Many of you have realised that the water from the Town Hall roof is making a significant contribution to the erosion in front of the cannon. This critical issue was identified during the Placemaking project, and through the Destination Management Plan consultation. Thanks to the numerous locals who raised RFSs about the problem since last September, the Town Hall Committee, Chair Bruce, who took the FNDC CEO personally down to the site to show him the problem and how it was directly impacting the erosion and Jenny Shipley, Chair of local Destination Management Plan, who invited key local and national leaders to the site to see for themselves, the work is underway this week!

This is Stage 1A for the erosion project. As a reminder, we had coastal erosion experts in town earlier in June, to examine the situation and explain what needed to happen to protect and restore our treasured waterfront. This report is expected back at the end of the month, and we will of course keep you updated as we receive this expert advice.