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A promise to serve all of Kaipara u by Andy Bryenton
Mayor Craig Jepson has been sworn in alongside his council, selecting Jonathan Larsen as his deputy at a ceremony attended by a large public contingent.
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Dargaville Intermediate School band, The Band Room Bouncers, won first place in the Rockshop Bandquest online regional competition recently …
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The new administration was welcomed into the Lighthouse Function Centre by Dargaville’s traditional Dalmatian tamburica band. Then the occasion was blessed with an opening karakia by Jack Rudolph. Jason Marris, acting chief executive of the Kaipara District Council, paid his respects to the kaumātua and kuia present, and commended the hosts of what he described as a ‘powerful’ pōwhiri held at Oturei Marae earlier in the day. As acting CEO, Mr Marris then commenced with the enchainment, officiating the position of mayor. Mr Jepson donned the traditional red and black robes, which hearken back to those of the post-mediaeval Mayors of London. The fur trim, a standard part of the mayoral attire, p Councillors Manderson, Williams and Larsen, Mayor Jepson, and Councillors Howard, Wilson-Collins, has been changed for Kaipara. Lambeth, Nayyar, Vincent and Paniora assemble for the first time as a council Instead of farmed ermine, it has been replaced with possum, in a nod to the this economic challenge by finding cuts in Mangawhai-Kaiwaka ward representative existing budgets. Our population density Jonathan Larsen as his deputy. Councillor rural heartland of the district. The mayor was then empowered to call is too low, and we must attract people, Larsen has ample previous experience his councillors to the podium, and each along with their money and their talents.” in office and served alongside former Mayor Jepson’s campaign carried deputy mayor Anna Curnow during the member swore a solemn oath to uphold the law and serve the people of Kaipara. this message of economic prudence Smith administration. After confirming that all members were “Voters have rejected Three Waters. and spreading the growth of Mangawhai Voters have rejected legislation which across the whole district. Surveying the informed of the laws governing council divides us by race,” said Mayor Jepson, representatives of the district’s wards, he business, the newly minted governing in his opening address. He went on indicated that the team he has been given body went on to set times for their final meetings of 2022. These will take place to outline a broad economic policy by the electorate inspires confidence. “I am confident that the councillors on November 30 and December 14 in of fiscal conservatism and attracting elected here today have a diverse Mangawhai and Dargaville, respectively, population growth. “Nearly all economic commentators range of talents, equal to overcoming carrying on the tradition of rotating threaten that the global economy is these challenges,” Mayor Jepson said. meeting venues to cover the geographical heading into stormy waters. We must meet Of those councillors, he chose fellow width of the district. ¢
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