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New fire station Checkmate’s masterful gambit Dargaville Little Theatre’s entry in TheatreFest 2025 has received critical and peer acclaim in Rotorua …
P3 p The Paparoa Volunteer Fire Brigade is to have a new home with a groundbreaking ceremony to start construction for their new fire station. The event attracted current and former brigade members, representatives from the local community, Fire and Emergency New Zealand Northland District staff, and members of Guyco Construction, which is undertaking the project. The ceremony was led by Albert Cash with a karakia on the site located within the Paparoa show grounds, which hosts the development for both the brigade and the wider community.
A home for the Daring u by Andy Bryenton
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One of the most significant shipwrecks ever uncovered in the Southern Hemisphere, the Daring, was built in Mangawhai and lost off the west coast of Auckland 160 years ago. Buried beneath the sand of Muriwai Beach, the wooden vessel was preserved from decay, and was recovered in a colossal effort by maritime historians from the Daring Rescue Team. In 2021, the Kaipara District Council agreed to allow the Mangawhai Museum Trust and Daring Trust to temporarily house the ship next door to its facility, with an eye to constructing a historical display at a future date. That time has now drawn closer, with a vote by the KDC to approve a variation to the museum’s licence to occupy. This will allow the Daring to have its own special building constructed. “As the project has progressed, both organisations have confirmed that the
Daring will remain in its current location as a permanent feature adjacent to the museum,” said the KDC’s Fleur Denize in her address to elected members. A design has been presented to councillors showing a plan for the Daring’s final home. It’s a two-storey addition to the current museum, continuing p The Daring enters Mangawhai, a homecoming in 2021, which closed a chapter of more than 150 years of the its architectural style and ship being lost accommodating a large space in which people will be able to get up close Crucially, as the museum sits within to the historic ship. A mezzanine level the wider Mangawhai Community Park, with a bridge will allow visitors to really it’s reported that the chair of the park’s feel what it was like to look down the governance committee has consulted decks of a vessel from the golden age with members, who are in support of of sail. the plan. ¢
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