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Punakaiki sea wall work may not be done

Edit Otago Daily Times 08 Jun 2016
In recent months the front of the Punakaiki camping ground, which is owned by Buller District Council, has lost over 11m of land to the sea ... Council staff and councillors met residents of the affected rating district last month to discuss the proposed extension. Before the meeting council had sent out details of a funding proposal, which involved dividing the rating district into five funding classes ... - Westport News.  . NZME. ....

Holcim selling Westport land, houses

Edit Otago Daily Times 27 May 2016
Holcim is about to start selling its Westport land and houses as the Cape Foulwind cement works' closure looms. Over 100 jobs will go when the 57-year-old works closes on June 30 ... Most of the land was 14km east of Westport, at Cape Foulwind, said Holcim cement general manager Ross Pickworth ... Mr Pickworth said Holcim supported the Buller District Council's attempts to attract new industry to Buller to increase job opportunities ... NZME. ....

Sculptures set to “blow community away”

Edit Scoop 23 May 2016
Buller district residents and visitors can expect to see an exciting series of sculptures pop-up in locations across the region in the coming months ... ....

Bourbon used to catch rogue roosters

Edit NZ Herald 17 May 2016
Bourbon-soaked barley has helped the Buller District Council catch raucous roosters.For months, people have been dumping unwanted roosters in the Westport Domain, beside the Buller River, said Mayor Garry Howard."There were 13... ....

Ferocious seas destroy Punakaiki sandbags

Edit Otago Daily Times 06 May 2016
Buller District Mayor Garry Howard, who helped drive the working bee that built the temporary wall in front of the council-owned campground a few weeks ago, will again be there with his shovel. Mr Howard said there was always a "distinct possibility" the sandbags would move ... Meanwhile, the Grey District Council closed the roads to both the Cobden and Blaketown tipheads shortly before 9am as a precaution ...  . NZME. ....

Big projects on Buller's radar

Edit Otago Daily Times 19 Apr 2016
Two big projects, together costing about $500 million and providing about 200 direct jobs, are on the Buller District Council's radar ... A waste to energy plant would support local freight infrastructure - rail, coastal shipping and road - and the council would no longer have to freight Buller's waste to a Nelson landfill. Mr Hill said the New Zealand company was looking at industrial sites in Buller ... "Two advantages of Buller....

West Coast campsite takes a battering

Edit NZ Herald 09 Apr 2016
The king tide has passed uneventfully along Auckland's coast this morning, but it's bringing waves of anxiety to the West Coast.Buller District Council's beach camp at Punakaiki is taking a battering.Manager Craig Findlay said... ....

Coast police review decision delayed

Edit Otago Daily Times 22 Mar 2016
Tasman district commander Superintendent Karyn Malthus said police did not have the information ... The response from Tasman District communications manager Barbara Dunn indicated ... The News has previously reported that the Buller District Council organised public meetings in Westport and Karamea because the council was unhappy with the drop-in format....

Buller District Council slashes CEO's costs

Edit NZ Herald 02 Mar 2016
The Buller District Council aims to save up to $93,000 a year on its new chief executive.Mayor Garry Howard said the council was offering a salary package of $180,000 to $210,000 -- that's up to $72,000 less than Paul Wylie received... ....

Government funds for Buller jobs

Edit Otago Daily Times 23 Feb 2016
"The support from Government shows flexibility and innovation for the Buller District, which is suffering from mining restructures and the loss of several hundred jobs over the past two years," Mr Howard said. The Buller District Council would work with the MSD on the terms and conditions of the initiative....

Government provides extra support for Buller (New Zealand Government)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Feb 2016
Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce and Social Development Minister Anne Tolley today announced up to $300,000 worth of funding to help people into work in the Buller District ... 'The Buller District has had a particularly difficult period recently with some key employers retrenching at the same time ... situation in the district,' Mr Joyce says....

Government provides extra support for Buller

Edit Scoop 22 Feb 2016
Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce and Social Development Minister Anne Tolley today announced up to $300,000 worth of funding to help people into work in the Buller District ... ....

Cricket: Artificial pitch for Hawke Cup challenge

Edit Otago Daily Times 02 Feb 2016
Buller, which won the trophy off Canterbury Country last weekend, will make its first defence in Westport next weekend against North Otago ... "Obviously, Buller doesn't have any grass pitches ... "They made the decision that the challenge should be played at the Buller High School ground, the main venue in the Buller district, and we accept that. "Obviously, from the Buller perspective, it's massive for them....
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