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Takapuna, Milford, Castor Bay, Forrest Hill and Sunnynook ELIVERED FORTNIGHTLY AN INDEPENDENT VOICE Issue 1 – 15 March 2019
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AN INDEPENDENT VOICE Issue 1 – 15 March 2019 Servilles shutting original Changing of the guard at AT told to fix slippery Takapuna salon... p4 Sunday market... p5 plastic surfaces... p8
Coastal track crosses 72 private properties
Public-access issues on the Takapuna-Milford coastal track have been revealed to go well beyond a stalemate over a path through the Firth property at Black Rock that could be fenced off from the end of this month. The Firth property is just one of 72 private sections with boundaries at or below the tide
line which are crossed by the popular route, Auckland Council has confirmed in response to Observer inquiries. Council’s head of property and commercial, Kim O’Neill, noted that the exposed shoreline of the pathway was not owned or maintained by the council and that informal
access has been “at the goodwill of the various property owners”. In the Firth case – after more than a decade of allowing the public to cross the property following the washing-out of a bridge erected by the former North Shore Council – goodwill is now in short supply. To page 3
Sweet victory... Westlake Boys High School first XV players celebrate winning the Blues region schools rugby final – for the second year in succession. The home win against Sacred Heart last weekend was part of a standout season for WBHS and sister school Westlake Girls. See p11-15.
SIMON WATTS GET NORTH SHORE Authorised by Simon Watts MP, 1 Earnoch Ave, Takapuna
PHOTO: SIMON HARMER
Up for it! Westlake wins again