April 29th 2019 Issue

Kaipara District Council employee Max Stevenson. “We’ve squeezed in an extra three hours a week in between jobs, family and volunteering for the brigade to train. 

 

 

The critically endan - gered birds have had a disastrous breeding sea - son after stormy weather in spring, with just two chicks fledging.
 

The weather Gods were smiling as Easter Saturday dawned bright and clear for the annual Mangawhai Boating and Fishing Club annual fishing competition, supported by principal sponsors ITM Mangawhai and ITM Warkworth.
 

 

Northland’s newest bridge has opened to traffic on State Highway 12 in a major milestone for the Matakohe Bridges project.
 

Getting on with the job of setting up the future of our rapidly growing Kaipara District is a theme for what’s happening this season around Council. Firstly, it’s been great to see so many locals attending the council District Plan meetings.

 

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Mother’s Day is celebrated on Sunday May 12, this celebration is often bitter sweet. For me I’m really fortunate to not only be a mum but also still have my mum in my life.
 

Vile diatribe I am writing in response to the article by Chris Sellars in the April 15 edition (Worzel’s World: Entering occupied territory).
Sunday Night (A poem) It’s Sunday night in Mangawhai Heads and almost all the visitors from Auckland have gone home and are heading to their beds.
Occupied territory
I write in response to Chris Sellars’ article "Entering occupied territory"

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Are you sick and tired of constantly having to provide proof of ID? Does the prospect of the invasive insertion of a RFID chip into your body disturb or revolt you? Does the proliferation of surveillance cameras make you feel a little uneasy? 
 

Over two days, 19 venues and accompanied by Easter sun, visitors and locals alike were treated to a buffet of brilliant colour and creation on Mangawhai Artist Inc’s (MAI) annual Easter Art Trail, April 20 and 21.