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Champions of light High Court rejects tip appeal
The long battle over the application for a massive dump for Auckland rubbish in the Dome Valley is back on the …
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p Three first-time contenders (from left) Tamiti Rapata, T-Roy the Destroyer and Kayzin Robinson travelled to Auckland last Saturday to box in the Fight 4 Light for suicide awareness. The three men were representing Gateway To Recovery (GTR) at the Nga Kete Wananga event, with Tamiti and T-Roy winning their fights. T-Roy knocked out his opponent for the victory and Tamiti says he was fighting for his late niece Krinas Woods. The fighters are grateful to everyone involved, including GTR, Herb Rata and his wife, Sinclair Vujcich, Jay Hepi, Tony Tee and Mikaera Hura. “I was battling depression and feel the Lord stopped me,” says T-Roy the Destroyer. “There are people out there willing to talk with you and help.”
Waitangi celebrations supported The Ministry of Culture and Heritage has agreed to help fund Waitangi Day celebrations in east Kaipara for …
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The road to the sky
Dargaville firefighters are training now for one of the most gruelling challenges in the Kiwi fundraising calendar — the climb up Auckland’s Sky Tower in full …
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Early start to settle water matters u by Andy Bryenton
The Kaipara District Council will come back from its annual recess early, gathering in late January to address the issue of water supply for the district’s west. Mayor Jepson and elected members will start early for 2025, to take action on the “significant progress” on water source reforms indicated in late December by infrastructure adviser Anin Nama. With Northland in drought, below or near average normal rainfall is projected between January and March. Kaipara District Council chief executive Jason Marris says people need to prepare for further water restrictions in the near future. ‘The agenda item to be presented at this meeting is to assess and consider a proposal from Te Tai Tokerau Water Trust
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(TTWT) and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) regarding water management in the west of the district,’ wrote Mr Marris in a letter summoning councillors to the extraordinary meeting. Due to the fiscal details, which will be discussed by all parties, this meeting will not be open to the public. Mr Marris’ indication of a proposal from the TTWT points to the potential of a newly built reservoir masterminded by the trust, just south of Dargaville. Te Waihekeora reservoir in Redhill near Te Kōpuru began filling in September
2024. Some of the multimillion-litre capacity of the dam has previously been discussed as an option to bolster Dargaville’s water needs. Central government back-and-forth on water policy shelved plans to investigate a Te Waihekeora link as far back as 2022, with the rise and then the demise of the Ardern administration’s Three Waters legislation making it impossible for local bodies to achieve certainty around water issues. The sum of $100,000 was allocated by the KDC for such a project but never used. ¢
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