The Law Commission released a document in late July 2009 called Alcohol in Our Lives. The document is part of the Review of Regulatory Framework for the Sale and Supply of Liquor. The Law Comission had asked for submissions on the document up until October 30 2009.

As part of forming Rangitikei District Council's submission a focus group discussion was held with people in the community who deal with alcohol on a day to day basis were invited.

Please click on the following links to view the Council's submission, Alchohol in Our Lives document or to view the Law Commission website:

Rangitikei District Council's Submission 

Alcohol in Our Lives document (NOTE: this document is quite a large file and may take a while to download. Please click on the following link to open the document in chapters instead of all at once: Projects Page - Alcohol in Our Lives).

Law Commission Website 

Do you have a comment on any of the issues raised in the three proposals? or the Council's response? Click here to visit the blog

Notice is hereby given of the following amendments to previously advertised meetings for November 2009.

Council
Hearings of submissions on the draft Dudding Lake Management Plan
Wednesday 11 November 2009 - 2pm
(Previoulsy advertised as starting at 1pm)

Hunterville Rural Water Supply Sub-Committee
Wednesday 18 November 2009 - 1pm
(This meeting has been re-scheduled from Monday 2 November 2009) 

Both meetings will be held in the Council Chamber, 46 High Street, Marton.

The Government has recently launched its Ultra-Fast Broadband Initiative to roll-out fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) to 75% of New Zealanders over 10 years. The initiative focuses on population centres) and has allocated a government investment of up to $1.5 billion to be invested in Local Fibre Companies to achieve this aim. A discussion document on potential measures to facilitate the implementation of this initiative is open for submissions until 27th November 2009.  

In parallel, a Rural Broadband Initiative will roll-out ultra-fast broadband in rural areas, focussing on rural schools and aiming to reach 97% of rural schools over 6 years. The government investment of $48 million will be supplemented by up to a further $250 million made available through a reform of the Telecommunications Services Obligations (TSO). Discussion documents have been released on the Rural Broadband Initiative and TSO Reform and Funding Telecommunication Development: both documents closed at the end of October.

The Council has submitted to the Rural Broadband Initiative and a copy of the submission is available: Rural Broadband Initiative Submission

Information on all three proposals can be found at the Ministry of Economic Development, please click on the following link: MED - Broadband in NZ

Do you have a comment on any of the issues raised in the three proposals? or the Council's response? Click here to visit the blog

The 2009 Creative Communities Scheme Fund will be open from September 24 2009 till  4pm on November 5 2009. Please note that no late applications will be accepted.

The application form is avaliable via the following link: Creative Communities Scheme 2009 Application Form


Please refer to the following documents when completing the application form:

Notes for completing the Creative Communities Scheme form

General notes for completing funding applications 


For futher information or help filling out the application form please contact Laurel Campbell - Governance Officer on 06 327 0099 or email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it