Warkworth council service centre on chopping block

The Auckland Council service centre in Warkworth handles a myriad of tasks, from dog registrations and property rate payments to regional park bookings and pest trap distribution. It is kept particularly busy with Hop card tops ups. Librarians will soon be expected to handle these tasks.

The remoteness of Auckland Council from its rural residents and ratepayers will be amplified when it closes its service centres in Warkworth and Orewa later this year.

The Warkworth centre, in Baxter Street, employs three long-serving staff who are unsure about their future at this stage.

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