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Emergency Response Teams Combine to continue to offer support to those in need.
If you need assistance, you can continue to phone the Waikato Welfare Call Centre on 0800 800 405. This helpline is open 9am-5pm, seven days a week. A new Northern Emergency Operating Centre has been set up this week to provide a combined civil defence response as the country moves into Alert Level 2. The… Read More Emergency Response Teams Combine to continue to offer support to those in need.
Next Matangi Community Committee Meeting, 26 May
The Matangi Community Committee will meet in the Recreation Centre, Matangi School at 7.30 p.m. on Tuesday 26 May, 2020. All welcome consistent with the Covid 19 level regulations at that time. Please email any items you may have for our Agenda to matangicc@gmail.com Kitty Burton, secretary, 0273411906
Maangai Maaori appointments made by Waikato District Council
6 May 2020 Waikato District Council today took a significant step toward strengthening the Maaori voice in its decision making by approving the appointment of two Maangai Maaori (Voice of Maaori) positions to its three major Council Committees.Maxine Moana-Tuwhangai (Waikato), an experienced governor, former Waikato Tainui tribal authority chairperson, independent hearings commissioner, NZ Order of… Read More Maangai Maaori appointments made by Waikato District Council
Quiz 1 Answers
Who/ what are the Seven Sisters? The Seven Sisters are the row of houses of the same design opposite Matangi School that were built for workers coming to work in the “Glaxo” building at the Matangi Factory which opened in 1919. You can read more here: https://matangilink.nz/about/ 2. What year was the centenary of Matangi… Read More Quiz 1 Answers
Matangi Drainage Spraying Programme from May 4
The Matangi Drainage Board advises as follows: “The district spraying programme will begin on May 4 subject to the weather. The spraying contractor will not be contacting landowners. The contractor is a single person operator registration No. 1276. Enquiries to either the contractor on 021933324 or the Drainage Board on 07 8295624.”
WDC replaces Link with online newsletter
Message from Council – “Sign up to our new e-newsletter! It’s not practical to deliver our Link newsletter at the moment so we have set-up an e-newsletter which is full of the latest news from around the district. Sign-up now! https://www.waikatodistrict.govt.nz/subscribe-to-waikato-district-news/ “
Matangi School ANZAC Day 2020
Wonderful to see and hear the commemorations throughout the area.
Quiz time 1
As many people are out enjoying the local spaces with some time to linger we thought it might be a good time to highlight some points and items of interest via a quiz or two. Answers will be provided next week. Who/ what are the Seven Sisters? What year was the centenary of Matangi Primary… Read More Quiz time 1
Council ‘zooms’ the hearings for the Proposed District Plan.
Residents awaiting progress on the Proposed District Plan hearings for Waikato District Council may be interested to hear that they have continued during Lockdown 4 by video conferencing using Zoom. More details here: https://www.waikatodistrict.govt.nz/news/media-releases/article/2020/04/16/proposed-waikato-district-plan-hearings-continue-despite-lockdown
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