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2237 days ago

"Beautiful renovated Cottage finally available"

Bertha from Ashburton District

Looking for a meticulously renovated piece of old-world charm, you will absolutely fall in love with Grace Cottage.

From the moment you walk through the door, you will see in a heartbeat that heaps of strategic planning and brain-storming went into renovating this charming character cottage back to its former glory.

Great aesthetic skills and fine workmanship were employed in the transformation! The result is a home that oozes warmth and charm.

If you are looking for a quality home with that special ‘Just Right’ feeling, then you definitely owe it to yourself to see and experience Grace Cottage for yourself.

But be warned... odds are you want to move in on the spot!

Extensive Renovations Include:

1. Brand new carpet throughout
2. New interior/exterior/roof paint
3. Quality ceiling insulation
4. Beautiful new light fittings
5. Updated wiring
6. Lovely new bathroom
7. Spacious living with seasonal comfort assured thanks to a heat pump and a compliant log burner.

But that’s not all...

The original character features flow proudly throughout this property have been brought to life with crisp, calm and contemporary colour choices.

Plus you’ll love the beautiful kitchen boasting brand new appliances, this home is ready for new owners to move in and relish in its functionality and charm.

Fully-fenced and well-screened off from the neighbours for security and better privacy while enjoying quality time in the well-maintained garden. Come and see Grace Cottage for yourself! You will be very glad that you did.

Look for the times of our open homes on TradeMe Listing #:1787952990 or contact us on 027 217 0401 for a private viewing.

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4 days ago

Poll: Do you think NZ should ban social media for youth?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

The Australian Prime Minister has expressed plans to ban social media use for children.

This would make it illegal for under 16-year-olds to have accounts on platforms including TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and X.
Social media platforms would be tasked with ensuring children have no access (under-age children and their parents wouldn’t be penalised for breaching the age limit)
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4 days ago

What's your favourite recipe for courgettes?

Mei Leng Wong Reporter from NZ Gardener & Get Growing

Kia ora neighbours. If you've got a family recipe for courgettes, we'd love to see it and maybe publish it in our magazine. Send your recipe to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz, and if we use it in the mag, you will receive a free copy of our January 2025 issue.

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1 day ago

Waimakariri district plan faces more delays amid changing rules

Nicole Mathewson Reporter from The Press

By David Hill, Local Democracy Reporter

Changing Government legislation is causing headaches for council staff, as Waimakariri’s new District Plan is set to be delayed again.

Waimakariri District Council development planning manager Matt Bacon said he was relieved when the last of the public hearings ended last week.

But with final council reports due on December 13, staff will have just two working days to present the final District Plan on December 17. A district plan helps to control and manage the development of the district or city.

‘‘We are working through what it looks like and we will update the council at its meeting on December 3,’’ Bacon said.

‘‘But we will likely seek another extension from the environment minister and the Resource Management Act (RMA) minister.’’

The council first notified its draft District Plan in September 2021, but within months legislation was introduced with new medium density residential housing standards (MDRS).

‘‘We needed to call for further submissions and we had to create a separate hearing panel to consider the plan variations to allow for the MDRS,’’ Bacon said.

‘‘We have tried to merge the process as much as possible, as well as looking at re-zoning and incorporating other new legislation.’’

When the draft plan was first notified there was no National Policy Statement (NPS) for Indigenous Biodiversity, but an NPS was introduced - and then replaced.

The Natural and Built Environment Act came into being last year and then repealed, and then there is the NPS on Urban Development and the Greater Christchurch Spatial Plan.

The Government is now working on more RMA reforms and Environment Canterbury is working on the Canterbury Regional Policy Statement.

And then there is the Fast-Track Approvals Bill, which includes three proposed housing developments in Waimakariri - two of them outside of the future urban development areas identified in the Greater Christchurch Spatial Plan.

All three housing developments in the Bill have been included in submissions to the District Plan, including a proposed 850-home development at Ohoka, near Rangiora, which is also subject to an Environment Court appeal.

‘‘We haven’t seen the detail, so whether it is the same proposals, we don’t know, but they are different processes so we have to just keep doing what we are doing, until we are told otherwise,’’ Bacon said.

‘‘It might just be a timing thing, but we just don’t know.’’

Bacon said delaying the District Plan until new legislation is in place is not an option.

‘‘We are looking at what we can control and having a watching brief, and we will look at transitional timings because we don’t always have to immediately change planning documents when new legislation comes in.’’

Planning manager Wendy Harris said navigating changing Government legislation is a normal part of council planning work.

‘‘If we waited we wouldn’t do anything and we would go nowhere.’’

■ LDR is local body journalism co-funded by RNZ and NZ On Air.