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June 30, 2023
Post-flood sewage stench still lingers... p5
Devonport ushers in Matariki... p3 and 16-17
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Interview: Veteran fitness trainer John Talbot... p22
Events under threat as cuts bite for local trust
Long-established community events in Devonport are under threat with the withdrawal of local-board funding from the peninsula’s keystone charitable trust. The Devonport-Takapuna Local Board has told the Devonport Peninsula Trust (DPT) that all board funding will be cut for
the next financial year, throwing the trust’s future into doubt. The DPT runs events such as last weekend’s Devonport Midwinter Dip and a range of Matariki celebrations. It also puts on children’s playgroups and summer athletics sessions, senior and youth forums, and other
community-building exercises. It received $110,000 in local-board funding for 2022-23, plus $18,000 in separate events funding. The DPT board, and that of its northern counterpart, the Takapuna North Community To page 2
Thrill of the chill: Midwinter swim draws a crowd
They’re off… Glenn Read was one of more than 100 people who swam off Windsor Reserve last Sunday in the 25th annual Devonport Midwinter Dip. More pictures, pages 6-7.