My AccountViewpoint – Focus on Whangaparāoa
Wed, 12 May 2021
Over the last decade, a lot of attention and funding has gone into developing Silverdale as the employment, retail and business hub of the north....
Opinions
Viewpoint – Local projects gaining momentum
Wed, 12 May 2021
The Mansel Drive Bridge is starting, the walkway bridge over the Matakana River is underway, the road connecting Whangaripo Valley to Matakana is finally sealed...
Viewpoint – The Hammerhead and other battles
Wed, 12 May 2021
It’s great to have community support on issues. The Hammerhead meeting, hosted by fellow Albany Ward Councillor John Watson and myself, had a big turnout...
Viewpoint – Is Rodney getting a fair go?
Wed, 12 May 2021
We pay $70 million a year in rates and about another $87 million is collected via fees and user charges. The transport tax gathers a...
Viewpoint – Local action supported
Wed, 12 May 2021
The effect of Auckland Council’s decision to lower maintenance standards within its parks has become noticeable over summer. The sudden appearance of dead brown grass...
Viewpoint – Getting traction on Rodney roads
Wed, 12 May 2021
As we all know, the sealing of Rodney roads is a challenge. Securing the necessary funding and then prioritising that spend generates extensive debate and...
Viewpoint – Network improvements planned
Wed, 12 May 2021
I hope that everyone is having a good summer and making the most of this beautiful part of the world that we are so fortunate...
Viewpoint – Playground fiasco
Wed, 12 May 2021
Council can be such a killjoy. Take the Point Wells playground, funded and installed by the community some 70 years ago – last of the...
Viewpoint – Happy New Year
Wed, 12 May 2021
By Tracey Martin Happy New Year. I hope you had a safe and restful start to 2016. I am expecting big things from 2016 and...
Coastguard – ‘Mayday’ not called for
Wed, 12 May 2021
The busy season for our local Coastguard Hibiscus volunteers is upon us. To make their job a little easier – and perhaps avoid embarrassment –...
Viewpoint – Set netting ‘fiasco’
Wed, 12 May 2021
It was Groucho Marks who once said “politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong...
Viewpoint – Support sports
Wed, 12 May 2021
One of the biggest spends of your ratepayer dollar in the whole of Rodney, the Warkworth Showgrounds, is emerging as a quality facility which will...
