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.

Waipu Community Carols

last night we had the first practice – what a great community we have and some great singers gathered from around the North to practice for the Community carols which will be at 8pm on 23 December in the Waipu Presbyterian Church.
There were lots of new faces, and it looks like once again we [...]

Act on Rates – National Report on Rates released

“Local councils need to lift their act and central government needs to put more money in to make rates affordable in future, a new report says.” so says this NZPA article.
There are 96 recommendations including:
# Review existing capital expenditure programmes;
# establish medium term fiscal targets;
# change funding policies to fund depreciation less and borrow [...]

Rosemary Neave to stand in Bream Bay Ward

Rosemary Neave has announced her intention to stand in the upcoming elections for the Bream Bay Ward of Whangarei District Council. Rosemary is well known locally as the face behind the Winter@Waipu festival, a local initiative which has helped to put a spark into the usual Northland winter blues. Rosemary said that her [...]