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Takapuna, Milford, Castor Bay, Forrest Hill and Sunnynook VERED FORTNIGHTLY AN INDEPENDENT VOICE Issue 1 – 15 March 2019
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AN INDEPENDENT VOICE Issue 1 – 15 March 2019 How cost sank Castor Bay Paint job will ‘narrow’ Local school welcomes Takapuna-Milford road... p2 NCEA replacement... p3 flood-fix plan... p10
Upgrade mooted for grove but litter, weeds remain A $1million-plus upgrade plan for Te Uru Tapu “Sacred Grove” of pōhutukawa overlooking the northern end of Takapuna Beach has finally progressed, but not yet the long-awaited tidy-up of litter and weeds from the reserve. Devonport-Takapuna Local Board mem-
bers welcomed many of the ideas presented by council staff at a workshop last week, but cost concerns and getting answers on the shorter-term maintenance remain. The most ambitious idea presented was to look at renewing high-tide access along the shore – lost when the southern board-
walk through Te Uru Tapu was closed in 2019 – by installing a raised walkway by the seawall, accessed from a renewed and longer wheelchair-accessible ramp off The Promenade. Other plans include: • Extending the stone “stairs to nowhere” To page 5
Westlake Boys snares another footie double
Triumphant... Westlake Boys High School’s first XV about to lift the North Harbour secondary schools rugby trophy – their fourth in a row – after defeating Whangarei Boys last Saturday, just a day after Westlake’s top football team won a third consecutive Auckland schools premier league title. Stories, pictures, pages 8-9.
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