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Generosity wears blue Community speaks on youth crime
Youth crime has been the topic for many locals, after complaints have surfaced online about a group of teenagers …
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p Dargaville Primary School students came to class in blue last Thursday, as part of a fundraiser in support of people living with cystic fibrosis. Cystic Fibrosis New Zealand is the organisation which assists people battling the disorder and their families, as well as doctors and scientists researching ways to make the lives of people with CF better. You can make a donation to the cause by visiting cfnz.org.nz/get-involved/support-us.
Public vocal on water and museums
The mayor and councillors of the Kaipara District Council met in Ruawai to consider the opinions of the public …
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‘We must keep fighting the tip’ u by Paul Campbell
That’s the message from a public meeting in response to iwi representatives deciding to reverse their opposition to a planned landfill for Auckland’s rubbish in the Dome Valley that is seen as a threat to the Kaipara Harbour.
Out-of-district voters explained
Motivated non-resident property owners will get to have their say in forthcoming Kaipara elections, even if they …
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The Wellsford meeting has questioned a decision by three Ngāti Whātua groups, with Tinopai Resource Management Unit leader and Fight the Tip executive Mikaera Miru calling the social media iwi posting “a gut-wrenching betrayal.” He told last Sunday’s gathering at the Wellsford Community Centre the decision ignored a rāhui in place over the site and without consulting the wider Ngāti Whātua marae. “They are in serious breach of customary law.”
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Ngāti Whātua officials cited a favourable report on silt leachate and stormwater as swaying their six years of tip opposition, while the meeting heard it might be more about money, as when Ngāti Manuhiri iwi officials reversed similar opposition two years ago, they had been promised millions of dollars, and land ownership when the proposed tip closed. Fight the Tip executive, Michelle Carmichael told the meeting the battle
against the tip was a “high cost to community, groups and iwi, (more) suited to corporates with large bank accounts and teams of experts and lawyers. The system errs on the side of granting consent unless others can prove otherwise.” She said Waste Management’s submissions in support of the tip contain no assessment of cumulative effects. “Just one related example. In the first two years of earthworks, Waste Management continued on page 4 …
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