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The Kaikōura District Council is extending a lease on temporary accommodation units in the town to support families struggling due to Covid-19.
The lease for seven temporary accommodation units at 34 Beach Road has been extended for two years to February 2025 by the Kaikōura District Council to support those in need.
The units were first established to provide temporary accommodation following the 2016 North Canterbury earthquake.
The council took over responsibility for the units in 2020, with Te Whare Putea Trust managing the units on behalf of the council.
Community services manager Susi Haberstock said the units were providing housing for local people with nowhere else to go in a time of economic uncertainty due to Covid.
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Corporate services senior manager Murray Dickson said the units were only ever intended to be temporary.
Extending them beyond 2025 would require considerable expense to the council including replacing the roofs.
New road names
After consultation with Te Runanga o Kaikōura, the council has settled on three new road names for a new subdivision off 69 Inland Road at a council meeting last week.
Ruararangi Lane, Te Ao Wharepapa Drive and Elms Rd have been adopted.
Te Ao Wharepapa was the granddaughter of Marukaitatea, who was the senior Ngati Kuri chief, while Ruararangi was the original name for Kowhai River.
The runanga proposed Tuteurutira for the third road, but councillors opted for Elms Rd, after the nearby Elms Homestead which was built in 1875. Tuteurutira was a chief at Matariki Pā.
Bylaw adopted
Councillors have adopted a new trade waste bylaw to place controls on the discharge of waste from trade properties to the community wastewater system. It will come into effect in two stages, with provisions relating to the holding of trade waste consents coming into effect next month.
The remaining provisions will take effect in July next year.
