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dancing to her own tune
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Under the Sun was even more ambitious: a rock-opera style event about the history of the world from creation to the death of the sun, commissioned by the Palmerston North City Council for its centenary celebrations, and requiring a cast of 600, ...

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Lifesaving gift received
Manawatu Standard
Palmerston North City Council chief executive Paddy Clifford, accepting the machine on behalf of Community House tenants, said having a defibrillator based there would be a benefit to those who worked there, visited, and passed by.

Bid to keep legends alive
Manawatu Standard
Sport Manawatu has asked Palmerston North City Council to help come up with a plan to acknowledge their achievements in a public place. The proposal is to mount a row of plaques along the eastern wall running past The Square car park toward Rangitikei ...

Rallying call for Manfeild Grand Prix
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"The 2010 bid to continue the host rights was wholly supported by Toyota New Zealand, the Palmerston North City Council and Manawatu District Council and there has been no obvious lessening of their enthusiasm. "We're well poised to partner the sport ...

Milson Line debate over - it stays a key route
Manawatu Standard
February 2005: Palmerston North Airport asks Palmerston North City Council to close Milson Line to accommodate a future runway extension. October 2007: Palmerston North, Manawatu District, Transit New Zealand and Horizons Regional Council agree to work ...

Drop in consents hurts builders
Manawatu Standard
Palmerston North City Council economic adviser Peter Crawford said there had been an increase in commercial building consents in the past three months of 2011 compared to the same period in 2010. "Commercial activity tends to be pretty lumpy, ...

warehouse rebuild begins
Manawatu Standard
Palmerston North City Council has issued a building consent for the $200000 to $500000 reinstatement at Pirani Place, and work began before Christmas. Cairns Group general manager Phil Grey said all but the steel structural shell of the building was ...

Music to put street on the festival map
Manawatu Standard
Palmerston North City Council culture co-ordinator Axel De Maupeou D'Ableiges said Music on George would bring 16 acts to the street, and neighbouring Coleman Mall, on March 3 for an evening of live music. "The music scene here has huge potential, ...

Council searches for mystery marker
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The writing on the road indicates a service provider could be about to start digging holes, but Palmerston North city council programmes team leader Rob Campbell said he has no idea who was responsible. "It suggests someone is about to do something, ...

Wheels grind to halt on bus plan
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The new terminal would bring together long-distance and urban buses at one site, instead of spreading them across two sites – with the Pitt St site also being in poor condition – but Palmerston North City Council has struggled to get the wheels on the ...

City's CEO turned down pay rise
Manawatu Standard
In contrast to his counterparts facing public scrutiny in Kapiti and Christchurch for taking large pay rises, the chief executive of Palmerston North City Council said "no" to an extra $12000 last year. Paddy Clifford turned down a 3.9 per cent pay ...

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Roadworks expected to be finished inside deadline
Manawatu Standard
But Palmerston North city council programme team leader Rob Campbell said good weather and a lack of construction problems had put the project ahead of schedule. "We are hoping to be finished a little bit earlier. Maybe the third week of February, ...

Classic staying in Manawatu
Manawatu Standard
"In all my 24 years of organising bike races, I have never had support as good as I have got from the Palmerston North City Council," he said. "Wellington were disappointed we moved out of there but at the end of the day I came to Palmerston North ...

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Four want mayoralty
Manawatu Standard
This was a surprise to Mr Johnson, who like Mr Feyen, stood for the Palmerston North City Council and mayoralty last term. He expected to be standing against Mr Feyen. A city resident, Mr Johnson runs two city cafes, and was formerly a Toyota New ...

Councillors object to call centre plan
Manawatu Standard
She said the council was negotiating with a North Island provider, thought to be Palmerston North City Council, but a new contract had not been finalised. In a letter to council chief executive Tony Marryatt, seven councillors and 13 community board ...

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On an empty stomach
Manawatu Standard
At the time, it blamed the loss of $25000 worth of funding from the Palmerston North City Council. An undisclosed amount of funding has since been secured from the Internal Affairs Department, allowing The Stomach to host live shows for six months, ...

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Gigs back at Stomach in short term
Manawatu Standard
Shows at the all-ages drug and alcohol-free venue were put on hold 18 months ago after Palmerston North City Council reduced funding from $75000 to $50000 a year. The funding cut came barely a year after a massive $650000 renovation of the venue, ...

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Safe in the surf
Manawatu Standard
An application to the Palmerston North City Council for $100000 was turned down in May. Club treasurer Kate Dench said it was a bitter disappointment, as the council's support was crucial for securing other grants. Mr Mackay says the club, ...

Hunt for the truth is proving very costly
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More than 4000 pages of information about the Palmerston North City Council's wastewater discharge, retrieved at a cost of $21000, is still not enough for councillor Chris Teo-Sherrell. The flat salary for a city councillor is $34000.

Cusack clear for takeoff
Manawatu Standard
"Palmerston North, from a business perspective, has strengths in its central location, and there is obviously a view from its shareholder (Palmerston North City Council) and the region that it is an important hub." Mr Cusack arrives in the wake of the ...