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Resource Management Amendments 2013
Looks like there is some progress in dealing with our bureaucratic and costly planning system… The Resource Management Act was brought into play in 1991 with the purpose of regulating development and protecting the environment. It was to be effects based, and so free up and enable development to proceed where the effects on the environment…
Read MoreSculpture on the Peninsula 2013
Venue: Loudon – the farm owned by Philip and Sarah at the head of the Harbour. Opening Night: Friday the 8th November and then all day Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th. This is an opportunity to be part of a great weekend. Seize the opportunity to take yourself, your children, or grandchildren to an artistic…
Read MoreThe case for: TEST CRICKET ON HAGLEY OVAL (at last!)
By David Fox. The Environmental Court judge, Jane Borthwick, whom I found to be very impressive and very astute, issued on the 13th of August the substantive part of her decision in respect of Canterbury Cricket’s application for Test Cricket to be played on Hagley Oval. The Judge heard evidence from: the case put by…
Read MoreBurnside West Presidents Grade Cricket Team 2012/2013 Winners!
By David Fox. I was passionate enough about the game to spend many hours earlier this year as a Sec. 274 party pushing the case for Hagley Oval to become a venue for Test Cricket (I just couldn’t bear the thought of the naysayers winning and me not having done my bit to try and achieve a positive…
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