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Council Message - Helping shape your KaiparaSeptember 2018, a year ago, was the official start of my journey at Kaipara District Council. Kaipara is a great place to live, a great council and we’re facing challenges head on and committing to sharing more with our community around our decision making. One thing I’m very proud of is how we’re looking at alternative ways of working, adapting to change, and building a foundation that is looking to the future.
We’ll be starting some remediation work on the Northern Wairoa War Memorial Hall before the end of the year. Once that work is completed, we’ll look to our offices on Hokianga Road, as we need to urgently address issues around weather tightness and asbestos. As a major employer we need to ensure that we provide healthy safe space for our staff and visitors. How we’ll manage this work is currently under consideration and we will continue to look at the most cost effective ways to achieve this and ensure we are open to all options for our ways of working. In a complementary way, we’re looking at how we can work with Northland Inc. to assist in promotion of Kaipara as a district. We know that our budgets are tight and we don’t have capacity to fund tourism directly so we will find ways that we can work with others to achieve this. The work we’re doing with the Tourism Infrastructure Fund grants, at Matakohe, Maungaturoto and Baylys, and our recently completed dump station at Taharoa Domain will improve our tourism infrastructure as will the infrastructure created as part of the PGF funding we are receiving. Engaging in the democratic process is key if you want to be involved in shaping your Kaipara. Your voting papers should arrive from September 23 onwards, and I’d encourage you to take some time, read the candidate statements, attend any locally held debates or meetings and think about the type of representation you want to see around the Council table. The pre-election report I released in July shows some of the challenges and opportunities we will face in the coming years, and I recommend reading it – it’s available on our website, or at council offices/libraries). Louise Miller KDC Chief Executive PS: The recent Dargaville Lions Phone Book had a misprint of the Council Phone numbers. To contact our team, please use these numbers: Kaipara District Council 0800 727 059 (09 439 7059); Dargaville Library 0800 532 542 (09 439 3150). |
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