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Wednesday 29 June 2016
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Budgeting blunders at Mapua The proceeds from the sale of one of Tasman District Council’s commercial forestry blocks could be used to pay for part of a $471,000 budget blowout on the poorly planned Mapua Wharf ’s Shed 4 development that included spending that was not authorised by council and a new revelation that some contracts were not put out for tender. A report to be presented to the full council meeting in Richmond on Thursday makes a number of recommendations to pay for the $471,000 budget overspend. That includes using the net proceeds from the sale of forestry land on Slippery Rd as it attempts to justify the extent of the budget blowout and the fact councillors did not approve the additional spending. Commercial manager Gene Cooper, corporate
Waimea make semifinal claim
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[there is a risk that] the challenges that this project presented and the high level of unbudgeted costs will have a negative impact on the Councils (sic) reputation or reinforce stereotyping of Council’s ability to deliver projects to budget. - TDC report.
services manager Mike Drummond and chief executive Lindsay McKenzie wrote the report that says $100,000 of the unauthorised overspend was for parking, $132,000 for landscaping and ground works and $60,000 for associated services. Significant consenting and legacy issues were a
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Richmond’s Judy Hill, left, was reunited with her childhood friend, Trish McAuliffe, after Trish posted on Facebook that she was looking for someone to look after her pets, in Australia. Photo: Will Slee/Murray Pioneer.
Friends reunited after 60 years Jessie Johnston
A Facebook post and a tongue-incheek response recently reunited two childhood friends after more than 60 years. Richmond’s Judy Hill and South Australia’s Trish McAuliffe had lived just five minutes from each other in West London when they were children, but lost touch during their adult years with Judy moving to New Zealand and
Trish to Australia. Then in 2003 the pair was able to make contact again after using the website, Friends Reunited. They became friends on Facebook and when earlier this year Trish posted that she was looking for someone to look after the pets while her and her husband went on holiday, Judy jokingly offered up her services, despite last seeing Trish more than six decades ago. “I saw the request to look after her two
pets while they were away and I think I replied in a tongue-in-cheek way, being so far away and we hadn’t seen each other in 60 years,” says Judy. “I thought she would pick someone closer to home, but we decided it would be a great idea and a nice holiday.” So Judy and her husband Peter set off for Renmark, a small town on the
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