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Wednesday 29 October 2014
Designer wins top award
THe Time of your
Life Top principal retires Page 22
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Local lifter makes NZ team Page 25
Simon Bloomberg Waimea College principal, Larry Ching, is resigning at the end of this year concluding a 43 year career as a teacher, deputy principal and principal in schools throughout the Nelson-Tasman region and New Zealand. Larry has been principal at
Waimea College for the last 12 years following six years in charge of Awapatu College in Palmerston North. He had earlier been deputy principal at Nayland College for six years and spent 18 years teaching science at Motueka High School, Westland High School
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Town Hall gets quake upgrade
The Richmond Town Hall is at the top of the list of public buildings that will be strengthened to meet national earthquake standards after the Tasman District Council agreed to spend $442,000 on earthquake-proofing five of its buildings around the district. The council allocated $500,000 towards the seismic upgrading of its community buildings in its 2014-2015 draft annual plan and
last week its Community Development committee decided where that funding would be spent. The Richmond Town Hall was designated as a top priority based on a number of criteria including usage, cost of the repairs, historic significance and proximity of other similar buildings. The Richmond Town Hall is one of five buildings that will be upgraded to meet the national standard of 34 per cent of the
Simon Bloomberg
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simon@waimeaweekly.co.nz new building standard. The council agreed to spend $83,400 on the Richmond Town Hall as well as $93,600 on the Motueka Memorial Hall, $35,000 on the Bainham Hall, $180,000 on the Riwaka Hall and
$50,000 on the Motueka Museum. The Richmond Town Hall has a seismic rating of less than 30 per cent and will need some internal re-fitting to meet the required standard. Sport Tasman staff, who use the building, will have to be relocated while the upgrade is completed.
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