KAIPARA
DISTRICT COUNCIL
Seal Is Great News For Garbolino Road Residents
Garbolino Road residents and users are
trading some short term pain for long term
gain while Kaipara District Council upgrades
and seals the strategic road near Mangawhai.
It is Tara residents’ most direct
road to Kaiwaka and also an alternative
route from Mangawhai Heads to Kaiwaka, bypassing
Mangawhai Village. Along with Cove Road
it also provides the most direct alternative
from Kaiwaka to Waipu, apart from using
the state highway.
Contractors, Donovan Drainage and Earthmoving
Limited, began at the Kaiwaka/Mangawhai
Road end in March, working towards Tara
Road. They hope to finish by mid June.
Recent wet weather has slowed progress somewhat
but by last week (May 5) 90 per cent of
earthworks were completed and one kilometre
at the Kaiwaka/Mangawhai Road end has been
stabilised.
Unfortunately the work has necessitated
removing a kauri tree from a corner when
it was decided that it was not possible
to obtain a safe road alignment and the
necessary width without removing the kauri
or it being killed by the road works.
The contractors have written to residents
advising that the project will cause some
disruption and are advising them to use
Tara Road as an alternative through route.
The sealing contract is costing $725,000
of which Land Transport New Zealand is paying
70 percent.
Council’s joint Roading portfolio
holder Tom Smith, who lives at Mangawhai,
says the seal will be a great improvement
for residents who have seen traffic volumes
on their road increasing rapidly, including
a lot of heavy vehicles. As a result the
surface was often in poor repair.
There is more good news for Mangawhai and
Kaiwaka residents as Deputy Mayor and fellow
portfolio holder, Richard Alspach, says
the Council has obtained funding which will
allow Baldrock Road to be tendered for sealing.
Kaipara District Council’s policy
is to seal the districts heaviest trafficked
roads that qualify for Central Government
subsidy.
For more information please contact
Council’s Community Infrastructural
Assets Manager Fiona Vessey, telephone 0800
72 7059 or 09 439 7059
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KAIPARA
DISTRICT COUNCIL
Rubbish Cages Keep Collection Areas Tidy
A great idea from the community has resulted
in removing some major eyesores. This initiative
is another example of a joint venture between
Council and community.
Council responded to last year’s Annual
Plan submissions by allocating funds for
wooden cages which are assembled from kit
sets and are being installed by community
workers under the supervision of Harry Baycroft.
The rubbish cages are helping remove piles
of accumulated rubbish bags that often get
mutilated at rural collection points in
Kaipara. They hold about 30 standard sacks
and are only for pre-paid blue rubbish bags.
Following the success of the first, installed
as a trial at Glinks Gully, others have
been set up at Turiwiri West Road near Dargaville,
Tangowahine, Waihue, Pouto, Omamari, plus
Bulls Road and King Road in Mangawhai.
“They are proving a cost effective
way of keeping collection sites tidy,”
says Kaipara District Council’s Community
Development Officer Heidi Dreyer “There
has been lots of interest and requests for
them.”
Mrs Dreyer says the current allocation of
cages is committed but that other communities
wanting one should contact the Council.
She points out that the cages are not long
term rubbish storage and asks residents
not to put bags out until the day of collection
or, at the earliest, the night before.
Hoanga resident Margaret Bishop’s
concern about the mess at the corner of
Arapohue and Turiwiri West Roads prompted
her to make submissions, including photographs,
to the Annual Plan.
She says the situation is now “infinitely
better”. “It was an eyesore
and a health risk because there were rats
boogying around in the rubbish. Now it is
all contained.”
More information is available from
Community Development Officer Heidi Dreyer
at the Kaipara District Council on telephone
09 439 7059 or 0800 727 059
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KAIPARA
DISTRICT COUNCIL
Awards Offer A Chance To Recognise Kaipara’s
Volunteers
How many times have you benefited from
the selfless efforts of volunteers working
in our community?
Now is your chance to officially recognise
and thank those who give their time to help
make the Kaipara District a better place
by nominating them for the 2008 Kaipara
District Council Citizen’s Awards.
The Council established the awards in 2001
to commemorate the International Year of
the Volunteer and each year since has acknowledged
three Kaipara volunteers put forward by
their communities. They include sports coaches
and administrators, fire fighters, rescue
services, youth organisation volunteers,
service club personnel and community events
organisers - to name a few.
This year’s awards will be presented
in the Council Chambers on June 18, coinciding
with the National Volunteer Awareness Week.
Recipients receive a framed certificate
and discreet pin they can wear with pride.
Their names are also displayed on Honours
Boards in the Council’s Dargaville
and Kaiwaka offices.
Mayor Neil Tiller is urging people to take
up the opportunity to give something back
to our volunteers, saying, “We owe
a huge debt of gratitude to the hundreds
of people who give their time and skills,
without thought of recognition or recompense,
to serve their fellow citizens.”
“We can never thank them all properly,
but through these awards we can at least
acknowledge some and hopefully draw attention
to the invaluable role such people play
in our community.”
“So get a nomination form and think
of a volunteer in your community who deserves
recognition.”
Nominations close on Friday 23 May 2008
and forms are available from the Council’s
offices in Dargaville or Kaiwaka, or by
telephoning 0800 727 059. They may also
be downloaded from the website www.kaipara.govt.nz.
Since 2001 the awards have acknowledged
the following outstanding citizens:
2001: Shirley Bridge - Dargaville, Allan
Flower - Maungaturoto and Maria Parore Larsen
- Dargaville
2002: Roy Coombes - Mangawhai, Lola Trail
- Tinopai, Edith (Johnny) Jones - Dargaville
2003: Phylis Mills - Mangawhai, Earl Nicholas
- Dargaville, Peter Jones - Dargaville
2004: Maud Christie - Maungaturoto, Harry
Baycroft - Dargaville , Mary (Tommie) Toia
- Dargaville
2005: Wyn Bradly - Dargaville, Ken Cashin
- Dargaville, Dorothy Quaife - Paparoa
2006: Dorothy Gardner - Mangawhai, Jean
Goldschmidt - Mangawhai, Louie Pivac - Dargaville
2007: Janet Froggatt - Dargaville, Des Partington
- Mangawhai, Karen Smales Maungaturoto
For more information contact Stakeholder
Engagement Manager Claire Lichtwark-McInnes
on 0800 727 059 or 09 439 7059.
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KAIPARA
DISTRICT COUNCIL
Play Time Is Fun Time In Ruawai’s
New Playground
 “Wow!
neat! cool! and it’s fun.” These
are typical reactions from Ruawai children
enjoying the town’s brand new playground
with $25,000 worth of exciting and safe
equipment provided by Kaipara District Council
and the local community.
The old playground, behind the Ruawai Tokatoka
War Memorial Hall was outdated, unattractive
and potentially unsafe so the War Memorial
Hall Committee approached Council, seeking
something more suitable.
Three sites were considered, from which
the community chose Westlake Road, behind
the kindergarten, ahead of one on Wharf
Road and the old site near the rugby field.
Kaipara District Council contributed $25,000
through the Annual Plan process and the
Ruawai community donated $2,995 plus labour
and machinery to prepare the new site and
build edging around the playground. Establishment
required re-routing overhead electricity
lines which was done by Northpower at minimal
cost.
Hall committee chairman Peter Joynt says
the new playground is brilliant. “It’s
state-of-the-art, especially compared to
what we had which was at least 30 years
old.”
The colourful new gear has also proved a
hit with youngsters from the kindergarten
next door with Brendan enjoying the green
monkey bars most, Jahziah making for the
fire engine and Makana and Madison concentrating
on the slide, ”because it is so fast.”
“I like swinging on the monkey bars
which are high up” says Jessie while
Sacha‘s favourite was the “bouncy”
bridge.
The community plans another working bee
soon to complete the parking area and the
old playground will be dismantled.
Last year Kaipara District Council worked
with Maungaturoto Rotary Club and the community
to re-equip and enlarge Maungaturoto’s
playground and the Council’s Community
Development Officer Heidi Dreyer says Council
will consider working alongside other communities
who need facilities like playgrounds.
For more information contact Kaipara
Community Development Officer Heidi Dreyer
at the Kaipara District Council on telephone
09 439 7059 or 0800 727 059
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KAIPARA
DISTRICT COUNCIL
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACT 1991
Notification of - (Private) Proposed Plan
Change 25, Rezoning Lots 3-5 DP 344966 and
part of Lot 3 DP 360270, Gorge Road, Maungaturoto
from Rural and Commercial to Residential
in the Kaipara District Plan
Proposed Plan Change 25 is a Private Plan
Change initiated by Totara Park Ltd seeking
to re-zone Lots 3-5 DP 344966 and part Lot
3 DP 360270, located off Gorge Road near
the intersection with Matai Drive, Maungaturoto
from the current Commercial Zone and Rural
Zone to a Residential Zone.
The Totara Park Ltd site is located on
both sides of Matai Drive, to the north
of Gorge Road. The site has two small frontages
on Gorge Road, the primary frontage being
approximately 80 metres at the intersection
of Gorge Road and Matai Drive. The site
has a total area of 4.65ha, of which approximately
980m2 is currently zoned Commercial and
the remained Rural. The site is moderate
to steep farmland.
The Proposed Plan Change will allow for
the subdivision of the subject site into
lots of a minimum site area of 600m2 and
900m2 giving rise to approximately 27 residential
lots. Subdivision would be either a controlled
or discretionary activity, depending on
the size of the new lots and whether they
are connected to a reticulated sewerage
system.
The full text of the Proposed Plan Change
and its supporting technical information
may be inspected at the Council offices
and libraries, as set out below:
Dargaville District Library - 37
Hokianga Rd, Dargaville
Mangawhai Community Library - Cnr Moir and
Insley Streets, Mangawhai
Kaipara District Council Office - 42 Hokianga
Road, Dargaville
Kaipara District Council Office - State
Highway 1, Kaiwaka
Any person or organisation may make a written
submission in the prescribed form, supporting
or opposing all, or any part of, the Proposed
Plan Change. Copies of the form for making
submissions (Form 5) are available from
the above offices and libraries or by visiting
the Council website at www.kaipara.govt.nz
The Kaipara District Council must
receive submissions no later than 5pm on
23 May 2008.
Submissions can be lodged at Council offices
at 42 Hokianga Road, Dargaville or State
Highway 1, Kaiwaka, or be sent by post,
fax or email:
Kaipara District Council:
Private Bag 1001,
Dargaville,
fax (09) 439 6756,
email: council@kaipara.govt.nz
After submissions have closed, Council will
prepare a summary of submissions and advertise
where this summary can be obtained or viewed.
Any person or organisation will then have
an opportunity to make a further submission
supporting or opposing any original submission.
A hearing will be held by the Council to
consider both submissions and further submissions
and make decisions about the Plan Change
and any changes that may be required.
A copy of the summary of the Proposed Plan
Change can be viewed on www.kaipara.govt.nz
or obtained by contacting Council on 0800
727059 or council@kaipara.govt.nz
Jack McKerchar
Chief Executive
Kaipara District Council
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Time
To Have A Say
It’s your district, your Council
and your rates. Have a say in what we do,
urges Kaipara District Council which wants
feedback on its proposed programme for 2008/09.
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Its Draft Annual Plan outlines the work
proposed for the year toward meeting the
long term goals set in Kaipara’s Future
- Working Together, the Long Term Council
Community Plan (LTCCP) 2006/2016, what it
costs and where the money comes from. It
also gives the community a chance to comment
on all aspects of the programme and seek
additions or changes.
“The only way we can really be sure
we are doing what the community wants is
if you tell us and taking part in the Annual
Plan process is the best way to do this,”
says Mayor Neil Tiller. “Please have
your say. We will consider all submissions
although, obviously, if we include more
work it has to be paid for.”
The 2008/09 Draft Annual Plan proposes a
3.99% increase in general rates, which is
in line with the 3.5% indicated in the LTCCP,
despite massive cost increases in some areas
like construction. It is well below last
year’s 6.7%.
Council could have maintained the status
quo with a 2.99% rate but the Council decided
to add an extra 1% ($110,000) to improve
maintenance and facilities in reserves and
toilets, allocated in response to public
requests concerning these areas.
Roading accounts for about 60% of the Council’s
total budget and remains the highest priority.
However there are serious concerns that
the Government, through Land Transport New
Zealand, wants Kaipara to reduce its standards.
Other significant areas where Council wants
feedback include water and wastewater schemes.
New standards being imposed on water supplies
will result in increased costs without necessarily
improving the quality of drinking water.
“Are these costs affordable and what
are the alternatives?” . The Council
wants to know whether the Mangawhai’s
stormwater project should be completed in
two years instead of the 10 originally planned.
Also, how many pokie machines should there
be in Kaipara? Are they a cause of problem
gambling or a valuable source of community
funding?
Should there be a separate Maori seat to
ensure Maori representation on Council or
are there are better ways of achieving this?
And does the district need bylaws imposing
liquor bans, parking restrictions, limits
on stock movement, freedom camping or water
activities?
There are a several ways to participate
in the Annual Plan process. Twelve open
forums are being held around the district,
offering the opportunity for discussions
with staff and councillors. They also feature
displays and features on topics of local
interest.
There is also the opportunity to make a
submission by letter, fax, e-mail or online
at the Council’s website www.kaipara.govt.nz.
before 5pm on Wednesday 16 April.
Highlights of the Draft Annual Plan include:
Roading
Maintenance will remain at the present standard.
Weight restricted bridges on Pukehuia and
Tara Roads are being replaced and eight
seal extension projects are proposed, subject
to subsidy approval.
Litter
The increased litter collections over peak
times introduced last summer were a big
success and have been included again this
year.
Wastewater
Construction of Mangawhai’s EcoCare
has begun with the first stage due to start
up in February 2009. A $1.2 million membrane
filtration will be built at Maungaturoto
to meet long term environmental standards
there.
Discussions are continuing with residents
at Baylys Beach, Pahi, Whakapirau and Tinopai
over solutions suitable for smaller populations.
Community spaces
In addition to extra toilet cleaning and
maintenance on popular reserves at peak
times the increased allocation will develop
a new lawn cemetery area to extend Dargaville’s
Mount Wesley cemetery.
Work is underway preparing management plans
for the key reserves, the Mangawhai Coastal
Reserves and Harding Park/Pou Tu O Rangi
in Dargaville. Mangawhai Park will follow
when these are completed.
There will also be an audit of toilets,
playgrounds and other structures and preparation
of asset management plans for them.
District Plan review
The District Plan sets out what property
owners can and cannot do with their land
and Council is currently working to provide
a development vision for Kaipara for the
next 20 years. “It affects everyone
so it is very important we get it right,”
Jack McKerchar says.
Biodiversity and Heritage Funds
These have been well supported by the community
and $15,000 will again be available to help
protect the districts biodiversity and $10,000
to encourage people to preserve historic
sites.
The consultation meetings are:
Saturday 15 March: 9am
to 11am Paparoa Farmers Market.
Tuesday 18 March : 10am
to noon Tinopai Community Hall. 1.30pm to
3.30pm Matakohe hall, 4pm to 6pm Ruawai
Tokatoka War Memorial Hall.
Wednesday 19 March: 10am to noon
Rangitane Hall, 1.30pm to 3.30pm Te Kopuru
Coronation Hall, 4pm to 6pm Baylys Beach
Church Hall.
Thursday 27 March: 10am to noon
Kaihu Rugby Clubrooms, 1pm to 3pm Tangiteroria
Sports Complex, 4pm to 6.30pm Dargaville
Town Hall foyer.
Saturday 29 March: 9am
to noon Maungaturoto Centennial Hall, 1pm
to 5pm Mangawhai Domain Hall.
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Urgent
Action Needed To Conserve Water
Kaipara District Council is asking Dargaville
and Baylys Beach residents to make urgent
attempts to conserve water as continuing
dry weather reduces flows in the town’s
supply.
Two of the three intake catchments are
running at very low levels and this combined
with current high usage has resulted in
daily consumption exceeding supply by up
to 15 percent.
Stakeholder Engagement Manager Claire Lichtwark-McInnes
says the situation is more urgent than in
February when dry weather also resulted
in a request for conservation.
“It is quite serious and we will
need a really good rain to bring the supply
back into balance so please look at ways
to save water,” she says.
Suggested ways of saving water include not
using sprinklers or filling swimming pools,
using hoses to an absolute minimum, avoiding
washing vehicles, checking that taps are
not dripping and even turning the water
off while brushing teeth.
Consumers wanting more information are invited
to contact the Council’s Customer
Services team on 09 439 7059.
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KAIPARA
DISTRICT COUNCIL
Welcome Upgrade For Social Housing Units
 After
years of waiting Kaipara District Council’s
Social Housing tenants in Dargaville and
Ruawai are having their units completely
revamped in a $1.02 million refurbishment
which began on Monday (March 31).
The upgrade, funded by Housing New Zealand
Corporation, sees 22 units at Kauri Court
and Avonlea in Dargaville plus 12 at Ruawai
repainted and getting new carpet and vinyl,
modernised kitchens, showers and wet areas,
new water heaters and improved decking.
Doors are being made more elderly/disability
friendly and some units will also gain disabled
access.
Kaipara Community Development Facilitator
Heidi Dreyer, who acts as landlord, says
the work will bring the units to a standard
where they will be self sufficient for 20
years without costing Kaipara ratepayers
or imposing significant rent increases on
tenants.
Contractors, King Bros, began at Awakino
Road and are upgrading one unit at a time,
spending an average of two weeks on each.
While this is happening tenants will move
to alternative accommodation arranged by
the Council. Some from Awakino Road are
being moved to Kauri Court where units have
deliberately not been refilled in anticipation
of the upgrade. Others will stay with families
or friends.
“It will be a stressful time for them
but we are making a big effort to keep this
to an absolute minimum and are working with
each person to accommodate his or her individual
needs” Heidi says.
“And at the end of the day they will
be getting hugely improved accommodation
from this central government windfall at
no extra cost to them or Kaipara ratepayers.”
James Russell-Herd, who has been at Kauri
Court for 2½ years, says the upgrade
is very welcome, especially as it will not
result in a rent hike. “It is badly
needed and they are carrying it out in a
very business-like manner”.
“Heidi Dreyer has made herself available
to everyone and has treated each tenant
individually. King Bros have also been exceptionally
understanding.”
Housing New Zealand Corporation, Housing
Partnerships Northland Project Manager Darlene
Lang says local authorities play an important
role in providing social housing and, through
the Housing Innovation Fund, the Corporation
has been able to support Kaipara District
Council to provide funding to modernise
its housing.
“A number of communities have already
benefited from council housing projects
funded by the Housing Innovation Fund and
Housing New Zealand Corporation is very
pleased to be able to work with the Kaipara
District Council and look forward to an
ongoing partnership with them.”
The Council’s Social Housing units
were previously known as Pensioner Housing
but the criteria has been broadened to include
people with special needs for housing.
They are run as a stand alone entity and
are not subsidised by Kaipara ratepayers.
For more information contact Community
Development Facilitator Heidi Dreyer on
09 439 7059
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Trust
Is Confident Pool Money Will Be Raised
The Kauri Coast Community Pool Trust is
confident Dargaville’s 50 metre swimming
pool will go ahead and still be ready for
the 2009 swimming season despite a funding
disappointment.
The Trust currently has $3.5 million of
the $6 million needed to build Northland’s
first 50 metre pool at Selwyn Park and had
hoped that the ASB Community Trust would
fund a substantial portion of the balance.
However, ASB Community Trust has advised
that it received far more applications than
it could fund and is unable to help.
Pool Trust Chairman Vern Stevens is very
disappointed but points out that the project
still has major funding commitments from
the Lotteries Grants Board and Northland
Regional Council and says the Trust is currently
discussing funding with two other large
organisations.
Mr Stevens says the Trust is committed to
continuing with the full project, including
a 50 metre pool with moveable partitions,
covered learners/hydrotherapy pool plus
a sports pavilion, and there are no plans
to downscale the concept.
“I am confident we will get the money.”
Mr Stevens says the plans are ready and
the Trust had hoped to start construction
before Christmas. However, while missing
out on ASB Community Trust funding could
delay this he believes the pool, which will
take about ten months to build, can still
be completed in time for the 2009 swimming
season.
For more information contact Vern
Stevens, telephone 09 439 8888 or Richard
Alspach telephone 09 439 5133
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100
Year Party For Dargaville
Keep September 26 to 28 free for three
days of fun and celebration to commemorate
the centenary of Dargaville becoming a Borough
in 1908.
“It’s time to have a big party
and there will be something for everyone”
Kaipara’s Community Development facilitator
Heidi Dreyer promises. “If you want
to browse for bargains you can. If you are
a sports fan there is sport. If you want
to dress up and join your friends at a ball,
go to a concert or are keen on exotic food
fan, it’s all there.”
“We are looking forward to three fantastic
days and invite everyone to become part
of the festival. And it’s not too
late to add new events so contact a committee
member if you have ideas or want more information.”
The Friday turns Victoria Street into a
giant flea market with arts, crafts and
many other stalls including food. “We
want this to be awesome with as many different
stalls as we can get, and especially people
selling a range of ethic cuisine. Please
start preparing and contact committee member
Carine Lange on (09) 439 6922.,” Heidi
urges.
Then it’s trolley relay races with
teams of four charging down the street in
a contest bound to have its share of thrills
and spills. “Trolleys are supplied
so all you need is the manpower.”
Former Dargaville mayors, councillors and
executive staff haven’t been forgotten.
They are invited to a Mayoral Luncheon at
the Lighthouse Function Centre.
Saturday morning’s focus turns to
sports action at Dargaville High School
where past and present students vie for
rugby and netball honours.
Then, if you want a great night out with
your friends and enjoy dressing up, go to
the Centennial Ball where organisers want
everyone dressed up to represent a decade
from the 100 years.
Those wanting to celebrate the borough’s
centenary at a more sedate pace can do so
at a combined church service on the Sunday
morning.
The celebration winds up on a spectacular
note with a Sunday afternoon Centennial
Concert in the town hall. “If you
want to see our local talent at its best
don’t miss this,” Heidi urges.
“It has Denise Brownlee as the Vicar
of Dibley for MC plus class acts like Dargaville
High School’s Stage Challenge, Otamatea
Repertory Theatre, Dargaville Little Theatre,
and Kauri Chorus, to name a few.
“And watch out for the Council Thriller
act,” adds the person who combined
ballet with Dargaville’s firemen and
police to produce a never to be forgotten
spectacle last year.
The Centennial Committee is Mayor Neil Tiller,
Councillor Brian Burnett, Community Development
Facilitator Heidi Dreyer, Margaret Tier,
Christine Rope, Anne Lupton, Colleen Urlich
and Carine Lange.
For more information contact Heidi Dreyer
on 09 439 7059
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Job
a dream come true for new Community Infrastructural
Assets Manager
 Kaipara
District Council’s new Community Infrastructural
Assets Manager, Fiona Vessey, brings an
impressive record of achievement and a strong
affinity with Kaipara to her position. As
Infrastructural Assets Manager she is responsible
for Roading, Water, Wastewater, Urban Stormwater,
Land Drainage, Refuse and Emergency Management.
Fiona, who has a Bachelor of Management
Studies degree with Honours, comes to Kaipara
from the Far North District Council which
she joined in 1999 as Executive Officer,
as which she gained wide experience in project
management, economic development, elections
and governance.
She also managed the Far North’s largest
ever infrastructural works project, the
$20.2 million Kerikeri Heritage Bypass,
from the ideas stage through to construction.
This included obtaining 100 percent Government
funding and working through a tangle of
sensitive cultural, historical and environmental
factors.
Other large Far North projects under her
management included Mangonui’s Streetscape
and Whangaroa Reclamations.
Fiona is originally from Auckland but spent
a number of years in Renown, a small coal
mining town near Huntly, where she raised
two children. “Both have long since
flown the coop but still live beside the
Waikato. I also have five beautiful grand
children aged between two and 11.”
Her public sector role began as a Business
Analyst with Inland Revenue in Hamilton,
from where, after a year, she was seconded
to the department’s national office
in Wellington to lead a project team developing
call centres around the country and also
removing the IR5 system requiring taxpayers
to make compulsory returns.
She believes part of her success comes from
communicating with the people, consultants
and contractors she works with, plus a desire
to add value and improve her community.
“To me a road isn’t tar seal
or metal, it’s about connecting people
and places, providing access and giving
communities a chance to develop. Water and
wastewater are about the environment and
public health, not just pipes and pumps.”
She emphasises the value of teamwork and
wants to work closely with the community,
balancing needs with ability to pay.
“I feel the community sometimes sees
Council as a them-and-us situation but it’s
not,” she says. “The community
is Council. I believe in local solutions
by local people who have been given the
full information into what services can
be provided.”
She already has strong Kaipara connections,
including her grandmother who worked for
a Dargaville doctor and her grandfather
was employed at Dargaville’s gasworks.
Several relatives are buried at Kaihu.
“It was always my intention to come
here and to retire in Kaipara. Being able
to get this job is a dream come true.”
Kaipara District Council Chief Executive
Jack McKerchar has warmly welcomed Fiona
to the Council team.
“She brings an impressive record of
achievement with her and I am sure that
this plus her experience in the Far North
will prove invaluable for Kaipara,”
Mr McKerchar said.
For more information contact Community Infrastructural
Assets Manager Fiona Vessey Phone 09 439
7059.
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New
Footpath Provides Safe Walk to Ruawai Schools
 Ruawai
children can now walk to school without
fear of passing traffic, thanks to a new
footpath between town and the college and
primary school.
It has solved a problem that has been growing
for about 30 years, where children were
forced to walk along a marked road edge
with no physical barrier between them and
oncoming traffic.
The footpath on the western side of State
Highway 12 is the result of Kaipara District
Council and Transit New Zealand working
in partnership alongside the Ruawai community.
It was built during the summer holidays
and made ready for the current school year,
although some finishing touches are still
needed including the marking of cycle lanes
along both sides of the road.
Kaipara District Council’s Roading
portfolio holder, Councillor Richard Alspach,
says it solves a long standing problem.
“It has taken a long time but we are
very pleased with the outcome. The contractor,
McBreen Jenkins, worked to a very tight
schedule and has done a fantastic job.”
Councillor Alspach says Transit New Zealand
has advised that it is reconsidering the
present Limited Speed Zone between Ruawai
and the schools and plans to install automatic
electronic warning signs, warning of children
during school hours.
The new footpath has been hailed by the
schools, with Ruawai Primary School principal
Todd Warmington saying, “I feel a
lot more comfortable now that it’s
finally been built. It’s a huge improvement.”
“You feel safe and it’s a nice
surface to walk on,” commented Year
11 Ruawai College student Chelsea Williams.
More information is available from Councillor
Richard Alspach, telephone 09 439 5133
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KAIPARA
DISTRICT COUNCIL
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACT 1991
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF APPLICATION FOR RESOURCE
CONSENT
REFERENCE NUMBER: RM070241
The Kaipara District Council has received
an application from M & G Wharfe
for Resource Consent.
Proposal: The applicant
seeks to subdivide one rural title into
three rural-residential lots of 5948m2 (Lot
1), 1.1807ha (Lot 2) and 2.2232ha (Lot 3).
As part of the proposal the applicant intends
to restore and protect by covenant 4,505m2
of wetland on proposed Lot 3.
Location: Cove Road, Mangawhai
Legal Description –
Lot 3 DP 177136 (NA 109A/998)
The application may be inspected at the
Council’s District office at 42 Hokianga
Road, Dargaville or Service Centre on SH1,
Kaiwaka. Please contact Customer Services
on (09) 439 7059 if you have any questions
about the application.
Any person may make a submission on the
application. You may do so by sending a
written submission to the Kaipara District
Council at 42 Hokianga Road, Private Bag
1001, Dargaville. The submission must be
in Form 13. Copies of this form are available
from the Kaipara District Council offices.
Submissions close on Tuesday 1
April 2008
You must also serve a copy of your submission
on the applicant whose address for service
is
C/- McShane Venture Management Ltd,
1104 Oneriri Road, Kaiwaka RD 2
as soon as reasonably practicable after
serving your submission on the Kaipara District
Council.
Would you please quote the reference number
at the start of this notice when writing
or calling about this application, and direct
any correspondence or queries to the Customer
Service Centre at the Dargaville Council
office.
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