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_thumb.jpg "Photo Heather Spurway(2)") Ten thousand quakes and aftershocks in Christchurch, New Zealand, is a big enough deal to attract the whole world’s attention - and it has. Sadly it’s also furrowing the brows of those who lend money to our insurance companies. |
Fighting fires in the Far North this summer has already cost more than $1 million and rural fire authority personnel are worried that there are still several months to go before conditions in the north are likely to change. |
Use of public transport is growing virtually all around the country and the Bay of Plenty is sharing in the trend. The regional council realises it has to provide improved services to keep the patronage figures growing. |
 The vital link between Hawke’s Bay, the Manawatu and Wellington won’t open before the middle of this year, as the NZ Transport Agency fights to clear the a massive slip site which closed the Manawatu Gorge on October 17 last year. |
 Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is predicting benefits to the Tukituki River from a proposed water storage dam for Central Hawke’s Bay. If the dam goes ahead, council believes it will take a lot of pressure of the river, especially in summer.
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 A rigorous surveying qualification put in place by InfraTrain has seen its first graduate. Launched at the end of 2008, the the National Diploma in Surveying was developed in partnership with industry experts. |
There’s advice on hand for local authorities wanting to know more about identifying coastal areas of high natural character under the terms of the New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement. |
 Webbed feet or at the very least hi-top gumboots may be needed around Rotorua’s lakes, as some of them reach record levels following lots of heavy rain the area.
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 Work is to begin on the first stage of works to redevelop the Shoal Bay Wharf on Great Barrier Island. Lying out in the Gulf, some 90km from Auckland, Great Barrier has a population of around 850 people normally. However at this time of the year visitors to the island start arriving in force.
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 Shingle beaches most often mean sand and gravel in your jandels, but there is increasing realisation that there’s something special about them that many people haven’t appreciated up till now.
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