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Shock in store for Shore as Mayor slashes budget... p2
Issue 961 ––Issue December 9, 2019 2022 Issue 15 2019 March 2019 Issue 1 March – 115– 15 March
Takapuna swimmer breaks slew of records... p6
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Could co-ops solve local housing squeeze?... p13
Council retreats from threat to block walkway Council plans to fence off part of the coastal walkway from Takapuna to Milford have been shot down after they were revealed by the Rangitoto Observer. After negotiations broke down between Auckland Council and owners of a strip of private coastal land used by walkers, council
officers said the path would be fenced off from North Shore councillor Richard Hills said the the adjacent council reserve. article came as a surprise, and that he had sought But the Observer’s 25 November report on advice and information from officers. the threat to the popular walkway has prompted “We have not been advised of any proposals a swift response from local-body politicians, or recommendations,” he said. who appear to have been blindsided by the “In the meantime, I have asked council not to officers’ stance. To page 2
Counting down to Christmas
Tree time... Nanny Savannah Williams took excited Belmont sisters Luna Crause, aged 3, and Harper, 6, on an outing to the Takapuna Christmas Carnival. More pictures, pages 11-12.
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