More funds sought for skate park

Mahu Bike & Skate wants to move from a linear design, above, to something more like the park at Masterton, top. A group wanting to build a bike and skate park at the Warkworth Showgrounds is looking for an extra $41,000 from Rodney Local Board after a design re-think, the board heard at its monthly meeting on April 16. Mahu Bike & Skate’s Nicola Jones said the group wanted to make the banked area along the northern edge of the showgrounds more of a destination skate park, due to changing skate habits in the decade since the project was first mooted. “The local board has already given u...