Have your say on the Annual Budget
Every year we prepare an Annual Budget (called an annual plan) that sets out what we plan to do in the current financial year and how this impacts on your rates and Council’s debt. Our Annual Budgets are based on our 10 Year Plan which sets out what Council will do for residents over a ten-year period.
The 10 Year Plan is designed to bring our vision and goals to life, and covers the services we provide, upkeep of the city’s infrastructure, and new projects that’ll make our city an even better place to live. We’re now preparing our Annual Budget for 2019/20 and want to hear your thoughts. It’ll be based on year 2 of the 10 Year Plan for 2018-28.
For further information see: pncc.govt.nz/annualbudget or call 06 356 8199
Some Choice News!
DOC is rolling out a new tool to help figure out what to tackle first when it comes to protecting our threatened species and the things putting them at risk.
Why does this matter? As Nikki Macdonald from The Post points out, we’re a country with around 4,400 threatened species. With limited time and funding, conservation has always meant making tough calls about what gets attention first.
For the first time, DOC has put real numbers around what it would take to do everything needed to properly safeguard our unique natural environment. The new BioInvest tool shows the scale of the challenge: 310,177 actions across 28,007 sites.
Now that we can see the full picture, it brings the big question into focus: how much do we, as Kiwis, truly value protecting nature — and what are we prepared to invest to make it happen?
We hope this brings a smile!
Flower knowledge
Hi , does anyone know the name of this flower Has a bulb for each flower Only one flower from each bulb flower once a year Love them but dont know what they are Thank you
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