North Canterbury News: August 31, 2023
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What’s happening in your<br />
community…<br />
Welcoming Week<br />
Waimakariri District Council is looking forward to<br />
celebrating Welcoming Week (Te Wiki OManaaki)<br />
from this Friday 1September.<br />
Welcoming Week isan opportunity to celebrate<br />
our welcoming values through local events and<br />
initiatives that foster mutual understanding,<br />
stronger connections, and deeper belonging<br />
among all of us –particularly long-time residents<br />
and newcomers.<br />
This year’s theme is nau mai rā –glad you're<br />
here! Council is holding anumber ofevents in<br />
our libraries that will bring people together over<br />
acuppa and cake to meet with staff and other<br />
newcomers and find out useful information and<br />
ways to get connected.<br />
Waimakariri Welcoming Week Sessions<br />
• Friday 1September 4.30-6pm –Rangiora Library<br />
• Sunday 3September 1.30-3pm –Kaiapoi Library<br />
• Tuesday 5September 10.30-12pm –<br />
Rangiora Library<br />
• Thursday7September 10-11.30am–Oxford Library<br />
• Friday8September 3.30-4.30pm –Kaiapoi Library<br />
For more information, please contact<br />
Carolyn Boswell, Community Development<br />
Facilitator carolyn.boswell@wmk.govt.nz<br />
Dra Road Reserve Management Policy<br />
About Waimakariri Economic<br />
Development Strategy<br />
2024-<strong>31</strong><br />
The Waimakariri Economic Developement<br />
Strategy will see an emphasis placed on actions<br />
that support our businesses, industries, and<br />
wider economy transition to alow -emission and<br />
prosperous future.<br />
Have your say on how wecan achieve a“thriving,<br />
prosperous and environmentally responsible economy”.<br />
Have your say before 5pm Sunday 17 September<br />
at waimakariri.govt.nz/letstalk<br />
About Playspaces in<br />
Kaiapoi East<br />
We are considering what playspaces we<br />
should have in the Kaiapoi East area.<br />
We want to know what you think about aproposal<br />
to replace the playground (currently up for<br />
renewal) at Currie Park with anew playspace at<br />
Norman Kirk Park.<br />
Have your say before 5pm Friday 22September<br />
at waimakariri.govt.nz/letstalk<br />
There is still time to give usyour feedback onthe<br />
dra Road Reserve Management Policy. This dra<br />
policy combines several previous policies into one<br />
and clarifies how wemanage things like roadside<br />
berms, paper roads, road sealing, temporary<br />
storage, and traffic management to name afew.<br />
Jump online to find out more about the dra policy<br />
and the changes proposed and let us know what<br />
you think at waimakariri.govt.nz/letstalk<br />
Woodend and Woodend Beach<br />
Entrance Signs<br />
The Woodend-Seon Community Board are<br />
proposing new entrance signs for both Woodend<br />
and Woodend Beach and would like to hear your<br />
thoughts about the conceptual designs we have<br />
put together.<br />
There are three options being considered for both<br />
Woodend Beach and Woodend. You can find out<br />
more about the designs and where they will be<br />
placed and share your thoughts at<br />
waimakariri.govt.nz/letstalk<br />
About<br />
Community Outcomes<br />
It’s important to us that our Community<br />
Outcomes are developed in collaboration with<br />
the community.<br />
Community Outcomes are the outcomes Council aims<br />
to achieve inorder to promote the social, economic,<br />
environmental, and cultural well-being of our District<br />
and residents, in the present and for the future.<br />
Have your say before 7September<br />
at waimakariri.govt.nz/letstalk<br />
<br />
makesure<br />
your bin is<br />
collected…<br />
We can’t collect over<br />
<br />
Make sure the lid is closed<br />
<br />
faces the road.<br />
—<br />
Find out more<br />
<br />
rethinkrubbish.co.nz<br />
rethinkrubbish.co.nz
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