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WBHS young gun scores major cricket prize... p3
Issue 29, 2024 Issue 1125 –Issue 151–March 115 – 15 2019 March 2019 Issue –March March 2019
WWII fighter pilot reaches 100... p4-5
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Arts-centre man wins award for acting sideline... p22-23
Coastal track needs saviour with deep pockets WANTED: A white knight to charge in and save the day by buying the heritage-listed property where a fence has severed the Takapuna-to-Milford coastal track. But a fairytale ending to this drawn-out saga seems less likely than ever, with the Black Rock property now for sale by tender.
This follows a unanimous decision by the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board last week that it could not afford to buy the 9 Kitchener Rd property with limited board funds. Chair Toni van Tonder said the board – delegated by Auckland Council to try to come up with a local solution – had explored
all suggestions during a meeting from which the press and public were excluded due to commercially sensitive information being discussed. Van Tonder told the Observer there was a “wide gap” between a recent valuation To page 2
Och aye! Takapuna enjoys skirl of the pipes
Plenty of puff... the Auckland and District Pipe Band make their way down Lake Rd during the New Zealand Pipe Band Championships on 16 March. More photos, pages 14-15
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