Manurewa tops complaints

Manurewa residents make more noise, dog and graffiti complaints to Manukau City Council as a percentage of population than anywhere else in the city.

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The council's dog contractor, DSS Animal Management, has always been kept busy in Manurewa, managing director Barry Gillingwater told the community board.

Records since 1991 show Manurewa has generated a higher number of dog complaints per capita compared with other wards, Mr Gillingwater says.

But for the past five or six years, the number of dog complaints has been dropping across the city, and Manurewa has followed that trend.

Hum... i wonder why?

Mr Gillingwater told the board his company blitzes Manurewa two-and-a-half times more often than in other wards.The animal shelter at Wiri can be filled up from just one day's blitz.

Am I to presume that the dogs are picked up for wandering?

Community board chairman Daniel Newman asked Mr Gillingwater how Manurewa's dog issues could be improved.

It would probably be more useful to know WHY they complained-- easier to manage

Mr Gillingwater said his company could put more resources into the area but with current funding from the council it would be at the expense of the rest of the city's dog problems.

The number of dog service requests for Manukau city wards in 2006-2007: Botany-Clevedon 577, Howick 535, Manurewa 2415, Mangere 1151, Otara 736, Pakuranga 555, Papatoetoe 754.

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