Airing time: Thursday at 9am
Every week Anne will meet with one of the four Mayors; Neil Holdom - New Plymouth Mayor, Neil Volzke - Stratford Mayor, Charlotte Littlewood - Taranaki Regional Council Chair, and Phil Nixon - Hāwera Mayor. Tune in to find out the interesting things happening around the maunga.
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Phil Nixon - Freedom Camping and Being Prepared
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Duration: 00:19:38 | Date: 25 July, 2024
Neil Holdom - Coastal Walkway, Survey & Rubbish
Neil Holdom is in to share his views on New Plymouth's latest happenings, such as the start of the coastal walkway extension, the trends in the latest community satisfaction survey, and commercial rubbish sorting and collection. And what is Neil's view on the wearing of g-string bikinis at the pool?
Duration: 00:26:25 | Date: 18 July, 2024
Charlotte - Freshwater & Revive
Charlotte updates us on the freshwater community consultation and the family-friendly Revive Expo this Saturday.
Duration: 00:12:46 | Date: 11 July, 2024
Stratford Happenings
Neil Volzke is in to talk about a whole lot of Stratford-related topics, including last week's Puanga celebrations, the cost of vandalism, Tūtaki Youth, school holiday programmes, council fees and charges, and the new main street pedestrian crossings.
Duration: 00:15:11 | Date: 4 July, 2024
Phil Nixon - Winter Fest
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Duration: 00:11:35 | Date: 27 June, 2024
Neil Holdom - Whenua and CBD
Neil talks about the latest report about the Dow chemical plant, and the latest moves to get the contaminated whenua cleaned up. He also talks about the 'Planting out Place' project in the Long Term Plan, the Festival of Lights winter pop-up for Matariki and the Taranaki Regional Disaster Relief Fund.
Duration: 00:22:34 | Date: 20 June, 2024
TRC and Fresh Water
"Freshwater" is the word on the lips of TRC Chair, Charlotte Littlewood, at the moment. TRC are developing a new Land and Freshwater Plan for Taranaki and are inviting consultaions on limits and targets for managing freshwater effectively for the whole community. Listen in to find out more about this and a little about biodiversity controls in the region.
Duration: 00:16:50 | Date: 13 June, 2024
Neil Volzke on Puanga, Māori Wards and Health Centre
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Duration: 00:19:22 | Date: 6 June, 2024
South Taranaki Revitalisation Projects
Mayor Phil Nixon brings us up to date with the various revitalisation projects that are in progress in Eltham, Waverly, Pātea, Ōpunake and Manaia
Duration: 00:16:32 | Date: 30 May, 2024
Neil Holdom - LTP Rubbish and Rangatahi
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Duration: 00:28:02 | Date: 23 May, 2024
Charlotte - Buses and Biodiversity
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Duration: 00:17:52 | Date: 16 May, 2024
Neil Volzke - Youth, Speed and Bridges
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Duration: 00:15:14 | Date: 9 May, 2024
Phil Nixon - Consultations
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Duration: 00:16:52 | Date: 2 May, 2024
Neil Holdom on Infrastructure, Māori Wards and Rates
NPDC Mayor, Neil Holdom, shares his thoughts on proposed law changes by the coalition government: Māori wards, the Fast Track bill, and roading infrastructure maintenance. He talks about the new rating structure and shares some of the good things happening around town.
Duration: 00:28:48 | Date: 25 April, 2024
Charlotte-Environment and Māori Wards
TRC Chair, Charlotte Littlewood, on Biosecurity Taranaki, our first eBus, the impact of the government direction on Māori wards and the fast track legislation, and our rangatahi and After COP21.
Duration: 00:20:31 | Date: 18 April, 2024
Neil Volzke - LTP and Māori Wards
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Duration: 00:25:38 | Date: 11 April, 2024
Phil Nixon - Roads
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Duration: 00:13:15 | Date: 4 April, 2024
Neil Holdom - Long Term Planning Again
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Duration: 00:21:55 | Date: 28 March, 2024
TRC - Fresh Water
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Duration: 00:20:25 | Date: 21 March, 2024
Neil Volzke - More Long Term Planning
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Duration: 00:17:04 | Date: 14 March, 2024
Phil Nixon - Long Term Planning
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Duration: 00:17:21 | Date: 7 March, 2024