Te Miro chops in…

Te Miro farmer Paul Manion is doing his bit for cyclone relief by organising an event on Saturday to raise much-needed funds.

Paul is joining forces with other farmers in the area to run what they are calling The Great Te Miro Chop from around 8am on Saturday, February 25. One of their number has a supply of leftover logs after having his timber milled, and it is these logs that will be available to be split into firewood for sale.

Paul said they have linked the Te Miro Chop to a Farmlands Co-Operative national initiative entitled the 2023 Cyclone Gabrielle Relief Fund in which Farmlands pledge to

Letters…

Rules and regulations

In response to the Mayor, Susan O’Regan, comments last week, sitting on the fence is not a solution to an emerging problem. The recent disasters in the Hawke’s Bay and Gisborne were exacerbated by the forestry slash. The slash problem has occurred because of successive public organisations sitting on their hands behind a desk. So abiding by the rules is not what these kiwifruit orchard developers do well. They break the rules to see what they can get away with and the response of the council is weak.

The disaster in Turkey and Syria seems to have been compounded by weak regulations, so we need to be more proactive to avoid future issues, and stick to the rules and regulations which are there for the benefit of us all.

Grant Walker

Ōhaupō Museum cost

That the cost of the new museum in Te Awamutu has blown out in five years to more than $28 million (The New, February 19) is match customer donations to a total value of $50,000.

“We’re hoping we can make around $7000, which once doubled would be $14,000,” Paul said. “It’s not huge and we know it won’t change anyone’s life over there, but it’s more about sending the message that we do care about them and want to do something to help. If other groups did the same and raised similar amounts, it would add up to an amount that really could make a difference.” abhorrent and unjustifiable in any circumstance, but especially now. Rather than another legacy vanity project that will continue to blow out and add yet more long term financial stress to already overburdened ratepayers, council should consign the project to the scrapheap. Even a small part of the projected amount would be better spent, for example, cleaning the streets, unblocking gutters, repairing roads, improving street lighting in places where it is woefully inadequate and repairing water leaks promptly.

Paul is asking people to call ahead so the Te Miro Chop can be held as safely as possible. He can be contacted on 027 662 6212.

Enough is enough! The contempt council continues to show its residents is exemplified by the public excluded discussions of a “project implementation report”. Ratepayers are paying for this white elephant so have the right to be consulted and have their views made known. I suspect keeping residents in ignorance avoids a groundswell of opposition to the project. It is though unsurprising that the project has the support of mana whenua. Does that support extend to financial capital and revenue support? I doubt it.

Kelvin Dunn Te Awamutu

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