Hi everyone – just a quick update regarding the event, after I received an update from Council. The submissions closed and they have evaluated them all (17) and from these have identified that Kauri dieback was the main issue. So they have asked the Council Biosecurity team to prepare a report on the impact an [...]
Got home from holiday and found 7 copies of the local rag, the Western Leader with a front cover article on The Hillary and what I'm having to do to get council approval.It discusses the public consultation meeting, the main concern - kauri dieback, and invites people to make a submission in support or outlining [...]
It was an interesting night to hear all the different community groups views on the planned Hillary Trail event - some very positive, some very negative and a few in between. This is pretty much what I’ve experienced for the last three months of attending different consultation meetings. After each of these meetings I come [...]
