Dusk rescue at Castlepoint. Photo Judy Wagg
Life Flight is hosting an Open Day at its Air Rescue Centre in Wellington on Sunday 19 March. More details at www.lifeflight.org.nz/openday
The recent fire in the Port Hills near Christchurch brings into sharp focus the ever present danger wild fire presents to communities. Tragically, this fire resulted in one fatality and significant property loss. Fires of this magnitude do not occur often but as history shows, they have occurred before. And they will occur again. Especially in the eastern areas of New Zealand.
A similar fire raged throughout the Wither Hills near Blenheim on Boxing Day 2000. Like the Port Hills fire, the Wither Hills event was extremely difficult to control. The key difference between the events was that the Wither Hills area is largely un-populated farmland therefore the material losses were much less. The firefighting costs however were significant. … Continue Reading
At the Council meeting on 22 February a number of things were on the agenda that I thought would be of interest.
Submissions closed for the Draft Easter Trading Policy. A number of submissions were received, these will be heard at a special Council meeting on the 2nd March. If you would like to hear what the submitters have to say, then come along to the meeting commencing at 9.00am in the Council Chambers.
Martinborough Community Board offered free swims at the Martinborough pool on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and although this has been well patronized, numbers have not been as high as was expected, possibly due to the weather. The Community Board have extended this until the end of the Season and the days will be Friday, Saturday and Sunday. As the weather has finally warmed up, it would be great to see everyone taking advantage of this special offer. Congratulations to the Community Boards across the South Wairarapa on this great initiative. … Continue Reading
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