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NAPIER 27 May 2020
The proposed new bore site in Meeanee.
Word from our Mayor Kirsten Wise Kia ora koutou. Water is essential for life, and in Napier the state of our drinking water has presented challenges for us as a Council, and for many of you. We made the commitment to focus on water as our top priority, and it is pleasing to see work begin on one of the major projects to fix this issue. Dirty water issues have been linked to water with higher manganese levels, and the site of a new water bore project in Meeanee is showing promise as a new low manganese level water source. You can read more about this project in this edition. It is a part of the Water Supply Master Plan, which sets the strategy for the city’s drinking water network for the next 30 years. The Chlorine-Free Drinking Water Review is also about to get underway. The consultants contracted to Council to carry out this review will investigate the options to go chlorine free in the future, and will present these to Council before moving ahead with a detailed investigation of our preferred option. We should know more in just a few months. Happening alongside this work is development of the draft Annual Plan
for 2020/21. Usually we would be well into this process, but it has had to be completely reviewed and assessed against the impact of COVID-19. We now have a confirmed launch date for consultation – 18 June – and I look forward to sharing more with you about it at that time. One positive to come out of our local pandemic response is We Are Team Napier. We have shown as a nation how we can work together and support each other through a crisis, and this is our homegrown – locally grown if you like – response to recognise, communicate, share, celebrate and support each other as a community. We Are Team Napier belongs to all of us, and I encourage you, if you haven’t yet done so, to seek out more information about it and use it as you see fit to celebrate and support the best of what Napier has to offer.
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napier's water A proposed new bore site in Sandy Road, Meeanee, has the potential to become a new main water source for Napier and ease the city’s dirty water issues because of its low manganese level. Dirty water issues have been linked to water with higher manganese levels, which oxidises when combined with chlorine to create dirty water. Napier’s two key bores that source much of the city’s water supply have higher manganese levels and replacing these with new low manganese bores has the potential to improve the water clarity for affected Napier residents.
”As a Council we have commi ed to water being our number one priority, and I am pleased that we are able to break ground on this project” - Napier Mayor Kirsten Wise. Hawke’s Bay company Honnor Drilling, contracted by Napier City Council, started drilling an exploratory bore on site at the end of last week, and is expected to take a further three weeks to reach the required depth of 120 metres. If further water testing at various points during the drilling process continues to show low manganese levels, a main bore will be drilled in that location. This larger bore will be put to the test during its creation, to see if it can perform as a ‘master bore’. If it demonstrates it can pump the correct quantities required from the aquifer to supply Napier and ensure it has no negative effect on existing bores in the surrounding area, it will become a major water supply for Napier. The project has been delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. However, if everything goes to plan from this point and the new main bore passes all the required tests, Council could be applying to the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council for a variation to its existing resource consent to switch the new bore on and turn the A1 and C1 bores off. With approval this would allow the existing bores to be decommissioned, and the new low manganese bore to be connected to the water network and begin operating. “It’s great to see this project, one of the key ones from our Water Supply Master Plan, start to take shape,” says Keith Price, chair of the Sustainable Napier committee. “Water projects feature heavily in our planning for the next few years, and this is a positive step forward in remedying the issues in our drinking water network,” says Councillor Nigel Simpson, who has the Three Waters portfolio. This is one of the most significant current water projects that Council has decided to fast-track in the 2020/21 financial year.
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Chlorine-Free Drinking Water Review Last year Council decided to undertake an independent review to look at the cost and options for moving to a safe chlorine-free drinking water network. The review is due to begin in the next couple of weeks, will take approximately four months and will cost around $200,000. Following a robust selection process involving Council, a consultant has been selected. The consultants will investigate the options to go chlorine free in the future and will present these to Council before moving ahead with a detailed investigation of the preferred option The final report will compare the chlorine free option with an enhanced supply with chlorine The project team will work with the Ministry of Health to ensure any chlorine-free option proposed has the greatest chance of success. to e any chlor
Water Supply Master Plan Napier City Council adopted the Water Supply Master Plan, which sets the strategy for the city’s drinking water network for the next 30 years, on 7 May. The objectives of the plan are to provide a safe, clean, resilient supply. The plan proposes a Taradale Zone and a Napier City Zone that will eventually be able to operate independently, but support each other if the need arises. Two of the suburbs most affected by dirty water issues in recent times is Tamatea and Parklands. Council is working on a project to separate these suburbs from rest of the network and will supply their drinking water directly from the Taradale reservoirs. Other proposed projects include finding a suitable site for a replacement reservoir on Napier Hill, developing two new borefields, designing new water treatment plants, upgrading pipes to meet firefighting requirements, and building in more access points to the network for cleaning.
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She is deputy chair of the Prosperous Napier Committee, and sits on the Napier City Business Inc board, Heretaunga Plains Urban Development Strategy implementation working party, and Joint Alcohol Strategy advisory group, Joint Council Museum Working Group, Creative Communities Panel, and is responsible for the Economic Development Portfolio. She also holds a number of roles and trusteeships outside of council.
Why did you run for Council? I had been hearing around the city about things people wanted to see done differently at Council and I agreed. I thought my skills and approach could help bring change to the table and felt ready to try after deciding the timing wasn’t right at the previous election.
Where did you grow up and what is your background?
Sally Crown is the first Māori woman to sit as a Napier City Councillor and was first elected to Council in 2019, representing the Nelson Ward.
I am Rereāhu, Ngāti Apakura and Ngāti Tūwharetoa, and grew up in Te Rohe Potae (King Country). I met a Hawke’s Bay boy and moved to Hawke’s Bay in 2012. I have a corporate communications background and have worked for various organisations, including a marketing agency, and Māori consultancy focused on the environment, education and business development. I have been self-employed for nearly seven years. One of my main positions is editor of the quarterly Maraenui based community newspaper,
He Ngakau Hou, a role I began in 2014.
What do you enjoy about living in Napier? I enjoy cycling and all that this city and region has to offer people who like to get outdoors. I’m also a social person and enjoy the city’s bars and restaurants so it is great at this difficult time to be able to offer something back to our community, through an idea I had during lockdown that has become We Are Team Napier. A way to bring people, our most important asset, together.. This is a taonga, a gift for our community, for them to use as they see fit. I feel lucky to be part of the Napier Recovery Project Steering Group, and have the opportunity to think about ways we can do things better for our future.
What’s something people may not know about you? When I first moved here, I taught myself to crochet, and re-taught myself to knit, something my grandmother taught me when I was eight. I play several instruments including piano and trumpet, growing up I was in many bands and choirs.
Favourite coffee? Long black or Americano.
Are you a dog or cat person? Definitely dog. I have a Bijon Maltese called Joanna Lumley Newland – small of stature but ferocious when she wants to be.
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Mayor Kirsten Wise
Deputy Mayor Annette Brosnan
Councillor Api Tapine
Councillor Graeme Taylor
Councillor Greg Mawson
Councillor Hayley Browne
Councillor Keith Price
Councillor Maxine Boag
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Councillor Sally Crown
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