Beth Houlbrooke

According to Auckland Council’s Research Unit, by 2050 there will be another 7300 homes in Warkworth and the population is expected to rise from 5000...

The idea for my column this week was borne out of needing to update my community contacts list. It is remarkable how much it has...

The Rodney Local Board is always looking for ways to make our budget go further through leveraging. This means identifying where our plans align with...

This will be my final column before the election, and so I take a moment to reflect on the last, nearly, six years. In my...

This year, the Rodney Local Board is focussed on delivering the key initiatives in our local board plan and while we are making great strides...

There’s a saying that politics is finding a room full of angry people and agreeing with them, and certainly some politicians make an art of...

In less than five months from now, we will have a new Mayor. What change might that bring to Rodney? It depends on who we...

Council can be such a killjoy. Take the Point Wells playground, funded and installed by the community some 70 years ago – last of the...

One of the biggest spends of your ratepayer dollar in the whole of Rodney, the Warkworth Showgrounds, is emerging as a quality facility which will...

In my capacity as chair of the Parks, Culture and Community Development Committee, I have developed quite the enthusiasm for walkways and cycleways. Not the...