devonportflagstaff.co.nz
February 27, 2026
Eight-home development in mortgagee sale... p2
Stalled skatepark money headed elsewhere... p11
Interview: Teen castaways of 1969 tell all... p24-25
Fourteen houses coming for one-home Belmont site Intensification continues its march down the Devonport peninsula, with a proposal to build 14 attached townhouses on a section at Belmont. The 1528 sqm site at 55 Merani St, at the end of a cul-de-sac, is currently occupied
by a single house. Source Group has lodged a resource consent application to build 14 two-storey dwellings, each with a carpark. Some have bike storage and a communal bike storage facility will be provided.
While some of the proposed houses in the Merani St development exceed height to boundary restrictions, the effects are “less than minor” and the application should proceed on a limited notification basis, a To page 12
Purple reigns as military animals honoured
Ribbon of respect…Theodore Corliss (4) with sister Harriet (7), mother Paloma Smith and dog Kaia (10) at the Purple Poppy Day at the Navy Museum last Saturday. More pictures, page 3.