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Somewhere between 800 and a thousand people turned out at CauseWay Church’s Helicopter Easter Egg Drop on Easter Sunday, and it wasn't just the kids who were excited!
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The Mangawhai Residents and Ratepayers Association (MRRA) has filed proceedings in the High Court for a judicial review of many decisions made between 2005 and 2013 by the Kaipara District Council (KDC) when designing, building and funding the Mangawhai sewage scheme EcoCare.
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This must be a summer to remember and, as the almost perfect curtain drop, Easter Weekend delivered just what the people ordered – firstly people!
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Though learning piano at seven years of age, then the guitar at nine, Poppy Tohill admits to not being overly skilled but has always been musically inclined and in recent years has become the number one fan of multi-award winning Kiwi singer Gin Wigmore.
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While for so long it has been ‘muskets at dawn’ between the Kaipara District Council and a number of Mangawhai residents, the two parties are about to rub shoulders as the KDC office at Kaiwaka is shortly to close and relocate to The Hub in Mangawhai Village.
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Entries are now being invited as planning for the annual Paparoa Wearable Arts Gala is off to an early start this year.
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Mangawhai busy over Easter, Celebrating the tractor, Kiwi make comeback, Walking group celebrates first year, Development underway, Spotted…...., MBS golf fundraiser to tee off, SeniorNet presentation, Local wins new car, Understand the plan?, Morley boys flying high.
News and views to share through this column? Contact Jo Roberts 431 4711, email jo.roberts@xtra.co.nz.
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The Mangawhai Museum hosted hundreds of people over the two trading days of their annual Monster Easter Book Fair.
“We are so appreciative of the community support we receive in our fundraising efforts,” says Christine Bygrave, Mangawhai Historical Society president.
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Northpower has taken ownership of Transpower’s two 50,000 volt electricity distribution lines between Dargaville and Maungatapere.
“This asset transfer is very positive for consumers in the Whangarei and Kaipara Districts because they now own the line,” says Mr Moyes.
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South African born Dirk Smyth emerged from his early University studies with a BA with Honours in Maths, leading, one would think, to a long and successful career in banking, a path he initially adopted.
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During the humid summer weeks the kumaras in my vegetable cupboard began to grow long healthy shoots. The thought of cutting them off and throwing them away did not appeal to me at all. Not ever having grown kumara I decided to experiment.
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After a long Christmas break and our February meeting, the Mangawhai Garden Club went on its first outing for 2013. Our destination – Gibbs Farm on State Highway 16 on the Kaipara Harbour. Many of you have probably marvelled at the huge sculptures visible from the highway.
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The optimist says the glass is half full. The pessimist says it is half empty. A corporation will drink the contents then sell you the empty glass. District Council's will throw the contents away and raise rates to pay for a refill. Before gaining office politicians promise to fill the glass to overflowing. Upon their leaving office the contents are depleted and the glass is chipped. The realist simply states that there is half a glass, but the pragmatist takes the glass and uses the contents to refresh himself while digging a well.
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Deaf Aotearoa is once again holding free New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) Taster Classes as part of New Zealand Sign Language Week 2013, May 13-19.
Now in its seventh year, NZSL Week raises awareness about New Zealand’s Deaf community and promotes NZSL, one of the official languages of New Zealand.
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RAIN BREAK: Steady rain at Mangawhai till lunchtime on Easter Saturday replenished water tanks then abated leaving a fabulous fine day – though it didn’t look too good for golfers at 11 am.
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People at Marunui Conservation are counting down with only days to go before Northland brown kiwi are released into their bush in the Brynderwyns.
Their planning team has been working 24/7 to a timeline to ensure that all necessary tasks are accomplished by the release date of Saturday April 13.
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This fresh and enthusiastic group are pictured on day one of the Mangawhai Walking Weekend 2013, tramping through the newly opened McKenzie Limestone Hill Scenic Reserve, an area virtually unknown to locals.
More photos coming soon, if you would like a copy please email me sales@mangawhaifocus.co.nz
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Help for gardening group The Mangawhai Beach School Environmental Group would really appreciate any donations of seeds, seedlings, compost, blood and bone, and pots.
Anyone who has yet to complete a census form has until April 10 to return outstanding forms.
Children from around the district are being encouraged to register for the 2013 Otamatea Day Camp, a bush adventure for children 6–12 years old.
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It is no longer a theory that dental hygiene has a definite link to cardiovascular disease and other health problems.
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It is still illegal to light a fire in the open in Kaipara and the total fire ban will continue until sufficient rain has fallen to lower the danger, says the Kaipara District Council.
Fire authorities are worried that an upsurge in small fires suggests some people may be under a false impression the risk has gone or that the ban, which was put in place at the beginning of March, has been lifted.
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Local landscaper Weston was working on a property in Moir Street when the owners suggested they make an artwork out of the fins of a derelict windmill in their garden, but on investigating the structure of the windmill, they found there was actually nothing wrong with it.
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After a long involvement with the community, retiring rotarians David and Margaret Marquet were given a farewell at the Maungaturoto and Districts Rotary Club meeting last month.
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