We are only just on the other side of Winter and are already feeling the benefits of warmer and drier weather.

The rainy weather persisted through July, resulting in 949 new pothole reports. To tackle the pothole issue, we introduced an additional pothole truck to speed up repairs.

At the June Council Meeting the Annual Plan for 2023-204 was unanimously adopted, agreeing to an average general rates rise of 4.96 percent.

Our roading team were kept busy all summer, responding to urgent roading issues following the extreme weather events we’ve had.

Kaipara District continues to respond to the impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle.

When you see the sun come out and the wind has dropped, it could be difficult to believe what we have experienced in the last few days.

Our roading team made the most of the warmer, drier weather that came our way in September.

Wild, wet and windy weather kept crews busy in July. A total of 3,358 individual work items were completed throughout the month. 

April’s relatively calm weather meant that Kaipara’s roading team could focus on jobs carrying over from previous months, and complete work on this year’s sealed pavement rehabs, unsealed heavy metal sites, and footpath kerb and channel renewals before the wet winter weather sets in.

There was a real sense of Groundhog Day in March, following on from Cyclone Dovi in February when the district was hit with a significant rain event. For Kaipara’s roading team, it was all hands-on deck with the clean-up.

Last week saw the installation of a temporary sign marking the Dargaville entrance of the Kaihu Valley Trail.

The Kaipara District's roads continue to hold the right balance of moisture and dryness, which has allowed the NTA and Kaipara District Council to complete a lot of roading work this month, including grading on Avoca Rd, Avoca East Rd and Avoca North Rd.