Raglan Talking to Raglan

A wide variety was covered this week. If you think you could do better than our current local politicians, get nominated to stand in the elections. If you know anything about Frank Rastrick's puriri sawmill on the Wainui Stream, tell us more than Hugh or Papers Past (https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIGUS19020318.2.15) could. The photo is of a puriri which survived and wasn't made int...

Why is Raglan the only bus route they plan to “significantly reduce operating costs” by cutting the buses which run through to Hamilton East, though Raglan already has the lowest per passenger subsidy of all the rural bus routes? "Subject to funding," they propose a 2-hourly bus in the long term, whereas for Morrinsville (Eastern Connector) it is proposed to increase buses “to every 30 minute...

A catch up with the week's news in local environment and politics, plus 3 interviews from the Morning Show, including one about the Doctor's Wife film, on at the Old School at 7pm on Saturday. Also a reminder about the transport discussion in the upstairs lounge of Community House from 7pm this Wed (tomorrow), prior to the consultation about buses, which Regional Council is starting on Monday. Why...

Mainly previewing tomorrow's Community Board meeting at 1.30pm at Te Uku. The main content of it is a Transport Study. Structure Plans have not been funded in Council's Long Term Plan, but this study mentions the phrase 59 times and says a Structure Plan will provide community consultation to gather input, build consensus, and foster a sense of ownership and inclusion in the planning process. It s...

Mainly Morning Show interviews - our councillor, Lisa, KASM and the seabed mining protest 11am Manu Bay on Sunday and lots of Environment Centre events.

As Council decides on its Long Term Plan, a few quotes from its responses, such as the sewage plant “will provide treatment for up to 10500 PE (people equivalent) or flows of up to 6000m3/d.” and “Council has undertaken a transportation assessment of Raglan township which identified the current 1-lane bridge will need to be upgraded to a 2-lane bridge post 2035.” Also a couple of Morning Show inte...

After grumbling at the Long Term Plan hearing earlier this afternoon, I finally got a reply to my 11 April email. Council now say an investigation of a new bridge and tourist signage have been dropped from the LTP and also there is now no mention of that single lane bridge. They say the whole of a new roundabout at Te Hutewai/Wainui is funded by the developer and Waka Kotahi. Of the previous $1.3m...

It's the time of year when District and Regional councils are asking for our views on their plans, so an interview with each and some details of what's in them, including the errors. In Raglan, for a bus every 4 hours, the rate will be $76.69 per property, the same as those with an hourly bus, such as Cambridge, or Huntly. Another anomaly is that Te Uku and Whatawhata, on the same Raglan bus route...

For a preview of the District Council long term plan, waste plan, etc see https://waikato.civicclerk.com.au/web/UserControls/pdf/web/DocPDFWrapper.aspx?p=1&aoid=417&token=01c186b1-57d7-431a-990d-41cbe2435b09 (despite all the statements that the scheme has gone it still has amounts of $200 and 300k for traffic lights!). For the sewage video meeting on Thursday at 6.30pm use https://teams.mi...

A minor mystery this week. Both our councillor and mayor say traffic lights on the bridge are gone from the plans, yet this morning's council agenda said they were, "removed as part of the Enhanced Annual Plan", but, "with a note to reconsider this as part of the 2025-2034 LTP". There's also the mysteries of why the Community Board meeting was postponed from last week to tomorrow and why it has 'R...

Not much news this week,, but interesting interviews from the Morning Show on dolphins and the new bulk bin shop, Raglan Refill.

The usual weather, events and news, followed by some 2009 interviews about local geology. For some updates from last year's book about Karioi as far as it relates to the coast around Wainui Reserve see -https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Unaol2Vuz4Gh2B8x69nCECECuugcEUAQDXnwV6De_xQ/edit?usp=sharing.

Lots of people are back at work this week, so a lot more news, including a report on the smells from an overloaded, overheated sewage works, possible contents of the Waikato District Long Term Plan, including closure of the airfield and of Papanui Point walkway and several other stories.

Not a lot in the local news this week, so time to listen to Andy and Kevin recalling the start of Raglan Community Radio in 1994. Also time to hear our former Raglan National MP, Marilyn Waring (1975-1984), speaking to Parliament today about the Treaty Principles Bill and how its claims to aim for equality are false when we start with inequality.

Another week of news, events and finishing off the century-old 1925 history - the recording mentions the 1925 pay rate of £96 a year for a postmaster and £250 a year for a station manager, but didn't calculate today's equivalent, which is about $11,500 and $30,000 a year respectively. The articles (with pictures) on Raglan 23 are at https://www.raglan23.co.nz/news/sands-of-time-raglan-in-1925/

The usual weather, news and events, but, for a change, a look back a century, to Whāingaroa in 1925. To see the photos and read about it go to Raglan 23 - https://www.raglan23.co.nz/news/sands-of-time-raglan-in-1925/.

We decided the quality would be too poor to have an outside broadcast with the New Year's Eve Parade, so instead the last half hour of Raglan Talking to Raglan was a commentary on the parade as it passed the radio studio. Prior to that the latest local news and events, plus an interview from the Morning Show, with Pine Campbell. After 23 years of RTR I still make mistakes, so apologies for the 7 m...

Christmas Eve, but still there's news and Morning Show interviews and another week of 2024 to go.

Not much in the way of local news or events this week, except for two events trying to raise money to help Palestinians - an exhibition of local art at the Old School 10-2 each day to Saturday and on Sunday https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/paddle-the-points-for-palestine. Also another Morning Show interview, this one about the new bulk bin shop coming.

Waka Kotahi has had to drop its plan for a roundabout at Whatawhata, but doesn't want to publicise that safety now has a lesser place. It explains, "Safety remains a priority, embedded across all investments. Funding for this project has not been prioritised. Our focus is on delivering safe roading infrastructure, providing enhanced maintenance and resilience as well as increased support for enfor...

There's a Community Board meeting tomorrow, so a look at some of the things on that agenda, including aquaculture and a resource consent application for spat catching, a cycleway being extended at one end, but not the other, the lack of action from Waka Kotahi to allow bike racks on buses to be used again, the signs at the wharf about fishing and mention of a council meeting this morning, which re...

Another week of local news and Morning Show interviews - bikes banned on buses, sewage meeting next Tuesday, planning for how Raglan should grow and the work Malibu Hamilton did to get the Karioi Project going.

Another week of environment and news, with a close look at the bus report and its faults, a mention of the Radio's 30th on Friday, busking on Saturday and interviews from the Morning Show about environment and recycling.

Another week of local political and environmental news, including some of the results from council's consultation about what we want and don't want in the 2025-2034 Long Term Plan. It seems we don't want traffic lights on the single lane bridge, but did we know enough about it before saying no? Is Zero waste is too aspirational? Why is sustainability low priority? Don't we want to continue?

More local political and environmental news, including the proposal to put closure of the airfield into the long term plan and possibly close it by July next year, followed by transfer of the land back to its pre 1941 owners, a summary of 3-waters issues and proposed alcohol ban extensions.