by Cimino | 10 Aug 2016 | Berger for the board, Local board
Although sick was more likely word for a millennial to use, snazzy was the immediate reaction of one of Tessa Berger’s strongest local supporters, and, no doubt, that of the majority of the Mahurangi Magazine’s...
by Cimino | 4 Aug 2016 | Berger for the board, Local board
Mahurangi ‘bulletins’ had been getting progressively more ambitious, climaxing, in January 2007, with the first, glossy magazine format, Mahurangi Magazine. The proximate spur was the need to fill the void left when the Mahurangi Cruising Club briefly decided that its...
by Cimino | 29 Jul 2016 | Berger for the board, Election turnout, Local board, Youth voting
In 2013, Len Brown was elected by a mere 16.5% of Aucklanders registered to vote. This was the result of an abysmal 35% turnout, and marginal popularity combined with the inevitable consequences of first-past-the-post. Dazed and disillusioned with the new governance...
by Cimino | 20 Jul 2016 | Regional parks, Rivermouth ferry
Convince the commissioners and Te Muri car-free forever Auckland Council and the community are now in accord. Scheduled to be published today, are the council’s recommendations to the commissioners who will effectively determine the future of Te Muri. When the draft...
by Cimino | 16 Jul 2016 | Four waters
Sometimes the wait for a win can be a long one. But the issue that precipitated the formation of Mahurangi Action 42 years ago has finally been put to bed. In 1974, the then Warkworth Town Council was belatedly beginning to address its discharge of its septic sewage,...
by Cimino | 22 Jun 2016 | Paths and trails
Forty-four-plus objections in four days, and it was all over. That is, all over for the Pakiri Hill paper-road stopping for the present, as the property holder may yet choose to go another round and slug it out in the Environment Court, but more about that possibility...
by Cimino | 18 Jun 2016 | Paths and trails
The first meeting was two parts fiesta and one part fiasco. Trails and trails-interested organisations from Pakiri to Pūhoi had gathered to collaborate on creating a rich network of trails, or greenways, to use a term in increasing use in the Auckland region. The...
by Cimino | 17 Jun 2016 | Paths and trails
An eagle-eyed local and supporter of the plans by the Big Omaha Trail Trust for a Pakiri to Big Omaha Valley trail, spotted, on the Pakiri Hill, an Auckland Transport notice advising that an unformed paper road was to be stopped and sold, and amalgamated with the...
by Mahurangi Action | 14 Jun 2016 | Local, Local board
As lodged 1.00 pm Friday 24 June 2016 Alternative application under Schedule 3 of the Local Government Act 2002 Alternative application applicant: Mahurangi Action Incorporated Representative of applicant: Cimino Cole, secretary 590 Mahurangi West Road RD...
