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Commemoration and contemplation Ruling quashes sand mining appeal
The Environment Court has rejected an appeal by sand mining firm McCallum Brothers, potentially ending a …
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Libraries in line for upgrades
New roles for staff in Mangawhai and a major structural upgrade in Dargaville are efforts to future-proof the …
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p Anzac Day services and commemorations across the district were well attended for 2024, with hundreds of citizens braving the pre-dawn chill, and hundreds more gathering at daytime ceremonies in respect for New Zealand’s servicemen and women. All across Kaipara, the ode was recited: ‘They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning. We will remember them.’
Report highlights pool cost u by Andy Bryenton
The annual report on Dargaville Kauri Coast Community Pool has been presented to elected members of the Kaipara District Council, and it paints a grim financial picture for this local amenity.
Explorers donate to community
The Akarana Caravan Club had a rally at Dargaville Primary School during the school holidays and donated the …
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Sport Northland took over the pool complex in 2019 and appointed private company Community Leisure Management as the operator. The KDC owns the land the pool is built on. Ratepayers helped fund the pool’s operations to the cost of more than $358,000 for the 2022–2023 operational year. With attendance down
to a low of 16,008 patrons in the past year, last week’s report indicates that every visit to the pools is subsidised by $22 of council expenditure. The report cites dismal weather and a shortened season for the record losses recorded for the reporting period. ‘Sport Northland made a net loss of $6,432.87 for the 2022–2023 season,’
stated the official report presented to councillors. ‘This was mainly due to insurance costs almost tripling and water rates increasing by a staggering 56% over the past couple of years. CLM made a net loss for the season of $68,949.09, the largest loss CLM has absorbed since it began managing the facility in 2010.’ ¢