20th July 2020 Issue

Following on from the success of the Easter Art Showcase online exhibition created under Covid’s Level 4 lockdown restrictions, young local artists have been invited to also share their creations with the community via the internet.

 

As Mangawhai’s population continues to grow, including possible extra housing to be consented for Mangawhai Central, there is debate around the ability of the local wastewater plant to cope with the projected extra load.
 

Rugby team mates for Otamatea and Northland. They teamed up again in 2001 for the New Zealand squash nationals. Now they are part of an even larger team that isn’t trying to beat other people but is instead trying to conquer pests.
 

The most exciting part of gardening at the moment is watching the magnolias coming into bloom. The rest is less than exciting but the time for preparing for the spring is now. 


 

 

Rally of Whangarei cancelled Rally New Zealand organisers have opted to cancel this year’s International Rally.
Threat closes KDC offices Kaipara District Council’s offices closed temporarily after a Facebook threat
Road works alert Road widening works will be taking place on a section of State Highway 1.
 

I sit, breakfast is done, a fire dances in the grate of my wood oven, the day is dank and drizzly with an icy feel about it. It is decision-making time. Do I brave the weather and embark on some good honest labour in unpleasant conditions, or do I sit here and remember the Sahara Desert? 
 

 

Kaipara District Council has spent $1,726,891 on legal fees to recover rates owed – and defend itself against – the challenges brought by Bruce and Heather Rogan and the Mangawhai Residents and Ratepayers Association.

 

 

What makes you feel special in your self-care? Is it the smell of your favourite body moisturiser? A soak in the bath? Taking the time to give yourself a mini facial?

 

 

 

 

The fine art of teaching a rare bird to fish. An extraordinary story of how an abandoned fairy tern chick, RYBM, was saved from death and taught to fend for himself.


 

 

Great news for mountain bike park Council owns a large (approximately 120 hectares) bush block at the base of the Brynderwyn Ranges on Brown Road. This land is part of the farm that was purchased as the wastewater disposal site for the EcoCare project.