N O T E W O R T H Y
U P P E R H U T T PA S S E S O N PA S S P O R T Upper Hutt City Council will ask entrants to show their vaccine passes at only one of their public facilities, despite most other councils in the Wellington region requiring them. The exception will be Whirinaki Whare Taonga, Upper Hutt’s councilowned arts centre. The council’s chief executive, Peter Kelly, highlighted accessibility issues in a press release: “Our pool, libraries, and customer services functions at the council building are public facilities. It’s important to us that we continue to allow access for everyone in Upper Hutt.”
CANTER IN KĀPITI
DANISH DELIBERATION
TRANSMISSION TROUBLES
Giddy up! To entice more visitors and their horses to the Kāpiti Coast, the District Council is funding the hire of a portable shower and toilet block at the Ōtaki Māori Racing Club to create an area for “horse camping” in the club’s grounds. The council hopes the camping area, looking out onto the Tararua ranges, will prove attractive to trekkers on horseback.
Wellington High School student Jasper Greenberg has just returned from Europe, where he spoke at the Children’s General Assembly in Denmark, alongside 19 other students from around the world. The summit is designed to mirror the United Nations. Jasper is a member of the Big Buddy scheme, an initiative that pairs men with boys who do not have a father figure in their households. Steen Videbeck is Jasper’s mentor and encouraged him to apply. His speech focused on global inequality.
For the fifth time in two years, the opening of Transmission Gully has been delayed. Costing $1.25 billion, the 27-kilometre motorway section is now intended to open mid- to late January. Brett Gliddon of the New Zealand Transport Agency said they have been working with Wellington Gateway Partnership and their contractors, who manage the build, to address outstanding issues. Fewer than half of the 100 complex safety and assurance tests required for the road’s opening have so far been submitted.
Synthony
YOUR ULTIMATE TARANAKI ADVENTURE AWAITS AN INITIATIVE OF VENTURE TARANAKI
Oxfam
