What a end to 2015.

by | Jan 2, 2016

Hello readers. No I have not forgotten  nor lost interest. But let me tell you that my family have had a horrible end to 2015. And whilist I have said this blog is about reporting on local governance issues, in particular Local Govt, I feel it is necesary to tell you...

Bereavement leave

by | Oct 14, 2015

Walter Francis Plowman. 31.3.1933 – 3.10.2015. Farmer. He and his father before him broke in the land wearing out 3 caterpillar D2 bulldozers, a set of 6 aside giant disc,s and a old coulter drill. he helped to build the wealth of the nation. Yet now we find...

Looking After Their Mates.

by | Sep 4, 2015

Hello again readers. What a horrible grotty cold wet month August has been. If we weren’t getting frosts then we got rain and heaps of it. it seems to me that every second day I was tipping out 20/30 mls. Lambing is well through with a big drop of lambs right at...

Flood Protection 2

by | Aug 4, 2015

Hello readers. Well blow me down.Ex Horizons councilor  Bob Walker is on the war path over the wasted funding for flood protection for Wanganui. He has been writing letters to the editor, making submissions to the Wanganui District Council 10 yr plan, and complaining...

Submission to Horizons 10 year Long Term Plan

by | Jul 5, 2015

Hello again people. here is my submission to Horizons LTCCP that I reffered to in last months post. How appropriate it was, as only a matter of weeks later the Whanganui and Rangitiki Districts were hammered by the worst flooding event in a 100 years or more. Even...

The Lions Den

by | Jun 7, 2015

Hello once again readers. I am going to open up with a bitch about Sky TV. Last Tuesday night we had a pretty good sort of a Thunderstorm pass over .Lasted for about 20 mins. My wife and I were at the Domain Board meeting leaving the computor on. Not something we do...