Gisborne is the early leader in getting participants
registered per capita with 5.9% of the population
participating in New Zealand Drop Cover Hold ShakeOut. We
are followed by Marlborough with 5.4%, the West Coast (4%),
Wellington (2.8%) and Manawatu-Wanganui (1.9%). Read more >>
A clear, crisp morning welcomed over a 100 guests gathered
in Matawai on Sunday 20 May to bless the start of the Motu
Trails – the seventh trail to open as part of the
Government’s Nga Haerenga New Zealand Cycle Trail
initiative. Read more >>
Concerns about drainage at Makauri, bought up at a community
meeting with Council last month, will be back on the agenda
next week. Council is holding a follow up meeting to discuss
what can be done to address the problems before Council’s
2012-2022 Ten Year Plan is adopted in June. Read more >>
Focusing on its customers has seen Gisborne District Council
come away with top prize for a local government website. At
the Association of Local Government Information
Management’s (ALGIM) Web Symposium dinner in Rotorua on
Monday (7 May 2012) Gisborne District Council’s website
was named winner of the ALGIM Supreme Website award. Read more >>