Volunteers are needed to help out at eDay on Saturday, 12 September 2009.

If you have any time to spare between 9am and 3pm and would like to help out with this major recycling initiative please contact Stuart Hylton, phone (06) 349 0001 ext 8103, or email Stuart Hylton.

eDay advert (PDF, 436KB)

A public meeting to discuss the proposed residential zoning of 12 Lenihan Street will take place on Wednesday, 26 August 2009, at 5.15pm at the Wanganui City Football Club rooms, 17 Wilkie Street.

The map shows the area proposed for rezoning.

Pursuant to the Transport (Vehicular Traffic Road Closure) Regulations 1965, notice is hereby given that for the purpose of a hillclimb event by the Wanganui Car Club the following road will be closed to ordinary vehicular traffic for the period indicated hereunder.

Roads(s)/street(s) to be closed to ordinary vehicular traffic:
Okoia Road from 100m before Matarawa Valley Road to the top of the hill at No. 2 Line.

Period of closure:
Sunday, 23 August 2009, from 9.00am to 6.00pm.

Alternative provision for ordinary vehicular traffic:
The Wanganui Car Club will allow controlled access through Okoia Road.

It will be an offence under the above regulations for any person otherwise than under authority of an authorised permit to use the road for ordinary vehicular traffic during the period of closure.

Possum poison will be laid in bait stations at Victoria Park cricket ground and Kowhai Park arboretum from Friday, 14 August 2009, to Monday, 30 November 2009.

Bait stations will be well above the reach of small children and dogs.

When in these areas, please keep dogs under control at all times or muzzled. Should they consume any carcasses or parts, please seek veterinary advice.

For further information please contact Richard Terrey at Wanganui District Council during normal work hours, phone (06) 349 0001.

Plan Change 15: Central City Heritage Protection

Proposed Plan Change 15 sought to add buildings to the existing District Plan Appendix A Heritage Resources Inventory, in order to protect the buildings from demolition, relocation or significant alteration.

Public notice is hereby given in accordance with Clause 10(3) of the First Schedule of the Resource Management Act 1991 (the Act) that the Committee given delegated authority to make decisions on submissions and decide the plan change has made its decision on Plan Change 15 to the Wanganui District Plan.

Under authority delegated to the Committee under section 34 of the Act, the Committee determined that pursuant to Clause 29(4) of the First Schedule of the Act, Plan Change 15 to the Wanganui District Plan be approved with modifications to the provisions that were notified.

The Committee has concluded that the proposed Plan Change is consistent with the sustainable management purpose of the Act and can be confirmed subject to the certain modifications listed below. The building number relates to the list of buildings contained in Appendix 1 of the Plan Change.

1. Amend Building 2 – Blacks - 73 Victoria Avenue, to list only the façade above the verandah.
2. Delete Building 6 - Wanganui Motors, 82 Ridgway Street.
3. Amend Building 10 – Black Cat – 164-168 Victoria Avenue, to list only the façade above the verandah.
4. Amend Buildings 22 – Guyton Street Precinct – Chaineys – 66 Guyton Street, to list only the façade above the verandah.
5. Amend Buildings 22 – Guyton Street Precinct – Olivers – 60A Guyton Street, to list only the façade above the verandah.
6. Amend Buildings 23 – Middle Block of Victoria Avenue – McGruer's Department Store – Guyton Street/Victoria Avenue, to list only the façade above the verandah and the verandah columns.
7. Amend Buildings 23 – Middle Block of Victoria Avenue – Purdy's – 135 Victoria Avenue, to list only the façade above the verandah.
8. Delete Building 27 – Aeration Water Company, 190 St Hill Street.
9. Delete Building 32 – Warnock's Drapery – 91-93 Victoria Avenue.
10. Delete Building 33 – Pfeffer's – 113 Victoria Avenue.
11. Delete Building 35 – Hannahs Shoes – 97 Victoria Avenue.
12. Delete Building 36 – Tingey's – 77 Victoria Avenue.
13. Delete Building 40 – Government Life Insurance – Victoria Avenue/Guyton Street.
14. Amend Buildings 45 – Top Block of Victoria Avenue – Gower's Building – 163A Victoria Avenue, to list only the façade above the verandah.

Submitters to the Plan Change have the opportunity to appeal the decision within 30 working days of receiving the decision. The appeal period ends on 18 September 2009.

If you have any queries on the above Plan Change please contact Shane McGhie at the District Council, phone (06) 349 0001 extension 8069, or email Clive Aim. Copies of the decision on the Plan Change can be obtained from Wanganui District Council, Customer Services Counter, 101 Guyton Street, Wanganui; Wanganui District Library, Queens Park, Wanganui; or on this page (PDF, 638KB).

Our waste…..our challenge

The Wanganui District Council has prepared a Draft Waste Management and Minimisation Plan for this district in line with the requirements of the Waste Minimisation Act 2008.

This draft plan intends to make environmentally sustainable practice easy, accessible, attractive, efficient and cost-effective. This should mean better services, better costs and better uptake.

The draft plan envisions:

'A family friendly district where people have access to services that encourage individual and community responsibility for sustainable waste minimisation.'

It sets a target of 60% reduction of waste to landfill by 2015.

The draft plan supports the following key goals:

• Council investigates enhanced opportunities for waste minimisation at the kerbside.
• Council supports and encourages waste reduction, reuse and recycling.
• Individuals and businesses are supported and encouraged to take greater responsibility for waste minimisation.

Council wants to hear what you think about its proposed efforts to improve waste management and minimisation services. You can do this by making a submission on the framework and strategies of the draft plan. Council will take your views into account when finalising the plan.

Copies of the draft plan, the statement of proposal, the summary of the statement of proposal and submission forms are available:

• from the Wanganui District Council Office at 101 Guyton Street, Wanganui;
• from the Wanganui District Library, Queens Park;
• via this page on the Council website;
• by phoning the Council offices on (06) 349 0001;
• by e-mailing: Stephanie Rose

Submissions close on Monday, 24 August 2009, at 4.00pm.

Enquiries about the Draft Waste Management and Minimisation Plan can be directed to Stephanie Rose, phone (06) 349 0001.

The Wanganui District Council proposes to stop a portion of legal road known as Christie Place, Fordell, and described as Section 1 on Survey Office Plan No. 420503 comprising 1392m2. This area will be amalgamated into the adjoining title in the name of the Ministry of Education.

The balance of Christie Place adjoining Budge Street and described as CSC Parcel number 3 will remain as legal road.

Survey Office Plan No. 420503 showing the two areas described above is now open for public inspection at the Customer Service Counter, Municipal Office Building, 101 Guyton Street, Wanganui between 8.00am and 5.00pm, Monday to Friday.

Any objection to the proposal must be lodged in writing with the Chief Executive, Wanganui District Council, PO Box 637, Wanganui within 40 days (namely 24 August 2009) of the first publication of this notice. This is the second publication of this notice.

The Wanganui District Council gives notice, as required by the Dog Control Act 1996, Section 37(b), of the Dog Registration Fees set by resolution of Council on 8 June 2009.

The Dog Registration Fees are for 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010.

Dogs classified as "dangerous" pay 150% of the level that would apply if the dog were not classified as a dangerous dog (Section 32, 1(e) of the Dog Control Act 1996)

Microchipping of dogs

From 1 July 2006 the following are required to be microchipped:

• All dogs registered in New Zealand for the first time (excluding working dogs that are exempt)
• All dogs that have been classified as dangerous or menacing on or after 1 December 2003 (including working dogs)
• All unregistered dogs that are impounded
• All registered dogs that are impounded twice in the same registration year, from 1 July 2006