17th August 2020

In May this year Auckland company McCallum Brothers Ltd (MBL) submitted a resource consent to Auckland Council (AC) for a renewal of their existing coastal permits.
 

It looks like I spoke too soon and jinxed it, but now that it’s happened, I guess there was always a certain inevitability about the coronavirus resurfacing.


 

With over 15 years of experience in a variety of planning roles including environmental, resource consents and policy, planning consultant Vishal Chandra, owner of VUrbs Planning Services Ltd
 

New Zealand’s most endangered bird, the New Zealand fairy tern or tara iti, received a boost to their upcoming breeding season with the creation of new manmade shell nesting sites.
 

Northland communities are being encouraged to ‘look at nature through new eyes’ during Conservation Week 2020, which this year is from 15 to 23 August.

 

Tourism New Zealand has recommended that we explore our own country and over the last couple of weeks we joined numerous other New Zealanders doing just that. Part of our plan was to visit Milford and Doubtful Sounds, areas neither of us has visited before.
 

When I was a little kid my mother took me to see a magic show. After one trick when the magician had produced a couple of pigeons from thin air, he placed them in a cage, covered the cage with a magic veil and disappeared them again.

 

Manipulative scammers have caused a degree of stress and worry for a number of locals in the past month after being taken in by a recent wave of internet con-artists.

 

JULIA WADE Local organisations, groups and clubs involved with projects that will enrich and inspire Mangawhai’s community, are invited to apply for funding from the only local community-driven, independent funding organisation.

 

New Zealand spring is heralded by the dancing yellow of daffodils in pastures. In Mangawhai the harbinger of spring is a much more sinister ‘yellow’ – the weedy Sydney golden wattle.
 

I read in the August 3 Focus that Kaipara Dis- out trict Council might close Mangawhai Road, Insley and Cove Roads for 4.5 hours on Thursday October 15 for the Targa Rally NZ. The public can object by contacting KDC before 17 August. I have, but I wonder how many others have seen this public notice?
 

Local burglaries Mangawhai police have investigated three local burglaries in the last month which occurred in night time hours with one property hit twice.
Speed reminder Police also want to remind drivers to pay extra attention to their speed along Insley Street due to ongoing construction works.
 

North Haven Hospice provides specialist palliative care for people living with any life-limiting condition, and support for their families/whanau and carers.
 

If the End of Life Choice Act does pass into law following the upcoming referendum, North Haven Hospice will conscientiously object to providing euthanasia.
 

Business and community groups affected by the first Covid-19 lockdown are benefitting from support offered by Kaipara District Council. Grants to offset rates, fees and professional advice are available to businesses, community and sporting groups, with a total of $85,000 granted so far.
 

North Island brown kiwi are thriving in the Brynderwyn Hills thanks to the combined efforts of volunteers and landowners.