Opinions

Viewpoint – Sport support

Mon, 15 Jul 2024

Sport and recreation, and the council parks that enable them are vitally important for the health and wellbeing of the Hibiscus Coast community; they build...

Viewpoint – Wellsford representation risk

Mon, 8 Jul 2024

I believe that together our communities are better and stronger. In our local area, more roads have been sealed this year than in the entire...

Mahurangi Matters, 8 July 2023 – Readers Letters

Mon, 8 Jul 2024

Footpath madness Have you ever wondered what the actual cost of concrete footpaths are? The Rodney Local Board allocated $24.07 million to design and construct...

We Say – Wasting time?

Mon, 8 Jul 2024

It’s six years since officials from Waste Management NZ (WM) stunned Dome Valley residents with the bombshell news that they were planning to build a...

Viewpoint – Rural carve up begins

Mon, 1 Jul 2024

In previous Viewpoint columns, I have been critical of the unplanned and haphazard industrial businesses that have been consented in Dairy Flat in the last...

Book Reviews – The Everything Guide – Death is a Lonely Place

Mon, 24 Jun 2024

The Everything Guide By Niki Bezzant Hormones, health and happiness in menopause, midlife and beyond is what this book is all about. It is a...

Viewpoint – Big wins for Rodney

Mon, 24 Jun 2024

This month, I invited Mayor Wayne Brown to visit Warkworth to view first-hand the roading and water infrastructure challenges our area is facing. More than...

Mahurangi Matters, 24 June 2024 – Off the Record

Mon, 24 Jun 2024

Who’s in charge here? At the wastewater meeting in Warkworth last week, one member of the audience wanted One Mahurangi to go right to the...

Mahurangi Matters, 24 June 2024 – Readers Letters

Mon, 24 Jun 2024

Water (don’t) Care You would expect better from an Auckland Council appointed organisation, but what do we get. A halt to new wastewater connections in...

Youth Voice – Give a little, get a lot

Wed, 19 Jun 2024

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give” (Winston Churchill). In today’s fast-paced world, it’s easy...

Viewpoint – Big tick for council budget

Fri, 14 Jun 2024

I’ve ticked off one of the biggest things on my to-do list to fix Auckland: I’ve got agreement from all councillors, bar one, on a...

Viewpoint – Mahurangi microcosm

Mon, 10 Jun 2024

One thing I’ve been noting a bit lately is how much this electorate is a microcosm of New Zealand as a whole. Certainly this seems...