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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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Spotlight put on state of Korean Garden... p3
Issue 1 – 15 March 2019 Risky electric dirt bike use targeted... p4-5
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Librarian brings life back to special art space... p22-23
Car park land deal still in limbo, four years on
Negotiations are underway between developer Willis Bond and Auckland Council about extending how long the firm can sit on a prime central Takapuna public car park site, secured more than four years ago for a still undisclosed and unpaid sum. Details of the deal struck with council’s now disestablished commercial property
arm Eke Panuku have never been revealed, but payment is conditional on settlement. That is yet to occur, the Rangitoto Observer has confirmed through an Official Information Act request. Devonport-Takapuna Local Board members have also been asking about progress. “What’s happening with stage one?”
member Gavin Busch asked Auckland Urban Development Office staff at a board workshop this month. He was referring to the already consented and marketed plan for more than 100 apartments in an 12-storey “Takapuna Central Apartments” building fronting Anzac St. To page 2
Shore sailors on top of the world
Top team... North Shore yachties George Lee Rush (left) and Seb Menzies took out the world 49er championships in Quiberon, France, and are eyeing further honours. Story, page 9.