The Oxford-Ohoka Community Board met on Thursday, 7 June, at their regularly scheduled monthly meeting and discussed various items including the naming of two roads, the installation of cattle stops on Carleton Road, discretionary grant fund allocations, and more!

Following 14 weeks of major roading and civil construction work, Chinnerys Road in Woodend will soon be back open to two-way traffic. BG Contracting are undertaking the work as part of the Ravenswood residential development.

Woodend Sefton Community meeting is coming up this Monday 11 June and will start at 7pm in Pegasus Community Centre.

Work to close the two remaining gaps in the secondary stopbanks system for the Ashley River/Rakahuri is to take place in the coming months.

Time is running out to let us know what you think about alcohol in our district.  Did you know that the Council has a Local Alcohol Policy and can decide when pubs and clubs can open and close?  This policy also lets Council decide where bottle stores can be found in the district and their opening times.

Thursday night’s meeting in Ohoka at Community Hall, Mill Road, will hear discussion on the naming of two roads, the installation of cattle stops on Carleton Road, discretionary grant fund allocations, and more!

After eight years of serving young people of the district, the Waimakariri Youth Development Strategy 2010 is about to undergo a review.

Half a million people visit the libraries in the Waimakariri District every year and 98 percent of visitors rate themselves as satisfied or very satisfied with the services provided.