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What will Waipu/Whangarei look like in 30 or 50 years?
What will Waipu/Whangarei look like in 30 or 50 years? Are we putting in place the necessary infrastructure to resource that future? While we might be experiencing a downturn in the economy at present… more →
Bream Bay - a slice of paradise!
What will Waipu/Whangarei look like in 30 or 50 years?
wrote 10 months ago: What will Waipu/Whangarei look like in 30 or 50 years? Are we putting in place the necessary infrast … more →
Co-operating for economic growth in Whangarei District
wrote 1 year ago: This week I spoke to my submission to the Annual Plan process for the Whangarei District Council. H … more →
We can't cut rates without cutting services
wrote 1 year ago: Its time to make submissions to the Whangarei District Council annual plan. We discussed this at Wai … more →
Hundertwasser in Whangarei - asking good questions....
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wrote 1 year ago: In the Northern Advocate 19 March 2008, Ann Shaw, a former Whangarei Councillor wrote an interesting … more →
New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement
wrote 1 year ago: Public comment is invited on a new national policy statement which will guide councils on how to man … more →
Three cheers for Waipu and for democracy
wrote 1 year ago: What a great community Waipu is – people are always ready to give a hand, organise an event, a … more →
$9.5 million Hundertwasser Centre proposed for Whangarei Town Basin
wrote 1 year ago: “Whangarei mayor Stan Semenoff has announced plans to establish an international-standard Hund … more →
Will Binding Referenda be on the agenda of the new Council?
wrote 2 years ago: Just before voting finished, someone emailed me and asked me about what my position was on binding r … more →
Coastal Representation now missing on Whangarei District Council
wrote 2 years ago: One of the results of the recent WDC Elections, is that neither the Tutukaka Coast or Bream Bay Coas … more →
Back in Waipu at last
wrote 2 years ago: I have been in China for two weeks and out of touch with my blog – for some reason I could not … more →
Welcome to Our Place Whangarei
wrote 2 years ago: A lot of local interest groups are sending questions to councillors – Chamber of Commerce, Man … more →
Bream Bay Meet the Candidates meetings
wrote 2 years ago: We have just had two Meet the Candidates meetings in Bream Bay – at Ruakaka and Waipu. As is u … more →
Independent Inquiry into Local Government Rates
wrote 2 years ago: Here is the the link which I could not find earlier to the Rates inquiry. One interesting point is t … more →
Council Values
wrote 2 years ago: Creating the Ultimate Living Environment is the well known, and oft quoted WDC mission. What is less … more →
Town Basin redevelopment
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wrote 2 years ago: Frank Newman’s is quoted on Integrity’s website “Yesterday councillors concluded h … more →
Act on Rates - National Report on Rates released
wrote 2 years ago: “Local councils need to lift their act and central government needs to put more money in to ma … more →
Transfer Station Hours
wrote 2 years ago: I note that the Advocate signals that the WDC wants to cut the opening hours of our rural transfer s … more →
Waipu has another chance to have its say...
wrote 2 years ago: The submissions process may not be the easiest way for us to have our say in local government, but i … more →
There is usually more than two options - more on binding referenda
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wrote 2 years ago: My approach to conflict is to take as step back from a polarised “YES!” or NO!” ar … more →
