Mangawhai Focus Readers

Opportunity flagged The Waitangi commemoration on the morning of Friday February 6, at the Mangawhai Museum precinct, was well worth attending. A mihi by Hannah...

Extended readership Hi Mangawhai Focus team, I am writing to you from Duesseldorf, Germany – around 19000 kilometres away. I wanted to start by saying...

Water security and accountability The recent Dargaville water blast has been dismissed by Mayor Craig Jepson as “human error”. While mistakes can happen, I believe...

No vote in Kaipara Another $52,000 [ref: Local Government legal obligations to Māori, KDC meeting July 30] of our money poured down the drain by...

Accolades for council I was deeply disturbed when I read the recent letter in You Say from Luke Williamson (MF Jul 14) that was extremely...

Team JJ It’s interesting to see Jonathan Larsen and Craig Jepson (Team JJ) acknowledge that the current mayor’s reign has been sufficiently divisive and unpleasant...

Better options than WTE Craig Jepson’s letter (MF May 19) states that NZ’s trading partners have already moved on from the blunt instrument of landfills....

Landfills aren’t the answer The recent withdrawal of Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua’s opposition to the proposed Dome Valley landfill has been met with understandable...

Mangawhai festival Having been to most wine and food festivals held opposite Mangawhai Beach School, I was looking forward to it being held again. A...

Mangawhai festival Having been to most wine and food festivals held opposite Mangawhai Beach School, I was looking forward to it being held again. A...