Road works - Centennial Park area

Construction work will begin Tuesday 24 June around Centennial Park area to install concrete islands and road line marking. The roads to be marked are: Te Kūiti Road, Park Street, William Street and Ngarongo Road. We ask kindly that this area be kept clear of vehicles and residents do not park on the road for the next couple of days. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Slip on Te Waitere Road – please drive safe

Council is aware of a significant slip on Te Waitere Road. Currently the road is down to one lane with priority give way traffic control in place. Given there is poor weather forecast towards the end of the week, we encourage those needing to pass through this site to be vigilant and drive safely and to the conditions.

Safety smart

31 Mar 2015

STORY / ARTICLE: WAITOMO NEWS – www.waitomonews.co.nz

Cadence Hawkins (left) and Bella Larson will be much safer travelling to school from now on after each winning a brand new booster seat as part of the Waitomo District Council's 'Back to School' colouring competition.

More than 200 school children from around the Waitomo district entered the 'Safe kids wear safety belts' competition which ran for four weeks and closed earlier this month. Cadence (8) attends Te Kuiti Primary School and Bella is a student at St Joseph's Catholic School.

Organiser and council Road Safety co-ordinator Rachel Stubbs says the educational campaign was held in association with local police to educate North King Country families about the correct way to use booster seats and to wear safety gear when riding bikes or scooters to school.

"I was extremely pleased with the result of the competition and with the amount of feedback we got from the people we helped as part of the Back to School road safety campaign."

Cadence Hawkins and Bella Larson