - Invercargill Area $10,000 Southland Kennel Assn $10,000 Bluff Yacht Club $500 Oreti Park Speedway 1998 $120,000 Southland Life Education Community Trust $5,000 CCS Disability Action Southland $25,000 Oreti Surf Life Saving $2,460 Southland Motorcycle Club $5,000 City of Invercargill Rugby League Club $1,500 Otago/Southland Chinese Assn $250 Southland Mountain Bike Club $6,000 City of Invercargill Axemen Inc $2,000 Otatara Community Church $25,000 Southland Multi Nations Council $8,000 Clarendon Kindergarten $1,779 Otatara Landcare Group $844 Southland Piping & Drumming Development Trust $35,000 Collegiate Rugby Club $5,500 Otatara Netball Club $3,500 Southland Pony Club $10,500 Cooks Rugby League Club Invercargill $1,800 Phoenix Synchro (Southland) $35,000 Southland Power Boat Club $15,000 Cycling Southland $170,675 Proactive Drive Youth Driver Education Trust Invercargill $3,000 Southland Primary Schools Cricket Team $2,000 Disabilities Resource Centre Southland $12,500 Probus Club Invercargill Central $400 Southland Racing Club $10,000 Elston Lea Kindergarten $1,957 Rape & Abuse Support Centre Southland $2,500 Southland Rodeo Assn $5,000 Epilepsy Association of NZ - Southland Branch $14,000 Rata Netball Club $4,000 Southland Rowing Association Inc $11,000 Foveaux Harmony Chorus Incorporated $3,000 Rosedale Kilties Marching Team $4,000 Southland Rural Heritage Trust $7,500 Georgetown Indoor Bowls Club $1,660 Rugby Southland $500,000 Southland Santa Parade Charitable Trust $12,000 Glengarry Kindergarten $871 SBS Golf Invitational $1,500 Southland Social Studies Fair $1,600 Greenacres Country Club $25,500 Senior Net (South) Inc $3,000 Southland Sports Car Club $20,000 Harvestfi eld Christian Centre $20,000 Shakespeare in the Park Charitable Trust $7,000 Southland Stroke Club $11,000 Hockey Southland $110,000 Southern Men Ministry (SMM) $2,000 Southland Ten Pin Bowling Association Incorporated $1,250 Invercargill Schools-Whiteboards Project 4 $1,082,220 Southland A & P Assn $8,000 Southland Water Polo $2,000 Invercargill City Council: Schools Swimming Programme $52,500 Southland Art Foundation $2,500 Southland Workers Educational Association Inc $10,000 Invercargill City Council: Children’s Day 2009 $1,000 Southland Art Society $15,000 Special Olympics Southland $15,000 Invercargill Contract Bridge Club $1,000 Southland Asthma Society $20,000 Sport Southland $46,340 Invercargill Environment Centre $1,500 Southland Astronomical Society $2,247 Squash Southland $55,000 Invercargill Garrison Band/Ascot Park Brass of Invercargill $50,000 Southland Basketball Association $40,000 Star Rugby Football Club $27,000 Invercargill Golf Club $42,000 Southland Boxing Association $7,000 Table Tennis Southland Association Incorporated $22,000 Invercargill Indoor Bowls Sub Centre $2,000 Southland Community & Equestrian Event Centre Timeout Carers Southland Trust $1,325 Invercargill Irish Society $2,400 Char. Trust $750,000 TOA Fighting Systems Southland Inc $1,000 Invercargill Okinawan Gosu-Ryu Karate Club $10,000 Southland Cot Death Society $7,000 Touch Southland $1,500 Invercargill Repertory Society Incorporated $12,500 Southland Darts Association $3,000 Volleyball Southland $30,000 Invercargill Suzuki Violin Studio $2,000 Southland District Health Board: Incubator Pilot Waihopai Primary School $416,000 Invercargill Women’s Refuge $6,000 Programme $40,000 Waikiwi Kindergarten $15,000 James Hargest College $3,951 Southland District Rugby Football League Inc $40,000 Waikiwi Rugby Club $15,000 Jubilee Budget Advisory Service $15,000 Southland Embroiderers Guild $300 YMCA Charitable Trust Southland $40,000 Lindisfarne Kindergarten $15,000 Southland Enterprises Inc (Sthlnd Vocational Serv) $11,569 Scholarships: Athletics Southland $4,551 Scholarship - Marshall Hall $951, Christina Taylor, Chad Butson & Michael Sinclair $1200ea Cycling Southland $2,400 Scholarship - Gabrielle & Matthew Vermunt $1200 ea Invercargill Garrison Band/Ascot Park Brass of Invercargill $13,250 Scholarship - Stephen Gooding $750, Ben Cuff , Jacob McQuarrie, Connor Ellison, Ross & Andrew Yorkstone $2500ea Rosebank Archery Club $2,500 Scholarship - Tony Waddick Southland Basketball Association $2,400 Scholarships - Ben McKenzie & Lucy Hennan $1200ea Southland Boys High School $2,500 Scholarship - Mitchell Young Southland Otago Axemen’s Assn $2,898 Scholarships - Bobby Dowling, Steve Manaena & Antony Stodart $966ea Southland Softball Association $2,000 Scholarship - Rex Capil Swim Southland $1,200 Scholarship - Adam McDonald Table Tennis Southland Association Incorporated $2,500 Scholarship - Jessica MacAskill Worldskills Southland $2,500 Scholarship - Glenys McKenzie Declined: Coast Access Radio Trust (Waikanae) Outside area Invercargill Middle School Outside our criteria James Hargest College Educational funding already provided Oreti Surf Lifesaving Club Project not proceeding $5,493,545 Shine NZ - Lower Hutt Outside area St John’s Girl’s School (Inc) Outside our criteria Te Hikoi Southern Journey Outside our criteria Applications for grants must be on the ILT Foundation’s form. These application forms are available from the ILT Foundation Head Office at 252 Dee Street, above Centrepoint Liquorland, or phone 2113 640 to have one posted to you, or downloaded from the website www.iltfoundation.org.nz. If you have any queries please telephone 211 3640 or email [email protected] B2004670:Ilt1April09.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Short Walks in the Invercargill Area Invercargill the in Walks Short Conditions of Use of Conditions
    W: E: www.icc.govt.nz [email protected] F: P: +64 3 217 5358 217 3 +64 9070 219 3 +64 Queens Park, Invercargill, New Zealand New Invercargill, Park, Queens Makarewa Office Parks Council City Invercargill For further information contact: information further For Lorneville Lorneville - Dacre Rd North Rd contents of this brochure. All material is subject to copyright. copyright. to subject is material All brochure. this of contents Web: www.es.govt.nz Web: for loss, cost or damage whatsoever arising out of or connected with the the with connected or of out arising whatsoever damage or cost loss, for 8 Email: [email protected] Email: responsibility for any error or omission and disclaim liability to any entity entity any to liability disclaim and omission or error any for responsibility West Plains Rd 9 McIvor Rd 5115 211 03 Ph: the agencies involved in the management of these walking tracks accept no no accept tracks walking these of management the in involved agencies the Waikiwi 9840 Invercargill While all due care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of this publication, publication, this of accuracy the ensure to taken been has care due all While Waihopai Bainfield Rd 90116 Bag Private Disclaimer Grasmere Southland Environment 7 10 Rosedale Waverley www.doc.govt.nz Web: Web: www.southerndhb.govt.nz Web: Bay Rd Herbert St Findlay Rd [email protected] Email: Email: [email protected] Email: Avenal Windsor Ph: 03 211 2400 211 03 Ph: Ph: 03 211 0900 211 03 Ph: Queens Dr Glengarry Tay St Invercargill 9840 Invercargill
    [Show full text]
  • Hwcp Management Ltd
    HWCP MANAGEMENT LTD INNER CITY REDEVELOPMENT October 2018 Contents 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................................... 3 2 Site Description .............................................................................................................................................. 4 3. Urban Context ................................................................................................................................................ 6 4. Description of Activity .................................................................................................................................... 8 4.1 Overview of Redevelopment ................................................................................................................................ 8 4.2 Heritage Building Demolition ................................................................................................................................ 8 4.3 Urban Design ....................................................................................................................................................... 10 4.4 Demolition and Construction .............................................................................................................................. 11 5. Invercargill City District Plan Assessment....................................................................................................... 11 5.1 Business 1 Zone ..................................................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • The Tablet the Construction Involved the Creation of Bedroom Accommodation That Would Be Connected to the Existing Living Space for the Sisters
    THE MON T HLY MAGAZINE FOR T HE CA T HOLI C S OF T HE DUNE D IN DIO C ESE HE ABLE T March 2012T T Issue No 173 Christ is leading us into new life Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ netball squad look bleak, and the baby just cutting teeth. On such days, life becomes a juggling act and getting LENT is with us and the Church’s invitation is again to take through to nightfall is an achievement in itself. up our cross and follow Jesus on his way to Calvary. We all experience trials and temptations in a society that From ashes to Easter – I always think that Lent and Easter trumpets individualism; we need to remind ourselves that is a microcosm of our whole life and our journey of faith to in those darker moments we are not alone, and we do not Calvary and Resurrection, patterned on Christ’s life, death have to go it alone. Our faith is in a Servant King who is and Resurrection. there for us, is with us, indeed, within us. Fr Tony Gittens We know, too, our time on earth is fraught with all sorts said recently: “We may have cause for pessimism at times of trials and tribulations. I often think that, beset by a daily but we must never lose hope.” dose of problems and temptations, we see more of the As we journey through Lent to Easter, we know that Calvary Cross than the Resurrection in life’s journey. was not the end – it was only the end of the beginning – As I write this, I think of our diocese of Dunedin, and Jesus’ death ushered in the new life of the Resurrection incorporating Otago and Southland, and some of the and the outpouring of his Spirit.
    [Show full text]
  • Whakamana Te Waituna Biodiversity Plan
    WHAKAMANA TE WAITUNA BIODIVERSITY PLAN R4701 WHAKAMANA TE WAITUNA BIODIVERSITY PLAN Wire rush rushland amongst mānuka shrubland, near Waituna Lagoon Road. Contract Report No. 4701 February 2019 Project Team: Kelvin Lloyd - Project management Nick Goldwater - Report author Carey Knox - Report author Helen McCaughan - Report author Steve Rate - Report author Fiona Wilcox - Report author Prepared for: Whakamana te Waituna Charitable Trust DUNEDIN OFFICE: 764 CUMBERLAND STREET, DUNEDIN 9016 Ph 03-477-2096, 03-477-2095 HEAD OFFICE: 99 SALA STREET, P.O. BOX 7137, TE NGAE, ROTORUA Ph 07-343-9017; Fax 07-343-9018, email [email protected], www.wildlands.co.nz CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 1 2. PROJECT OBJECTIVE 3 3. PROJECT SCOPE 3 4. METHODS 3 5. CULTURAL CONTEXT 4 6. ECOLOGICAL CONTEXT 5 6.1 Waituna Ecological District 5 6.2 Waterways 5 6.3 Protected Natural Areas 7 6.4 Unprotected natural areas 8 6.5 Threatened land environments 8 6.6 Vegetation and habitats 10 6.7 Overview 10 6.8 Wetland vegetation 10 6.9 Terrestrial vegetation 12 6.10 Other vegetation/habitat types 12 6.11 Naturally uncommon ecosystem types 15 7. FLORA 16 7.1 Indigenous species 16 8. FAUNA 18 8.1 Overview 18 8.2 Birds 18 8.3 Lizards 20 8.4 Aquatic fauna 23 8.5 Terrestrial invertebrates 26 9. THREATS TO ECOLOGICAL VALUES 27 9.1 Overview 27 9.2 Land-based activities 27 9.2.1 Excessive catchment inputs of sediment, nutrients, and pathogens 27 9.2.2 Indigenous vegetation clearance 27 9.2.3 Hydrological modification 27 9.2.4 Stock 28 9.2.5 Other adverse activities 28 9.3 Natural phenomena 28 9.3.1 Fire 28 9.3.2 Sea level rise 29 9.4 Effects at landscape scale 29 9.5 Pest animals and plants 29 9.5.1 Pest animals 29 9.5.2 Pest plants 30 © 2019 Contract Report No.
    [Show full text]
  • Public Toilet Facilities
    PUBLIC TOILET FACILITIES INVERCARGILL Dee Street Open: 24 hours 62 Dee Street, Invercargill - Exeloo Glengarry Open: 24 hours 87 Glengarry Crescent, Invercargill – Exeloo Invercargill Library 50 Dee Street, Invercargill Open: Library hours 1. Children’s toilet – Ground floor, Children’s Library 2. Public toilet – 2nd floor, Reference Library Wachner Place Restroom Wachner Place Open: Daily 8.00 am – 8.00 pm 20 Dee Street, Invercargill Closed Christmas Day Windsor Shopping Centre Open: 24 hours Cnr Windsor and George Streets, Invercargill – Exeloo BLUFF Stirling Point Public Toilet Open: 24 hours Ward Parade, Bluff – Exeloo Bluff Public Toilet Open: 24 hours 94 Gore Street, Bluff – Exeloo CEMETERIES Eastern Cemetery At Office Open: Office hours East Road, State Highway 1, Invercargill Southland Crematorium At Chapel Open: Office hours Rockdale Road, Invercargill PARKS AND RESERVES Anderson Park Open: Dawn to dusk At Pavilion McIvor Road, Invercargill A228714 Donovan Park Open: Dawn to dusk Bainfield Road, Invercargill Estuary Walkway Open: 24 hours (near the Bond Street carpark) Elizabeth Park Open: By request John Street, Invercargill Makarewa Domain Open: By request Flora Road East, Makarewa Myross Bush Domain Open: By request Mill Road North, Myross Bush Ocean Beach Reserve Open: By request Kirk Crescent, Bluff Omaui Reserve Open: 24 hours Mokomoko Road, Omaui Otatara Scenic Reserve Open: 24 hours Dunns Road, Otatara Queens Park Exeloo near Feldwick Gates Open: Dawn to dusk Exeloo near Winter Gardens Open: Dawn to dusk Children’s playground
    [Show full text]
  • CRT Conference 2020 – Bus Trips
    CRT Conference 2020 – Bus Trips South-eastern Southland fieldtrip 19th March 2020 Welcome and overview of the day. Invercargill to Gorge Road We are travelling on the Southern Scenic Route from Invercargill to the Catlins. Tisbury Old Dairy Factory – up to 88 around Southland We will be driving roughly along the boundary between the Southland Plains and Waituna Ecological Districts. The Southland Plains ED is characterized by a variety of forest on loam soils, while the Waituna District is characterized by extensive blanket bog with swamps and forest. Seaward Forest is located near the eastern edge of Invercargill to the north of our route today. It is the largest remnant of a large forest stand that extended from current day Invercargill to Gorge Road before European settlement and forest clearance. Long our route to Gorge Road we will see several other smaller forest remnants. The extent of Seaward forest is shown in compiled survey plans of Theophilus Heale from 1868. However even the 1865 extent of the forest is much reduced from the original pre-Maori forest extent. Almost all of Southland was originally forest covered with the exception of peat bogs, other valley floor wetlands, braided river beds and the occasional frost hollows. The land use has changed in this area over the previous 20 years with greater intensification and also with an increase in dairy farming. Surrounding features Takitimus Mtns – Inland (to the left) in the distance (slightly behind us) – This mountain range is one of the most iconic mountains in Southland – they are visible from much of Southland.
    [Show full text]
  • Annual Report 2009
    invercargill licensing trust annual report 2009 INcLUdEs Invercargill n Invercargill Licensing Trust Licensing Trust n ILT Foundation ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING To be held at Elmwood Garden 1 September 2009 at 7.30pm A Few Words from Henry ... “Yes, you squashed cabbage leaf ... you incarnate insult to the English language, I could pass you off as the Queen of Sheba”. My Fair Lady was simply George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion both delighted and scandalized its first audiences spectacular in 1914. A brilliantly witty reworking of the classical tale of a sculptor who falls in love with his perfect female statue. Pygmalion is named after the Cypriot King from Greek mythology who fell in love with his own creation: an ivory statue called ‘Galatea’. When he fell in love with Galatea, the Goddess Aphrodite brought the statue to life and Pygmalion married her. As well as reflecting Shaw’s feminist views, Pygmalion provides a commentary on the class system which may not be so irrelevant today! Henry Higgins believes he can transform Eliza Doolittle, a cockney flower girl, into a Duchess at ease in ‘polite’ society by changing the way she speaks. However, his ‘creation’ has a mind of her own and a battle of wills begins that challenges them both in unexpected ways. my By the time Lerner and Leowe’s musical adaptation of Pygmalion, My Fair Lady, ended its New York run in 1962, it had run six and a half years and for 2,717 performances, more than any other previous musical in stage history. In London, the show had a five and a half year run of 2,281 performances with New York’s fair original cast members, Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews and Stanley Holloway.
    [Show full text]
  • SIS) – 2017 Version
    Awarua Bay-New River Estuary New Zealand EAAF NETWORK SITE CODE FOR OFFICE USE ONLY: E A A F 1 3 8 Site Information Sheet on East Asian-Australasian Flyway Network Sites (SIS) – 2017 version Available for download from http://www.eaaflyway.net/about/the-flyway/flyway-site-network/ Categories approved by Second Meeting of the Partners of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership in Beijing, China 13-14 November 2007 - Report (Minutes) Agenda Item 3.13 1 of 20 Information Sheet on EAA Flyway Network Sites | Awarua Bay-New River Estuary [EAAF138] Notes for compilers: 1. The management body intending to nominate a site for inclusion in the East Asian - Australasian Flyway Site Network is requested to complete a Site Information Sheet. The Site Information Sheet will provide the basic information of the site and detail how the site meets the criteria for inclusion in the Flyway Site Network. When there is a new nomination or an SIS update, the following sections with an asterisk (*), from Questions 1-14 and Question 30, must be filled or updated at least so that it can justify the international importance of the habitat for migratory waterbirds. 2. The Site Information Sheet is based on the Ramsar Information Sheet. If the site proposed for the Flyway Site Network is an existing Ramsar site then the documentation process can be simplified. 3. Once completed, the Site Information Sheet (and accompanying map(s)) should be submitted to the Secretariat. Compilers should provide an electronic (MS Word) copy of the Information Sheet and, where possible, digital versions (e.g.
    [Show full text]
  • Surf's Up! Oil Spill Exercise in Awarua
    From left New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Limited January to March 2015 Surf’s up! Fonterra (blue) vs NZAS (red) at Oreti Beach It was a sea of red and blue t-shirts as nearly 450 NZAS see people exercising with family and friends, and most and Fonterra employees and their families participated importantly having fun on a beautiful autumn day. in this year’s annual Surf to City event. Nearly three and a half thousand Southlanders went for it either Everyone thoroughly deserved the delicious sausage sizzle running, cycling or walking the 12 km, 6 km or 2.5 km served up by the Waikiwi Lions Club when they crossed the courses. The weather was perfect with beautiful blue finish line. This gave people the opportunity to socialise and skies and a gentle breeze – couldn’t have been any relax in the sun. A wonderful day out. better. Next year let’s make sure the sea of red swamps the blue! NZAS challenged Fonterra, to see who could get the highest number of available employees to participate – The photo above is courtesy of David Russell from Southern Exposures – check out his website for other photos nothing like a little inter-industry rivalry. Congratulations to www.southernexposures.co.nz. Fonterra who were the clear winners of the challenge. However, it wasn’t all about the numbers, it was great to Other Surf to City pictures taken by HR can be found on the last page of this newsletter. Oil spill exercise in Awarua Bay Around twenty people participated in an oil spill exercise in Awarua Bay recently, including Murray Wood, John Fallow and Ray Winter from Shipping Services.
    [Show full text]
  • TBE Ntw Zeat.JAND GAZETTE. 3467
    ·SEPT. 3.J TBE NtW ZEAt.JAND GAZETTE. 3467 *630711, Andrews, William James, Farmer, Eyre Creek, Lumsden. 63154 Burke, Thomas, Bushman, Orepuki, Walla.ce. 63079 Armstrong, Ralph, Farmer, Wyndham. 63155 Burns, William Samuel Henry, Ploughman, Kenningtoll. (13080 Ashton, Robert Cramond, Farm Labourer, Lochiel. 63156 Burt, George, Mail Contractor, Wright's Bush, Southla.nd. 63081 Aspray, George, Tailor, Avenal, Invercargill. 63157 Bushnell, DaHus, Engine:driver, Asher's Siding, Gorge Rd, *63082 Atkinson, Ebenezer Forster, Farmer, 49 Shetla.nd Ht, Kai- Southland. korai, Dunedin. "63158 Butcl, John, Farmer, Arrowtown. 6:~()11:~ Atley, Alfonsis, Farmer, Arthur's Point. 63159 Butler, Victor Leslie, Grocer's Assi8tant, care of Thoma, *63084 Ayson, Ernest Edwin, Farmer, P.O. Box :1, Waikaka. Watt. Storekeeper, Kemrington. *63085 Bain, William Couttfo, Gardener, 14 Princess St, Nort,h (;3162 Caird, Leslie, Flax-miller, Wyndham, Dum'din. Invercargill. 63163 Calder, Alexander Officer. Farmer, Oreti. 63()86 Bainett, Willia.m Eli, Sawmill Employee, Colac, Wallace. 6:1164 Callaghan, John Victor,' Slaughterman, 2:1 Buwmunt Ht" 63088 Baird, Arthur David, Farmer, Myross Bush, Soutbland. Enwood, InvercargilL *63089 Baldwin, Thomas, Bla.eksmith, Drummond. 6:U65 Callender, Percy Miller, ,Farmer, Wekaburri, Lilbmn, Clif- 63()9() Ballantine, Andrew, Publican, Kauana, Southland. den. *63092 Balloch, Duncan Alexander McGregor, Farm Hand, Main 63166 Calvert, James Charles, Farmer, Myross Bush, via Inver- St, Mataura. cargill. 63093 Barclay, Matthew, Railway Employee, Edendale, Southland. 63167 Campbell, Alfred Duncan, Builder, FortrosIl, Southland. 63()94 Barlow, Frank, Carpenter, 155 Dee St, Inverca.rgill. 63168 Campbell, Angus, Farmer, Wyndham, Southland. 63095 Barry, Henry William, Carter, Dublin St, Invereargill. 1)3169 Campbell, Malcolm, Ploughman, Arrowtown, Otago.
    [Show full text]
  • Southland Conservancy
    A Directory of Wetlands in New Zealand SOUTHLAND CONSERVANCY Te Anau Basin Wetland Complex (71) Location: 45o27'S, 167o46'E. To the east and southeast of Lake Te Anau, Southland, South Island. Area: c.2,400 ha. Altitude: 180-360 m. Overview: The Te Anau Basin Wetland Complex consists of seven distinct and isolated wetlands within the Te Anau Basin. These sites are the Dome Mire and Dismal Swamp area, Kepler Mire, Amoeboid Mire, Kakapo Swamp, Dunton Bog and two areas within the Snowdon Forest. The Dome Mire and Dismal Swamp area and Kepler Mire are described in greater detail as Sites 71a and 71b, respectively. All of the wetlands have a similar glacial origin; however, individual sites vary as a consequence of their history, drainage (water table, amounts of ponded water), fertility, topography etc. The complex of peatlands contains a rich variety of plant communities which include several significant plant distributions and provide important habitat for wildlife. Physical features: The Te Anau Basin lies on the eastern margin of Fiordland, a gneiss/schist/granite massif uplifted by the Alpine Fault on its western margin and carved by extensive glaciation through the Quaternary. On its eastern flank, down-faulting in the Te Anau Basin area has contributed to the preservation of soft Tertiary sedimentary rocks, and the deposition of glacial gravels. During the last glaciation, glaciers occupied much of the basin. Depressions and areas of limited drainage developed in the moraines, tills and outwash gravels as the glaciers retreated. Wetlands have developed on these glacial outwash deposits of last glacial to post-glacial age.
    [Show full text]
  • FROM POTHOLES to POLICY: How Invercargill City Council Informs Itself Of, and Has Regard To, the Views of All of Its Communities
    FROM POTHOLES TO POLICY: How Invercargill City Council informs itself of, and has regard to, the views of all of its communities Janette Malcolm School of Geography, E nvironment and Earth Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington Wellington, ew Zealand Submitted in partial fulfilment of the Master of D evelopment Studies D egree JULY 2008 Abstract In the 1990s, governments in the Western world were seeking solutions to the economic and social dysfunction resulting from a decade of pure neo-liberal policies. Increased inequalities in the distribution of wealth, the promotion of individualism at the expense of community and citizens feeling alienated from government had become critical problems, nowhere more so than in New Zealand. A solution that has been adopted is to reconnect government at all levels with citizens and the civic sector. The good governance agenda proposed increased transparency and accountability of government to citizens, and a new role for citizens as participants and partners. It became the foundation for a fundamental reform of local government in New Zealand, resulting in the Local Government Act 2002. However, the acquisition of a right to participate does not necessarily lead to knowledge of that right and the capacity to exercise it on the part of citizens: nor the willingness to allow it on the part of government. There are also more general questions about the exercise of power, about representation and about whose voices are heard. This thesis, through a case study of Invercargill City Council, a local government authority in Southland, New Zealand, examines these issues relating to citizen participation and the extent to which the Council has been able to create an environment and processes that enable all of its communities to participate.
    [Show full text]