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Dannevirke strongman wins ﬁrst international title

Jarna Mihaere in the competition in Samoa had to pull a bus.

By Leanne Warr

Jarna Mihaere wants to be an inspiration for the next generation

As a youth mentor for Ngati Kahungunu, he works with a lot of young people

But it’s as a strongman that he wants to encourage and inspire the youth of today.

The Dannevirke resident returned from Samoa last week where he competed in Paciﬁc Strongest, a strongman competition that pit him against some of the world’s strongest men. And he won

“It was awesome to be part of it. I only won it by half a point, so it was a

super close competition ”

There were ﬁve events during the day including a bus pull and lifting a 150kg Atlas stone

Jarna, at 165kg, is not exactly small, but some of the athletes he was competing against weighed up to 210kg.

There were 50 athletes competing, with 16 who were international.

Jarna was competing with 14 others in the open category, where the competitors could be 120kg and up to 210kg

Jarna says he’s always been a fan of the sport, having watched a lot of it on television, and it was in 2019 when he was watching a competition held in

Palmerston North that he thought: ‘I can do that’

So he signed up a year later and ended up winning the 2020 Manawtu strongest in his ﬁrst competition.

“I don’t know how that happened, but it was pretty cool.

“And I’ve stuck with it since ”

Jarna had two days to get used to the heat of Samoa before taking part in the event on the Saturday

“The heat played a huge part,” he says “Especially coming from New Zealand and it’s cold

“That was one of the biggest challenges of the competition as well ”

One thing he enjoyed was the ceremony to welcome the competitors, one very similar to a pohiri here in New

Zealand

“[It] made us feel so welcome ”

Jarna has been invited to go to the Extinct Games in Singapore in September and will be fundraising for the trip

He is also hoping to ﬁnd a sponsor to help him on his way

Then in November he will be competing in a New Zealand event

Having taken away the title of Paciﬁc Strongest is pretty special, Jarna says

“To be the ﬁrst, it was even more special.

“So I’m planning on doing it every year as well.”

He thinks the competition is only going to get bigger and bigger

“I’ll have to go next year and defend my title ”

There were ﬁve events in the Paciﬁc Strongest competition.

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Briefs . . .

Bridge struck

A rail overbridge struck by a vehicle near Eketahuna late last month will be

A spokesperson from Kiwirail said following the incident in which a farm vehicle struck the rail overbridge on Mangaoranga Rd, the bridge span was removed from site and transported to Palmerston North for inspection

Once assessments were completed, the bridge would be reinstated to what it was

Award for project

A project in Akitio has won an award at the 2025 Concrete Construction Awards

The awards, held in Auckland earlier this month, celebrate excellence in concrete design, construction, innovation, rehabilitation and research

The winner of the excellence in concrete innovation was the EcoReef® at River Road, Akitio

The EcoReef® project, developed between a local inventor contractor and Tararua District Council, provides a solution to erosion challenges in the Akitio River.

Modular reinforced concrete units were installed to reinstate critical roading infrastructure, enhance ﬁsh habitat and provide long-term resilience.

In the judges’ citation it noted the design was a “groundbreaking concrete innovation” which addresses an infrastructure challenge with strength, simplicity and ingenuity

The project team was Lattey Group, Tararua Alliance, EcoReef®, Tararua District Council, Bridgeman Concrete and Agmar Tools.

Museum temporary closure

Eketahuna/Mellemskov Museum will be closed for a brief period

The committee has announced that the regular Sunday hours will be paused while volunteers overhaul the front display room

Visits can still be arranged by appointment only.

Crash

One person has died following a crash at Maharahara

Emergency services were called to the crash on SH2 around 5pm on June 13

Two others were injured in the accident.

The road was closed until 11 40pm Cycle Bridge

Plans are underway for a pedestrian and cycling bridge across the Manawatu River

NZTA/Waka Kotahi say construction is planned to start in late 2026 on the bridge, which will provide a safe connection between Ashhurst and the Te Ahu a Turanga: Manawatū Tararua Highway shared use path.

The bridge is expected to be completed by the end of 2027

For those who would like to walk, run or cycle the shared use path at Te Ahu a Turanga, it’s recommended travelling across the river by car and parking at the Western Gateway carpark

Tararua

The EcoReef® at Akitio.

Challenges of Tararua District for St John

Pahiatua’s ambulance station could be completed by early September.

By Leanne Warr

Woodville will likely not have an ambulance station once Pahiatua’s station is completed, councillors were told.

Speaking at the Community Development and Wellbeing Committee meeting at Tararua District Council earlier this month, St John Hato Hone area operations manager for Central South Gareth Collings said the ambulance normally based in Woodville, with the call sign Pahiatua One, would go back to Pahiatua.

He said he had little inﬂuence on the issue.

“If we had the funding to have another vehicle, it would be good to have another one there by day based out of

Woodville ”

Mayor Tracey Collis asked what another ambulance would cost to keep Woodville’s station open if an eﬀort was put in to how “ we could make that happen”.

Collings said a frontline ambulance, with all the bits and pieces in it, would cost around $300,000

There would also need to be about eight staﬀ to crew the ambulance over four watches

However, St John did not own the building that currently housed the ambulance in Woodville and it was believed the building would revert back to the owner

In a presentation to the committee,

Collings explained the structure of St John in the region

The area covered as far south as Pekapeka and as far north as Rangiwahia on the western side and from Norsewood out to Akitio on the coast then as far south as Mount Bruce Collings said he had a full-time staﬀ of 100, out of 116 positions, so was down 16.

“That doesn’t sound like many but it’s a strain and that’s across four different watches

There were also 40-odd casual staﬀ members – most of them ex-ambulance oﬃcers who worked in the community or did something else, then did casual shifts, and 40-odd volunteers

The region had 11 ambulances during the day, on a good day and at night that number dropped down to nine and rapid response vehicles which would tend to critically ill patients

Collings said outside of Auckland City, the area was the second busiest after Christchurch Metro.

“We’ve got one of the largest rural roading systems in the country.

“That brings its own challenges ” It was also the largest area geographically

In 2024, St John responded to 25,309 jobs, an increase of 600 from the year before Collings said this year was already tracking higher than the same time last year.

There were some challenges, mostly related to the area, with a round trip

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between Dannevirke and Palmerston North Hospital taking roughly two hours.

“The extremities of the area soak up resources, not because of the number of jobs they attend, but just the geography of it ”

On the station under construction in Pahiatua, Collings said the groundwork was “pretty much all done” and it was on track to be completed by either late August or early September.

Councillor Erana Peeti-Webber queried the use of helicopters, particularly in rural areas where it was going to take a long time to get there by road

Collings explained there was a criteria based on acuity, availability of the closest other resource and the weather

He said the assigning of a helicopter was controlled centrally and there had been times when one was requested and hadn’t been sent

“Part of the problem, and we ’ re trying to educate people too, is that the people that dispatch it don’t understand the geography of the area particularly well ”

That meant that while a place didn’t look very far on the map, there might be roadworks or a winding road

There was also the issue of communications blackspots

Collings said he was working with someone from the air desk in Auckland about improving the knowledge base around the people that dispatched the assets

DANNEVIRKE HIGH SCHOOL

Construction Academy

Students in the Construction Academy have been hard at work completing the exterior cladding on this years house build Next week they are hoping to put the roof on their two bedroom home.

Home Economics Thriving Gardens

Students in Home Economics have been harvesting lettuce, spinach and Chinese cabbage from the school garden to use as delicious, fresh, nutritious ingredients in their carefully-prepared, healthy food choices meal

Girls with High - Vis

Last Wednesday Dannevirke High School took a keen group of young women to Fulton and Hogan in Palmerston North for the annual Girls with Hi-Vis experience day

Girls with Hi-Vis gives female students the opportunity to gain hands on experience, hear from inspirational women in the industry and learn what a career in infrastructure industries, as well as other important trade sectors, can offer

Comments from the young ladies who attended were

“I enjoyed the whole experience”

“It was interesting to learn about all the different areas of infrastructure and everyone there was lovely.”

“It was good to see another view of the infrastructure industry”

“It was amazing, I loved it! We all want to do it when we are older and go through Gateway for it ”

“It was fun building the pipe construction ”

Minister talks business and scams

Simpson and MP for Wairarapa Mike Butterick stopped oﬀ at a café in Woodville.

By Leanne Warr

Small business, insurance and ACC were topics of discussion at a recent meeting with Minister Scott Simpson in Dannevirke.

The Minister for Commerce and Consumer Aﬀairs and Minister for ACC explained that he had only had the portfolios for about three months.

He talked at length about business and his role with Consumer Aﬀairs

saying it was a portfolio that touched all New Zealanders

“But it’s also an important part of the broader mosaic that is this coalition government’s plan to try and get the New Zealand economy growing and thriving.”

Surcharges on payWave and credit card transactions were also touched on and Simpson said he was trying to ﬁgure out a way to minimise or dis-

pense with such charges.

“The Commerce Commission is doing work on what they call bank interchange fees at the moment and that’s where these fees stem from ”

He explained to the small group that the reason it wasn’t charged on eftpos transactions was there was no risk because the transaction was going straight from the bank account into the trader’s account

“When you use your credit card, there’s a bit of risk And the risk is that you won’t pay your credit card bill, or you won’t pay it on time ”

With the minister also responsible for working against scams, the Bush Telegraph took the opportunity to ask some questions about the problem.

Simpson said there was quite a lot of work under way, started by the previous minister who had been working closely with Australia

He said there had been some legislation passed earlier this year, but it was put on hold due to the elections.

“They’re in the process of formulating the regulations that go with the legislation, we ’ re watching it very closely.”

Simpson said he was also working with Singapore, adding that there was a greater chance of diminishing the risk of being scammed if a regional approach was taken, rather than just a local approach

He said he had commenced an anti-scam round-table process of having key stakeholders sitting around a

round table, including chief executives of banks, telcos and lead people in New Zealand for digital platforms.

“It also involves the NGOs like Netsafe, police, because ultimately it’s police who do enforcement ”

Simpson felt there was a responsibility for those who ran such platforms as Facebook marketplace to do something to prevent scams.

“If you had a scam advertisement put in a newspaper, you could stop that. At the moment, we don’t have the tool to stop Facebook marketplace

“So there will probably be a need for some regulatory or voluntary process, and my preference is for a voluntary process, from all the players in what I call the scam ecosystem and the good news is we ’ ve made big progress ”

For instance, banks had agreed to a new code of conduct which would lead to greater protection for New Zealanders

However, there was still an element of personal responsibility for people not to become a victim of scamming as none of the providers could guarantee 100% protection

While banks now had a system for online payments domestically which required conﬁrmation of account numbers, it wasn’t available for international payments, but Simpson said that was probably a next step.

“It’s a whole lot more complicated than domestic,” he said, adding there needed to be protocols in place with other banks

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Scammed!!! A salient warning

Opinion

By Ian Riley, Woodville

This is a must read to understand how vulnerable we can be to phone call scams I am sharing this so you all can be aware and not fall for what I did First thing is you do not have to agree with any caller or even talk with them If it is not a personal call or a regulated business with credentials hang up If the call is legitimate, they will ring back

All true callers will tell you their true identities ﬁrst. You still at this moment can stop the call. You do not have to be the nice guy all the time. A scammer wants to keep you talking and are very good at what they do The longer you talk with them the longer they can scam you and if they still do not give correct details, hang up If you can or will do this, great

If you are on your own ring the police or someone you know to share your feelings At this point you have been personally violated Your space has been invaded It is no diﬀerent to them breaking into your own home

Now do not do what I did. I answered our land line phone to a pleasant English-speaking female, Amanda Parker saying she was from Spark security and I had malware and insecure programs on my internet

My wife Sandra said it is a scam and for me to put the phone down I did not listen to her and carried on At this point I was sold because we had been having account problems and our account had been stopped saying

we had payment issues I had been to Spark in Palmerston North and all was good and we did not ever use all our data each month A problem of need to buy more data per email had accrued These I think are false Trying to tell your story per internet prompts to Spark had no results Not user-friendly

Amanda said she will pass me on to our security man called Kevin He said that the problem will be ﬁxed by their chief security person called John Patrick. John had an English voice and spoke slow and precise.

At this point he asked me to open my cell phone and not to answer any 0800 calls and go on line as he said this is how the scammers get in No, this was so I would not be able to answer or get other calls

Very smart I did not think of that at the time My mind was paying attention to his commands I was taken in He got me to download a programme which I later deleted and I cannot remember what it was He asked me for my bank card numbers etc and even got me to take a photo of my driver’s license.

I thought this a bit unusual but carried on. He then said to put my phone under a pillow or similar due to a bright flash of light which might hurt my eyes Hours later I said I wanted to go to the toilet and I wanted to put the phone down He said he would ring me back at 9am to finish off

The next minute the phone rang and it was our BNZ bank saying they were

trying to contact us urgently. Hence why the scammers want you on the land line and cell phone so you want try to ring for info etc

Two amounts of money had been taken from our account and one other the bank was in the process of holding Well, I just broke down and felt so silly

The bank lady was very good Helping with what to do next She said to take our laptop and cellphone to an agent to get them cleaned

I went to Rossco’s The scammer did ring back in the morning and Sandra said a few words to them. We then went to our Palmerston North bank and they destroyed our cards and ordered new ones and when they arrive to us to return to the bank and sign up again to activate

Then to the AA to get my driver’s license changed Everyone was so nice and helpful Then later to change all

our passwords etc. Our friend Phil helped us with this.

Our minds were quite blank and foggy and we felt we were treading water for a week as we waited for the bank results Our Wise app had been deleted by the scammers as they used this to transfer our money

The bank had got Wise to hold the two transfers and later they were back in our account along with the 3rd that the bank had held No money was lost Very thankful at this moment My darling wife still loves me

General information

The bank and police asked me if I was able, to spread the word. In general, the senior population have landlines with no caller identity and are home during the day Hence my sharing with the public Others who had been scammed were pleased to share with someone

Scamming. Work is under way by the Government to prevent scams Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash

Good numbers at bull sales

Elgin Angus sold 27 out of 28. Mangatara Limousin sold 10 out of 18 R2 bulls on oﬀer.

Some decent numbers at recent bull sales resulting in a top price of $26,000 (see story p8) at one sale and an average of around $10,780 across all ﬁve sales

In other sales, Elgin Angus sold 27 out of 28 averaging $13,566

The Hawke’s Bay-based bull stud got a top price of $23,000.

Dandaleith Angus sold 30 lots out of 30 for an average of $13,133

Their top price was Lot 28 for $20,000 Lot 16 was transferred to Dandaloo for $16,000

Erik and Lyn van der Velden of

Mangatara Limousin, Dannevirke, reported a top price of $7750 for their sale on June 9

There were 18 R2 bulls oﬀered and 10 sold, with an average price of $5075

Maniapoto Training Agency bought four of the 10 sold.

At Rauriki Charolais, Simon and Wendy Collin reported a top price of $11,000 for Lot 5 Rauriki Mojo U12, sold to Burnside Land Limited in Masterton

The Dannevirke stud had 18 R2 bulls on oﬀer and all 18 sold for an average of $8305.

Dandaleith – Lot 28 fetched $20,000.

A good crowd at the Dandaleith sale.

Mt Mable sale draws in loyal buyers

Megan and Kevin Friel marked their 40th sale with gifts for two of their longest-term buyers

Megan reviewed the book: History of Aberdeen-Angus in the US, UK, and Worldwide, and in recognition of the 40 years at the Mt Mable stud, copies were gifted to two of their buyers

Peter Gower, from Tokirima, is the second generation of a three-generation family who have been buying Mt Mable bulls for 40 years, Megan says Les Matthews, from Fields Track, was also presented with a copy. The Matthews family had been buying bulls at the combined sale in Tau-

marunui before the Friels began onfarm sales

Megan was very pleased with the sale and the feedback on what “ a wonderful line of bulls ”

They had 28 out of 29 sold at auction and the only one that was passedin sold almost immediately post-sale.

Mt Mable’s top price was $26,000, transferred to KayJay Angus.

Another lot was transferred to Tarangower for $24,000

Their average price was $13,281

Megan adds that family, neighbours and regular helpers all make the day possible

“We couldn’t do it without them.”

Kevin and Megan Friel at Mt Mable’s 40th sale.

The standout in the B mob sold to a repeat buyer from Pongaroa for $19000

This bull sold to Peter Gower.

Norsewood School hosts ‘Take A Kid Hunting’

By Dave Murdoch

Although the weekend started with not too good weather, 126 entries had ﬂooded in to the Norsewood School Take A Kid Hunting competition

A large crowd ﬂocked to Mathews Park last Sunday to see the results

By prizegiving most of the animals were on the backs of utes ready to be

taken home to the freezer including an amazing 37 deer, well up on last year ’ s 11

While proud dads and mums watched, it was the children who picked up the prizes, the children in the 2-8 years category seeming a bit confused at ﬁrst to receive a bag full of goodies but in the 9-16 years the recipients were often the

sportsmen/women

Over all there were 37 deer, the heaviest red deer being 140 kg and the heaviest fallow deer being 57kg, 10 pigs - the heaviest being 50 kg, and 10 goats with heads the biggest spanning 54.5 cms.

In the smaller game categories there were numerous possums, the ﬁrst three place-getters totalling together over

100 with a similar number of rabbits/ hares, 20 magpies, some turkeys and ducks

Principal of Norsewood School Angela McQuarrie thanked organiser Michelle Brown and her team who was delighted with the response from the public thanking all the sponsors and participants

A large crowd of children surrounded by parents and other whanau await the Norsewood Take A Kid Hunting prizegiving.

Best Fallow Deer category: Nate Phillips (3rd), Daniel Brennan (2nd), Layne Beale (1st) - 57 kgs

A pretty good deer head in the red deer competition

Evie May (7) with magpies which earned her third place in the junior competition

Now they are taken home to the freezer.

One of the 37 deer submitted for weighing

Tararua District set for milder winter, but don’t pack away the raincoat just yet

Those of us feeling the cold in the Tararua District can expect warmer than normal temperatures for the time of year over the next couple of months.

Chris Brandolino, Principal Scientist – Forecasting and Media at NIWA says that might be a bit hard to fathom, considering the chilly spell, but it is a three-month outlook

“While we are expecting a warmer than average winter, it doesn’t mean every single day or every single week we’ll be in stride with that expectation ”

Autumn temperatures for much of the country were above average, according to Niwa’s seasonal summary

Below normal rainfall was observed for the Tararua District over the months, and drier than normal soil moisture

Monday is forecast to be chill, but until probably the end of the month, Chris says the district is likely to see unusually warm temperatures

Rainfall could be in the normal to above normal spectrum for the rest of the season, although it could vary a bit in the region.

“A drier than usual winter – I don’t want to say it won’t happen, but it’s unlikely to happen ”

Chris says between now and early July, it’s probably going to “lean pretty dry” but as it works through the

month of July, maybe from mid-July onward, there could be a shift towards increased chances of rain events coming from the north, which will increase the odds for big rain events.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if we still have some decent rain events ahead us and that’s what’s kind of underpinning our expectation for rainfall to be in the normal to above normal range for the three-month period ”

In terms of airflows, he says they’re expecting to find less in the way of south or south-westerly winds and it will be difficult to find any sustained or prolonged cold snaps.

“They can happen, but they won’t maybe be as sharp or as long-lasting

“So that’s why we think we should see maybe increased chances of temperatures being warmer than what is typical of the winter season ”

Chris says the district’s weather could be something quite diﬀerent past Monday than what’s been experienced over the past 10 or 12 days

“It’s not to say that every day will be the same, warm or wet

“It’s just that I think we ’ re going to ﬁnd more days that have unusual warmth outweighing the days that don’t.”

Chris says water tables on properties can depend on how much rain each property gets over the next two months

“Assuming that our outlook is reasonably accurate, what will happen is that those water tables should increase ”

He says if some places had bad or signiﬁcant dryness over summer and autumn, those areas could take much longer to get groundwater recharge.

“If one location didn’t really have so much dryness in autumn, but another location did not too far away, they could receive the same amount of rain over a couple of months, but the location that had really dry weather, they’re going to need a bit more to get

back to where they should be ” Chris adds that the soil and moisture outlook for the district is expected to be near average

“There is a bout a 35% chance it could land in above average and only about a 20% chance it could be below average. ”

He says Niwa’s outlook is “probabilistic” meaning that they assign chances out of 100 of something happening

“So just because something has a low probability of happening, doesn’t mean it won’t happen

“It just means it’s a low chance.”

There may not be prolonged cold snaps.

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Local sports players toughing it out

Junior Football A foggy start was no deterrent for those playing Junior Football at club day

Our local athletes have been out and about showing their mettle amidst wintery conditions.

From Junior Rugby and Football to Women’s hockey, the players were buoyed by the spectators who braved a foggy Pahiatua day to cheer them on at recent games.

team attempts a

At Bush Club Day last month, the fog lifted just enough for Monty Newton to arrive in the Tararua Heliworks helicopter to deliver the game ball for the senior rugby Bush Club Day is considered the biggest sports event on the calendar hosted at Bush Multisport with plenty of spectators and supporters adding to the great community atmosphere.

Fiddler promising foot stomping entertainment

Local Classifieds

Public Notices

Help ‘n’ Hand & Bush

SuperGrans

AGMs

Wednesday 2nd July

5.00 pm

42 Main Street

Pahiatua

Everyone welcome to attend

ISSUE OF AN OFF-LICENCE

Section 101, Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 Seddies Trading Limited, 12 Seaview Road, RD10, Herbertville, Dannevirke 4790, has made an application to the District Licensing Committee at Dannevirke for the issue of an OffLicence, in respect of the premises situated at 12 Seaview Road, H e r b e r t v i l l e , known as Herbertville Inn

The general nature of the business conducted under the licence is

Ta v e r n / B o t t l e Store

The days on which, and the hours during which alcohol is intended to be sold under the licence are Monday to Sunday, 10am to 9pm. The application may be inspected during ordinary office hours at the office of the Tararua District Licensing Committee at the Dannevirke Service Centre, 26 Gordon Street, Dannevirke

Any person who is entitled to object and who wishes to object to the issue of the licence may, not later than 25 working days after the date of the publication of this notice, file a notice in writing of the objection with the Secretary of the District Licensing Committee at Tararua District Council, PO Box 115, Dannevirke 4942. No objection to the issue of a licence may be made in relation to a matter other than a matter specified in Section 105 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012.

This is the second publication of this notice This notice was first published on 16/06/2025.

Firewood for Sale

FIREWOOD, mac, pine & mixed woods, 2 cubes $250, WINZ approved Phone Ian 027 507 3776

TARARUA ST JOHN HEALTH SHUTTLE

Doorstep to doorstep service, for Eketahuna, Woodville, Pahiatua Phone 0800 589 630 Health

A number of places have become available for new patients to join the enrolment waiting list

Please phone Andrea Short for more information about Dr Short’s practice and policies Health

Public Notices

PAHIATUA RSA AGM

Saturday 28th June 2025 at 2pm Tararua Club, 15 Tararua St, Pahiatua

All members and prospective members welcome

PAHIATUA OUTDOOR BOWLING CLUB (INC)

Annual General Meeting

Saturday 28th June 2025 at 11am – Lunch at 12.30 pm

$20pp – All Welcome

RSVP to Di Capes 027 626 0181

WHAITIRI FARM TE AHU WHENUA TRUST AGM

WHERE: 78024 SH2 DANNEVIRKE (Bottom house hall) WHEN: SUNDAY 29th JUNE 2025 TIME: 10am

AGENDA:

 Update Terms and Conditions of Trust Deed

 Discuss Pay-Out

 Re Election of Trustees

MAKIRIKIRI MARAE

Annual General Meeting

Sunday 29 June 2025 10am @ Makirikiri Marae or via ZOOM

RSVP to: cjpaewai@xtra.co.nz your attendance and to pre-register to ZOOM Agenda: Welcome Minutes AGM 2024

Chairperson’s Report

Financial Statements

Presentation

General Business

Lunch

Secretary: C. J. Paewai 0274 723 924

Election Candidate Information Sessions

The following election candidate information sessions are available for those interested in standing for election for Council or Community Boards

The Dannevirke session will also be livestreamed

Saturday 28 June 2025

7:00pm Dannevirke Council Chamber, 156 High Street, Dannevirke

Monday 21 July 2025

3:00pm Tararua District Council Service Centre, 136 Main Street, Pahiatua

Notice of Meetings – July 2025

The following meetings will be held during July 2025 and will be open to the public to attend Any changes to these details will be provided on the Council’s website A period of up to 30 minutes is available for Public Forum at the start of Council, Committee and Community Board meetings Please email the Democracy Services Team via governance@tararuadc.govt.nz to arrange a time to speak during Public Forum.

Tuesday 1 July 2025

7:00pm Positively Woodville Community Committee

Woodville Sports Stadium Supper Room, 64 Ross Street, Woodville

Wednesday 2 July 2025

9:30am Strategy, Growth and Planning Committee