The Kaipara District Council Validation of Rates and Other Matters Bill being drafted by council was tabled at their February 26 meeting.
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Julie Harbin has been running the Keira Animal Shelter at the top of the Brynderwyns for twenty years. The shelter houses mostly older animals that pet owners can no longer look after and they offer two weeks of respite care for those who need a break.
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Members of the Mangawhai Historical Society met in early March with members of local iwi – Te Uri o Hau, Ngai Tahu and Ngati Manuhiri – to sign a Memorandum of Understanding.
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Computer skills workshops, Classes for dance lovers, Local funding spread, KDC info online, Ironman or Ironwoman?, Show me the way…, Homes worth having, Energy workshop, Snippets. News and views to share through this column? Contact Jo Roberts 431 4711, email jo.roberts@xtra.co.nz.
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Matakohe’s award-winning Kauri Museum recently played surprised hosts to a touring group from Iceland.
The Kauri Museum was the first attraction of their visit and their introduction to New Zealand.
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Commissioners have agreed to the Kaipara District Council seeking to join the Local Government Funding Agency (LGFA) in order to get access to cheaper loans. “The commissioners see it as important...
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The decision to cut down trees lining a stretch of road heading into Maungaturoto has residents scratching their heads.
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The Auckland season of Coronation Street on Stage, written by award-winning playwright and Coronation Street scriptwriter Jonathan Harvey, has been extended by six more shows.
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Ascension Wine Estate has just launched their Epicurean Calendar for 2013 and it kicks off at Matakana on March 23 & 24 with the Ascension Wine Harvest Festival.
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Garden Centre sold - Kaiwaka Organics has been sold and is relocating.
Have Census form ready - Collectors are hitting the streets to pick up those not filled online.
Dry Kaipara faces further restrictions - Long-range weather forecasts
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In February 1922 a young woman looked out of the window of a London hospital over the gardens of Nevern Square. She had just given birth to her fourth child, a little boy.
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Parts of Northland have had their driest February since records began. Last week the government declared a state of drought in Northland, and other regions are expected to follow soon.
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In response to various points raised in previous columns I have been asked, usually with a note of futility in the voice, 'What can we do about it?' I have always steered away from telling anyone what to do. It would make me as bad as those I rail against. The following though may help.
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The Floating Bridges are on their way to the Mangawhai Tavern on Thursday March 28.
Luck of the Irish, Slick Santana tribute, Kia Ora, cobba!
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These tracks and other walks over farmland, through orchards, vines, even caving adventures and into the hilly Brynderwyns, are guided by local volunteers for visitors who are able to select their walks, graded from 1 (easy) to 5.
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The Mangawhai Wine & Food Festival was an idea created by the Mangawhai Walking Weekend team to provide a fun and relaxing finish to the walker’s day and an opportunity to showcase wonderful local food and wine producers to visitors, with some lively music to finish off the day.
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Though the official holiday period is over, the prolonged spell of fine weather makes the Mangawhai area attractive to a large number of late week and weekend visitors.
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Otamatea Repertory Theatre’s latest production, Dirty Weekends, a comedy by Roger Hall and Philip Norman about suburban gardening.
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Do you know anything about this picture of locals blowing up a German mine on Mangawhai surf beach some time in 1940? Tractor Cavalcade organizers would like to know the people in the picture, the tractor and the exact date.
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Appeal by delveloper - I would like your readers to know that Jonathan Larsen has appealed the commissioner’s decision
Give a dog a bone - Bow Wow! Perhaps our last letter to the editor may have hit a sore bone!
Still paying fees - Sorry folks, I'm about to throw in my tuppence worth.
Ratepayer vs Ratepayer - The association should surrender its misleading name and settle for something more fitting.
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Fine weather and a jam-packed schedule pulled record crowds to the 2013 Northland Field Days this year say organisers.
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Whangarei's Barge Showgrounds will again host the Northland Natural Horsemanship Games on april 7. Organised by four Waipu women, the popular event has become an annual fixture on Northlands equestrian calander.
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Mangawhai Year 10 student Josh Eagle (pictured below) impressed at the Rodney College swimming competition recently, breaking a total of nine records.
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A number of local equestriennes will be taking on the best riders in Australasia when they head to the 2013 New Zealand Horse of the Year Show at Hastings, March 12-17
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With over 50 entries received from nine clubs from across the country, the 2013 Lifeguard Longboard Nationals went down in style.
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A Green: 1 Ken McGregor, Steve Cameron, Dave Wallace & Ivan Pivac (Warkworth) 4 wins, 23 ends, 40 points; 2 D....
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Northland’s Olympic Triathlete Samantha Bradley (Warriner) cleared away from a large field of entrants to comfortably win the women’s section of the Avantiplus Mangawhai Triathlon held recently. Bradley won by over 11 minutes from Auckland’s Sally Jackson in near perfect conditions.
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While rain of the wet kind would be much appreciated, the Mangawhai Golf Club was delighted to see international goodwill reign throughout a very successful International Day on Sunday February 17.
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