News
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Operators positive for the future.
NewsTourism operators attending the Visit Ruapehu forum were positive on the current state of the sector and the future.
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Council thrilled with Academy work on playground
NewsCouncil would like to provide further work to the Taumarunui High School Trades Academy following the success of the Kakahi playground project.
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Youth Ambassadors help feed Raetihi
NewsWaimarino-Waiouru Youth Ambassadors have held a working bee at the Raetihi Community Gardens as part of NZ Youth Week.
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New space for museum collections.
NewsThe model railway on the 2nd floor of the Railway Station Bldg is being moved to allow the museum collections to be housed together.
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Volcanic exercise goes well.
NewsExercise Ruapehu provided a good test of the people and systems that will be responding to live volcanic emergency event.
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Building employment pathways.
NewsCouncil has hired the Taumarunui High School Trades Academy for a real-life construction job providing students invaluable work experience.
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Carrot Park wins award.
NewsThe leadership of the community has been recognised in the Ohakune Carrot Adventure Park winning a Recreation Aotearoa NZ Parks Award.
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Volcanic eruption exercise
NewsRuapehu Civil Defence and Emergency Management is holding a multi-agency training exercise on Wednesday 15 May based on a major eruption.
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Taumarunui playground upgrade
NewsThe Domain playground is about to get a major upgrade with new junior and senior multi-play equipment including a double flying fox.
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Cosmopolitan Club tender.
NewsCouncil's tender for the downstairs area of the Taumarunui Cosmopolitan Club for use as a community space has been successful.
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Multi-year snow shuttle pilot.
NewsCouncil with partner stakeholders are undertaking a 3 year pilot to improve public transport within the Tongariro National Park.
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2019 Youth Council
NewsRuapehu's 2019 Youth Council Ambassadors have been sworn-in in front of whanau and friends at a special ceremony in Taumarunui.
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Ohakune water outage 26-28 March
NewsCouncil is planning a nighttime water outage in Ohakune over the 26, 27 and 28 March to help locate leakage sources on the water supply network.
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New Ruapehu Youth Ambassadors
NewsRuapehu's 2019 Youth Council Ambassadors for Taumarunui-Ohura and Waimarino-Waiouru will have their first joint hui this Monday (18 March).
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New community housing project.
NewsCouncil has sold the derelict Huia St flats in Taumarunui to the Kokiri Trust who will use the site for a community housing project.
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Designer off-cuts help prem-babies.
NewsMerino off-cuts from Opus Fresh will be turned into baby hats at the next waste minimisation workshop at Ruapehu College on Mon 25 Mar.
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Ruapehu helps with Nelson fire response
NewsRuapehu Emergency Management Officer (EMO) Nick Watson has returned from two weeks helping out with the Nelson rural fire response.
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Park and Ride construction starts
NewsThe Park and Ride facility in N.Park will provide secure parking, transport connections and motor home and visitor services.
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Council elections in Oct.
NewsCouncil is encouraging people to start thinking about the elections in Oct and ensure they are enrolled to vote or if they want to stand for election.
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Roadside mowing stopped while fire danger high
NewsA halt on all roadside mowing will stay in place until the fire risk drops which isn't expected for another two to four weeks.
