Water appointments upset Dargaville residents

Jonathan Larsen, Rachael Williams and Craig Jepson. Kaipara District Council is being accused of bias after appointing two Mangawhai councillors and the Mayor, who lives in the Kaiwaka-Mangawhai ward, to the EMSG. The Dargaville Ratepayers and Residents Association (DRRA) says the decision effectively silences the majority of the district, including Dargaville, at the critical negotiation table. Association chair Rose Dixon says the exclusive selection of representatives from one ward creates an untenable geographical bias and a glaring lack of voice for the rest of the district, particularly ...