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Of those, 23 are vacant there was no follow-up for urban surplus to requirements in other It delivered essential repairs eliminate substandard housing because they’re undergoing repairs homes. areas, transferred them to outlying to 230 homes in the district, but in Northland, East Coast, and and maintenance, or they’re for He said he would continue to areas around Wairoa and brought the reality is that rural housing Eastern Bay of Plenty. sale, or ready to let to people on lobby Government for funding to them up to standard under programme is not coming back. A number of families in these the waiting list.” improve housing, including the Housing Innovation Sustainable Instead Mr Manual has areas were living in unsafe and Mr Manuel described the town. Housing.” continued unsanitary Rural Housing programme as a “It’s about doing what we are This week local real estate to lobby housing wonderful programme and one of supposed to do — improving the agent for PGG Wrightson extensively on Lobbying Government on conditions that the best he had worked with in his lot of people we represent. Kimberley Bell said 11 state behalf of Wairoa housing will continue presented a 45 years in the housing area. “We put a significant amount of houses that were part of the First and Kahungunu significant risk “We were able to tighten up and funding into purchasing homes in Home Scheme are now available Executive to to their health improve the living conditions for Wairoa and we are still financing for sale to investors and she had improve the and safety, he over 200 whanau from Mahia to these mortgages.” two offers of interest. quality of housing in Wairoa for said. over 10 years. Most were living in private “I think we have 15 houses that owner-occupied homes, often are of superior quality to Housing on multiply-owned Maori land, New Zealand and I am trying and did not have the ability to to progress other ideas around undertake repair and maintenance housing including explorative work themselves. talks to work collaboratively Mr Manuel said some of the with Te Tira Whakaemi and homes on the programme had not Ngati Pahauwera Development seen any significant repair work Trust. since they were built and were not “The options for housing are fit for living in. unlimited and all based on the Kahungunu delivered the need to improve the housing lot programme from 2007 to early of the people of Wairoa. 2011 in Wairoa and 230 privately “I’m currently in talks with owned homes were brought up to interested groups endeavouring standard. to work on a regional basis to Mr Groufsky said Housing New consolidate the quality and Zealand had no current plans to ‘Ride ’im GET YOUR WATER cowboy’ FLOWING WITH FARMLANDS Alkathene LDPE/ per metre • Higher pressure rating than traditional LDPE. • Excellent resistance to weathering, cries the • Resistant to bloat remedies. with pre-compounded material. • Good flexibility, due to “new generation” • Robust wall section, for toughness. 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WEEKLEND’S A & P SHOW Phone (06) 838 7194 - E-mail: [email protected] - Website: www.wairoastar.co.nz - Duty Reporter (027) 282 7194 - Fax (06) 838 6973 2 The Wairoa Community Thursday, January 22, 2015 All major issues will be Countdown to the heard by full council council by-election BY-ELECTION time is looming next week with electors will commence on Tuesday, January AMALGAMATION is the most Sometimes common sense doesn’t 10 candidates vying for the vacant Wairoa 27, with the delivery of voting documents. significant issue that our community prevail and because of a technicality District Council seat. Voting documents can be returned to the will face in a generation. of schedule 7, sub-clause 23 (3) of the The seat was vacated by the resignation of Wairoa District Council by post or hand- Given the urgency of dealing with Local Government Act and due to Chris Joblin last November. delivered to the Queen Street office, between the amalgamation debate I thought it the vacancy on council, the decisions The final candidate list is: Tuesday, January 27, and Monday, February necessary to discuss the issue so that made at the January 14 meeting will Denys Caves, Julianna Dawson, Dave 17, until noon. we can communicate council’s position be ratified at another meeting of full Evans, Sean Gaskin, Shaun Haraki, Jeremy Those wishing to vote can apply to enrol as to our community. council. Harker, Don Leyland, Trevor Mihaere, Gordon either a residential or ratepayer elector up to We needed to discuss the pro- It was reported that the CE said Preston and Carl Van Der Meer. and including Monday, February 16 — the day amalgamation communications Hastings District Council had budgeted The by-election is to be held on February before the close of voting. campaign being issued by Hastings $500,000 in their Annual Plan for a 17. District Council, and a number of campaign to promote Amalgamation — The postal ballot for Wairoa District Council Here are two more candidate profiles. operational matters for councillor that was a reporting error — the CE attention. reported that the figure was $35,000 We needed to hold an extraordinary and this figure was plainly stated in meeting; my understanding at the the agenda item concerned. time was that because of a vacancy on I refute the allegation from Chris Julianna Dawson council, we only needed three elected Joblin that I am personally conflicted members for a quorum. due to the salary I stand to lose. Up to the morning of that meeting we I never took on the Mayor’s role for KIA ora, my name is Julianna Dawson. had confirmation that four councillors the money — it was for the betterment I became involved with local politics in would attend, but unfortunately one of our community and to serve our 2011 to ask questions about the well- of the councillors notified me of his community. being of North Clyde because we didn’t apologies due to a family bereavement. To be quite honest if I was not have a voice. This is entirely the Mayor of Now the time is right to stand for understandable. Wairoa, I would Council and offer my skills to help in the Councillors go back to being transformation of our district. Bird and Flood a full-time I am from the Wairoa district. My communicated From the Mayor’s desk farmer and I first 10 years was spent in beautiful their agreement am sure my Waikaremoana. to me that they Craig Little family would be My next decade was spent in beautiful supported our relieved. Mahia. The last decade has been spent in intended course But I firmly Wairoa raising my family in our home in of action, so we proceeded with the believe that I have a contribution North Clyde. extraordinary meeting thinking we to make and that I can serve our I am a strong advocate for environmental had a quorum. community and am grateful that you wellbeing and sustainable development I made it quite clear to all councillors elected me as your Mayor. and I want to draw a line in the sand after the meeting, the following At the end of the day, it is a three- regarding future development in our day, that I would like to bring these year term and who knows what will district. surrounding environment and neighbours. matters back to the table to discuss happen after that. Past mistakes have been made that I will ask hard questions, hear the as a complete team, as I believe it is I will stand by my comments that I need to be cleansed and future proposals different answers and search for the best important we all discuss and make a totally reject the findings of the Local from those interested in our district need solutions.