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Mangawhai will soon have a 5.8 hectare block of land designated for future public sporting and recreational facilities in Mangawhai Village.
More than 90 per cent of people who took part in a recent survey to assess community support for the proposed land purchase were in favour. Kaipara District Council will draw on the current pool of reserve contributions to buy the land.
It has collected on average $2.7 million in reserve contributions each year for the last two years in Mangawhai.
The current balance for Mangawhai is around $8 million. At the time of the decision, then Mayor Dr Jason Smith said there was a real lack of infrastructure in Mangawhai, and Council was playing catch-up to growth that had already happened.
“We have taken up a very rare and special opportunity to secure suitable public land in a great location in Moir Street, near the current sports fields in the Domain, Mangawhai Beach School and the shared path,” Smith said.
Survey respondents noted the importance of securing land in Mangawhai now “before it is too late”. The land will cost just under $6 million.
