On the 19^th and 20^th of May, all of the Districts Community Museums and Historical Societies will be open to mark Rangitikei Heritage Day. 

Addresses of the museums and their opening times are listed below:

• Taihape and Districts Historical and Museum Society  14 Huia St, Taihape 10am-3pm Sat/Sun
• Marton and Districts Historical Society, Wellington Rd Marton (beside Memorial Hall) 10am-3pm Sat/Sun
• Mangaweka Museum, State Highway 1 Mangaweka open Sat/Sun
• Hunterville Settlers Museum, Milne St (SH 1) Hunterville (next to Green Plum Cafe) 10am-4pm
• Bulls Museum, High St, Bulls 10am-12pm and 1pm-3pm Sat/Sun

Hearings on the proposed Rangitikei District Plan will take place between May and August 2012. For a general guide to topics that are to be heard, please refer to the list - Proposed Hearings Timetable. - updated 7 May 2012

Prior to each hearing, a Section 42A (under the Resource Management Act 1991) report will be provided, where relevant, to provide the hearing panel with background information and an assessment of submissions.  The Section 42A report is only one source of information that will be considered by the hearings panel when considering their decisions on the District Plan.  For each topic covered by a Section 42A report, it will need to be read in conjunction with the Section 42A preface report, which gives an overview of the District Plan review process, and information on the principal authors of the Section 42A reports.  The preface report^#.

All submitters who have requested to be heard will be contacted by letter about 2 weeks before their scheduled hearing, with the session time they have been allocated and the venue.  If you are a submitter, and you have not received a letter (and think you should have), please contact the Council. 

Guidance for submitters⁺ presenting to the hearing panels is available here: Guidance for Submitters

If you have questions in relation to particular submissions, please contact Rebecca Tayler, Policy Planner on 06 327 0099 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

# Preface Report -  which provides an explanation of the process in preparing the District Plan.

+ Guidelines for the submitters - which form the basis for how hearings will be run and provide tips to submitters in preparing for the hearing.

To assist the Rangitikei District Council in providing effective services and facilities, Council would appreciate your feedback by completing an on-line survey.

Council wants to make sure that it provides residents with good services that are valued by the community. The best way it can do this is to regularly ask you for your views on our current provision and particularly whether this provision is getting better or worse as Council tries to respond to the changing demands of modern day lifestyles.

To this end, Council has commissioned an independent research company, Versus Research, to carry out a survey. A random sample of ratepayers has been sent a postal survey and asked to post back their comments. The survey is also available here on line for any resident to complete. Your comments will go directly to Versus Research and in accordance with the Market Research Code of Practice, all answers you provide are held in complete privacy. We do not identify which individuals have said what.

Your opinion is very important to Council. Please help us to provide better services for you now and in the future. The survey will take about 8-10 minutes of your time.

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The submission period has CLOSED. Oral submissions were heard on Thursday 26 April 2012 at the Council Chambers.

Submissions:

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