by Bevan Wills | 28 May, 2022 | Masterton, Masterton District Council
Emily Ireland emily.ireland@age.co.nz The Office of the Auditor-General [OAG] has revealed flaws in record-keeping for Masterton’s civic facility project decisions. The OAG confirmed this in a statement released yesterday. It said when Masterton District...
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by Bevan Wills | 27 May, 2022 | Local News, Masterton, Masterton District Council
Panama Village in Masterton, New Zealand on Tuesday, 4 August 2020. Photo/Dave Lintott Emily Ireland emily.ireland@age.co.nz Masterton District Council has unanimously supported selling 4.2 hectares of land to be developed for public housing. The...
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by Bevan Wills | 26 May, 2022 | Local News, Masterton
Sanjay Patel, the owner of lucky store Copper Kettle Dairy and Lotto on Queen St. PHOTO/FILE MARY ARGUE mary.argue@age.co.nz A performance Tesla, a house deposit in Wellington, or a luxury superyacht for a week are only a handful of ideas for Masterton’s lucky winner...
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by Bevan Wills | 25 May, 2022 | Masterton, Masterton District Council
Emily Ireland emily.ireland@age.co.nz Masterton District Council’s civic centre project will continue to progress, with a majority of elected members voting in favour of reviewing the project but continuing with complementary work. A recent report stated the...
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by Bevan Wills | 24 May, 2022 | Business, Masterton, Masterton District Council, Property News
Emily Ireland emily.ireland@age.co.nz A rental accommodation shortage in Masterton has forced a business to house its staff at a council-owned holiday park. This was revealed at Wednesday’s Masterton District Council meeting when iwi representative Tiraumaera...
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by Bevan Wills | 23 May, 2022 | Local News, Masterton, Masterton District Council
Wairarapa’s Lisa McLaren, still only in her mid-thirties, has already been awarded the QSM and named a Distinguished Alumni by Victoria University of Wellington for her climate change advocacy work. Now senior policy advisor for climate change and environment at...
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by Bevan Wills | 16 May, 2022 | Local Government, Local News, Masterton, Masterton District Council
Masterton’s Civic Centre saga continues with the latest request to pause the project rejected. MARY ARGUE reports. Rejected, but hope for redemption remains for the five councillors opposing Masterton’s Civic Centre project. Masterton District Councillor Gary Caffell...
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by Bevan Wills | 16 May, 2022 | Local News, Masterton
Police believe there could be links between two fires that were lit inside a Masterton toilet block earlier this week. The first fire took place at 11am on Monday, with fire officers from Masterton police station responding to a report of smoke coming out of a...
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