Rotorua: What you need to know about this week

Rotorua Lakes Council building. Photo / NZME

Whether you're interested to know what's happening locally or nationally, here are a few things you need to know about this upcoming week.

Labour Day

Today is Labour Day. The day was first celebrated in New Zealand on October 28, 1890, when several thousand trade union members and supporters attended parades in the main centres. Government employees were also given the day off to attend parades and many businesses closed for at least part of the day.

Rotorua Lakes Council

A Rotorua Lakes Community board meeting will take place on Wednesday between 1pm and 3pm at the council's Civic Centre. On Thursday, there will be a council meeting from 9.30am in Council Chamber.

Eastern Bay of Plenty roadworks

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency says road reconstruction works will get under way on State Highway 5 in Reporoa, south of Rotorua, this week. These works are part of the Waka Kotahi spring/summer road maintenance programme, which will see repairs and resurfacing carried out on state highways across the Bay of Plenty. There are a number of work sites which will be underway from tomorrow. Their locations can be found on the Rotorua Lakes Council website.

Bay of Plenty Regional Council

There will be a Bay of Plenty Regional Council strategy and policy committee meeting on Wednesday, starting at 9.30am. Due to Covid-19 alert level 2 restrictions, the meeting will be held via Zoom and live-streamed and recorded. The public section of this meeting will be recorded and uploaded to the council's website.

Stat NZ releases

Stats NZ will this week be publishing figures on Effects of Covid-19 on Trade: At October 20 (provisional), Employment indications: September 2021, and Household living-costs indexes: September 2021 quarter among others. Employment indicators: Weekly as of October 25 has been postponed until November 4.

Parliament

Parliament is meeting on Tuesday this week from 2pm, as well as Wednesday and on Thursday. Meanwhile, the Education and Workforce Committee will meet from 9am to 1pm on Wednesday.