October 28 2025
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United for better conditions Fundraiser to save young lives Kiwis for Good’s Dariuz Kaho and Duke Nepia for backing an organisation driven to prevent youth suicide …
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p Nurses and teachers marched in solidarity in Dargaville last week, as part of a 100,000 person strike designed to highlight the poor pay and unsafe staffing levels healthcare front-liners say exist in hospitals, and the underfunding of education, teachers say is impacting schools and their faculties. The united public servants enjoyed loud and enthusiastic public support in west Kaipara as they marched under banners calling for change, and the prioritisation of health and education for all.
Landfill plan ‘a ticking time bomb’
Chopper appeal marks a milestone
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The Northern Rescue Helicopters’ annual appeal, now under way, will celebrate 37 years in the air on November 15 …
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Floral festivities for spring The Mangawhai Flower Show returns this November, promising a fragrant and visually stunning celebration …
A major public meeting, “a call to our people, Ngāti Whātua and Ngāti Manuhiri,” is set down for next Saturday in Wellsford, called by Fight the Tip (FTT) executive and Tinopai Resource Management Unit director, Mikaera Miru. “This landfill is an environmental ticking time bomb that needs to be defused as soon as possible. Saturday November 1 at the Wellsford Community Centre, 1pm to 4pm,” he said. ”Marae had to give court evidence through FTT, because Ngāti Whātua leadership parties deliberately undermined the right of marae to have their say. This has set an
incredibly dangerous precedent regarding transparency and accountability of Māori statutory entities purporting to represent whānau, hapū and iwi. “The second Environment Court hearing was completed last Wednesday, a decision will be made early next year, and Waste Management advised that fast-track legislation will be sought if the resource consent is not approved. Seven years fighting to protect the environment at enormous emotional and financial costs only to be turned on its head if a huge corporation isn’t successful in its application to acquire resource consent.“
“Our tribal elders have declared that no landfills shall desecrate the lands or waters within our rohe. The meeting will discuss the elders’ resolution of August 30 to ban all landfills within the Ngāti Whātua area, and address the breach of tikanga by entities that supported the Dome Valley landfill without consultation with tribal membership. “When our awa are polluted, our birds fall silent. When our tikanga is ignored, our people lose their voice. When we stand together, we are able to rejuvenate the mauri of our environment for current and future generations.” ¢
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With an Environment Court hearing over and a decision now awaited after a seven-year multi-judicial campaign, the Fight the Tip movement battling a massive landfill plan for the Dome Valley has been ramped up.
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