FRIDAY 20 DECEMBER 2019

Eva Karaitiana, Joe Tylee, Simon Pepper, Pippa McKenzie and Liam O’Brien are this years recipients of the Waipawa Building Society Scholarship.

Established in 1990, the Waipawa Building Society Scholarship Trust provides financial assistance to CHB who are or will be attending a course of tertiary education in New Zealand.

The Central Hawke’s Bay District Council is responsible for allocation of funds, and is represented by Mayor Alex Walker, Councillor Tim Chote and Chief Executive Monique Davidson along with representatives from the Waipawa District Lions Club and the Waipukurau Rotary Club.

Applications for funding will again open in late 2020.

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The much-needed Otane Alternate Drinking Water Supply has been officially opened.

CHB Mayor Alex Walker officiated the opening event, which saw elected members, project stakeholders and local residents come together on an uncharacteristically wet and windy day to celebrate.

Ms Walker said Council know that accessibility to quality drinking water is of the utmost importance to our community, and the completion of this flagship water project is a game changer for the people of Otane.

The new supply promises to significantly increase the resilience of Otane’s water supply which has seen several incidences of shortfall prior to the project’s completion, resulting in localised water restrictions being placed early this summer.

Fulton Hogan won the contract for the $2.6 million project, which has seen 5.2km of new pipeline laid from State Highway 2, connecting into the existing Waipawa water supply and then into the Otane network via Racecourse and White Road.

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Congratulations to local powerlifter Luke Wright who has won gold at an event in Hong Kong.

Luke followed up his gold medal at the recent WPNZ Nationals with another gold at the WP Asia Pacific Powerlifting Championships in Hong Kong last weekend.