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August 26, 2022
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Complaint laid over local board’s lease decision
A code-of-conduct complaint has been lodged by the North Shore cricket and rugby clubs against Devonport-Takapuna Local Board member Trish Deans over the handling of the lease transfer of the defunct Devonport Bowling Club. The clubs lodged the complaint on 7 July, alleging Deans had a conflict of interest in the matter and engaged in pre-determination.
Council has acknowledged the complaint. The rugby and cricket clubs wanted to take over the lease and redevelop the land, opening it up to the public and developing facilities specifically for women’s cricket and rugby teams. Council officers agreed to the plan put forward by the clubs as the right use for the reserve. But the board, in a split decision, supported by Deans, voted to allow Devonport Museum
to retain a building on the site for storage. The clubs felt lodging a code of conduct complaint was “the right thing to do,” as the “whole process was so badly handled,” North Shore Cricket Club chair Hayden Smith said. Phase one of the project – to knock down the walls around the site to allow public access, and redevelop the bowling clubrooms for To page 2
Historic strike puts the heat on fire service
Burning issues... Career firefighters picketed opposite the Devonport fire station on Lake Rd during a one-hour national strike – the first in the history of the fire service. Story, page 4.
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