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June 2, 2023
Funding for Lake Rd upgrade in doubt... p2
Poet Kevin Ireland remembered ... p14-15
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Interview: Defences historical trust chair John Hyde... p22
Skatepark likely to move to Narrow Neck
Woodall Park looks like being the long-term home of a new skatepark for the Devonport peninsula. An exact location, near the public tennis and basketball courts off Wairoa Rd, is yet to be fixed, and plans for the skatepark will have to go through public consultation and consent
processes. Noise concerns, boggy ground, and gaining the buy-in of passionate local skaters are also seen as hurdles. But the site has better visibility than the current bowl at Ngataringa Park, which some parents have regarded as too isolated. A shift to Woodall Park would mean the
new skatepark could be part of a sports hub, as promoted by the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board and top basketballer Tom Abercrombie. Public toilets have also been suggested adjoining the Devonport Squash Club. The patched-up Ngataringa Park bowl sits To page 4
Ballgirls cut a dash for Ladies Day
In the pink... North Shore Rugby Club ballgirls Taylor Travers, Saoirse Harrington and Micah McClintock (all 11) donned some colourful accessories to mark the club’s Ladies Day and Breast Cancer Cure fundraiser last Saturday. Shore vs Massey premier match report, page 5.