What will Waipu/Whangarei look like in 30 or 50 years?

What will Waipu/Whangarei look like in 30 or 50 years?
Are we putting in place the necessary infrastructure to resource that future?

While we might be experiencing a downturn in the economy at present, there is no doubt in most people’s minds that our district will at some future stage continue to grow and develop.  The Whangarei [...]

We can’t cut rates without cutting services

Its time to make submissions to the Whangarei District Council annual plan. We discussed this at Waipu Residents and Ratepayers last night, and although all of us would like to pay less rates, and have more money in our pockets, we all agreed that it is critical for Waipu and Bream Bay that current plans [...]

Favourite Places in Northland

The Department of Conservation are reviewing their Northland Conservation Mangement Strategy and want to know what matters to you, which places you value and treasure the most and what you think they should be like in the future.Please note that your input is part of our information gathering process – it will not be considered a [...]

New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement

Public comment is invited on a new national policy statement which will guide councils on how to manage development along New Zealand’s coastline. The New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement will guide the management of the coastal environment under the Resource Management Act. Council planning and resource consent decisions must adhere to the policies [...]

Three cheers for Waipu and for democracy

What a great community Waipu is – people are always ready to give a hand, organise an event, attend a meeting or write a submission. Thanks to all of those who wrote a submission regarding the proposed Hanover development on the Waipu River mouth. Regardless of whether that submission was for or against [...]

Developers hand over $1m walkway – 01 Jan 2008 – NZ Herald: New Zealand National news

Some good news on the development front: The NZ Herald reports that Bream Tail Farms – an exclusive lifestyle development near Mangawhai on the Northland coast have built a $1 million public walkway through their property and handed it over to the Department of Conservation.
The new track is part of the 5km Mangawhai Heads [...]

Raewyn Peart: Time to get serious about our coastline – 29 Jan 2008 – Urban design news – NZ Herald

This is a really important article about the degree at which we are losing our coastline in New Zealand to development as houses sprawl down the coast.
We need to be active in our communities to be involved in deciding where is good to develop, and where we should not. Unfortunately under the RMA [...]

Last Chance to get your submissions in…

Help us stop the development on the Waipu River Mouth.
4 more days to get your submissions against the Hanover development on the Waipu River mouth in. Remember you can put in a summary submission listing the main points, and give a full submission when you speak to it – as long as you do [...]

Stop Intensive Housing on the Waipu River Mouth

Hanover Property are seeking to rezone this 100 hectare dairy farm so they can build 227 houses and a golf course on land at the Waipu River Mouth, in the middle of a wildlife refuge.
Click here for a google map – the area we are talking about is the green area (presently a dairy [...]

Its been a great summer – but all of this is at risk….

What a summer – swimming, surf, sunshine, friends, camping – its been the best many of us can remember.
However here I am at the beginning of February spending a lot of my time planning protest strategies, having meetings, writing press releases, having stalls….
What’s the story? see the next post.