www.whakatane.govt.nz September 2013 TRUSTPOWER Whakatāne District Community Awards SWIMMING LESSONS FOR Murupara AND Galatea students LAST days to HAVE your BNZ Closed FOR GOOD What started out as a wetland project Every year 1 to year 8 student attending these schools will be well on their way to say ON District Plan has now morphed into an award-winning Once a year, BNZ branches across New Murupara Area School and Galatea achieving the swim safety benchmark and venture with sporting, recreational, Zealand close their doors and head out School will receive 10 low-cost ($1 per will be able to make safer decisions in, on The Proposed Whakatāne District Plan, environmental and historical value. to do some good deeds in their local lesson) professional swim and survive and around aquatic environments,” says which sets out the way land can be communities. This week, staff from the lessons leading up to summer, thanks to Council Aquatics and Recreation Manager used, subdivided and developed in the Onepū Community Recreation Park has won Whakatāne BNZ branch got their hands a collaborative effort by Water Safety NZ, Sarah Clarke. “This initiative is a great result District, will soon be closed for public the Supreme Award at the second annual dirty and helped to clean up rubbish Swimming NZ, the Whakatāne District for the schools and will go a long way to submissions. The community has until TrustPower Whakatāne District Community from the Whakatāne River’s banks. While Council and Sport Bay of Plenty. Lessons addressing funding issues which affected this Friday, 13 September 2013 to lodge Awards. The Awards were announced the men were helping shovel dirt at the will begin after the Murupara Pool opens at school swimming programmes at the submissions supporting or opposing and presented on 27 August at a function new Baptist Church, the BNZ Whakatāne Pictured here, the BNZ Closed for Good Labour Weekend. Murupara Pool last summer. any aspect of the Proposed Whakatāne Whakatāne’s Little Theatre. women were making their way along the volunteer crew takes a well-deserved District Plan. river, clearing rubbish from the bridge to morning tea break at Whakatāne’s The lessons will be provided by qualified “We’ve built a very strong relationship Onepū Community Recreation Park’s band the Heads. riverbank amphitheatre. swimming instructors through Water Safety with Swimming NZ, Sport Bay of Plenty The Council began its review of the of volunteers has cleverly divided the park NZ’s Sealord Swim for Life programme and and Water Safety NZ and this is a fantastic Plan by considering whether the into three areas, each with a passionate teachers from each school will also receive example of what can be achieved through objectives, policies and rules in the team and leader. The lake team has started personal development in teaching swim collaboration. All of the students involved Operative District Plan were up-to- a five-year restoration plan for Lake SISTER city VISIT FROM KAMAGaya, JAPAN and survive lessons through Swimming New will benefit hugely, learning vital water education at school; develop students’ date and whether there were any new Tamurenui, which includes pest control, Zealand’s State Kiwi Swim Safe initiative. safety skills as they work towards the swimming, water safety, survival and beach issues which needed to be addressed. native planting and historical interpretation HAVE YOU CHECKED OUT A recent visit from Whakatāne’s Sister city, 200-metre swim-safe benchmark.” safety skills; foster safer participation in Throughout the process, a range of boards. The mountain bike park has been Kamagaya saw 10 students aged 12-14 Nationally, just one in five 10-year-olds can a range of aquatic environments; and expert and community input has been spectacularly successful, with 6,000 rides in THE Onepū COMMUNITY take part in an education exchange to swim 200 metres – the benchmark for being Ms Clarke acknowledges the fantastic give teachers the tools, knowledge and sought through a comprehensive pre- the last year. This team has plans to build RECREATION PARK YET? Trident High School. The students were able to swim and survive – which means support provided for the programmes confidence to teach swim and survive skills consultation process. a shelter kiosk and develop another seven hosted by families from Trident High School that up to 80 percent of senior primary by principle sponsors Sealord and State to their students. kilometres of track this year. Then there’s There’s fun for the whole family to and participated in a variety of activities school students can’t swim well enough to Insurance. Council General Manager Strategy the wetlands arboretum team which has enjoy. To find more about the park including horse riding and a boat trip save themselves. If your school would like support for its and Planning, David Bewley says the upgraded the wetlands tracks to wheel chair and trails, visit www.whakatane.com around Whale Island. Trident High School The State Kiwi Swim Safe initiative aims to: swimming and water safety lessons, contact outcomes of the review mean that and push chair standards and added another or check out the OnepuMTB page on students will be visiting Kamagaya as part of “By the end of the programme, we ensure that every primary school student Sarah Clarke at the Whakatāne Aquatic some parts of the District Plan will 240 specimen trees to their collection this Facebook. their exchange in September 2014. expect that the 400 students attending has access to quality swim and survive Centre (07 308 4192) for assistance. remain unchanged, while other parts winter. Pictured: Whakatāne District Sister Cities Association Secretary, Janie Storey and Deputy Chair, have been updated. “The Plan has the Jeff Farrell are pictured here with Etsuko Tsuchida (centre left) and Takahiro Soma (centre right) potential to affect the way people can from Kamagaya City in Japan. use and develop their properties in our LANDSLIDE hazard MANAGEMENT consultation Local elections approachinG – KNOW what you NEED to DO District, so it’s very important that we get it right.” MAKING GOOD PROGRESS Local elections are fast approaching so keep Special votes will be available during the Community Board, and the Whakatāne NEW EXHIBITIONS at TE KōPUTU IN SEPTEMBER an eye out for your voting papers which voting period from 20 September for Community Board, as the number of Copies of the Proposed Whakatāne A major consultation process on the a series of neighbourhood group and key will be sent to everyone on the electoral residents who are: not on the electoral roll; candidates standing meets the required District Plan and summary are available management of landslide hazards in the stakeholder meetings to complete the initial Whakatāne Community Board GALLERY OPUS GALLERY roll on 20 September 2013. These must have damaged their voting papers; or have number for representation. at any of the Council offices and Whakatāne District is making good progress. consultation process. Heads Up – exhibition by Andrea Cooper. Objects of Desire – Glimpses of N be completed and returned by noon on not received their voting papers. A person libraries,LA along with submission forms. She says the title refers not only to the contemporary New Zealand design P T C Saturday, 12 October 2013. can apply to enrol as either a residential Insufficient candidates were received ElectronicRI copies are also available on Studies undertaken for the Whakatāne Council Development and Compliance portrait subject matter, but is also her features multiple examples of design – T S I D elector or ratepayer elector right up to and for the Murupara Sub-division of the Council’sE website. The community will District Council on the landslide hazards Manager Jeff Farrell says the consultation prompt to local people to take a heads up – from architecture to furniture; fashion to ĀN T Voting documents can be returned by post including 11 October 2013. Murupara Community Board and the Ōhope have untilA 13 September 2013 to lodge associated with the Ōhope, Whakatāne process is proving very useful and its and to celebrate ‘the many and marvellous adornment, visual communication to boat- HAK W or hand delivered to the Administration Community Board and a by-election will submissionsD supporting or opposing and Matatā escarpments have identified outcomes will be used to guide the next people who play a part in making our building. SE OPO PROPOSED WHAKATĀNE DISTRICT PLAN Offices, Whakatāne District Council, Civic Within the Whakatāne District, elections be required for both community boards any aspectR of the Proposed Whakatāne approximately 1,500 properties where stages of the hazard management project. district such a great place to be’. P Te Ihorangi Tuāpapa o Whakatāne Centre, Commerce Street, Whakatāne will be held for the Mayoralty, all Councillor following this election. District Plan. landslides (and in the case of Matatā, debris “Some significant themes have come A bronze bust of a former Mayor, a very realistic-looking chocolate between Friday, 20 September 2013 and positions, the Rangitāiki and Tāneatua flows) could represent a loss-of-life risk to through and we will be endeavouring to SHEAFF Family GALLERY bar made out of wood and an Friday, 11 October 2013 during normal Community Boards and the Galatea occupants. address those in the management strategy The Whakatāne Arts and Crafts Society aluminium boat hull are some office hours, and Saturday, 12 October 2013 Subdivision of to the Murupara Community we develop for Council approval,” he says. exhibition Visual Expressions features work of the more unusual features of between 9am and 12 noon. Board. No elections are required for the Letters and information summaries by 26 members of its painting, woodcrafting three new exhibitions at Te Urewera Subdivision of the Murupara were sent to all of the property owners Mr Farrell says the Council has and decoupage groups.