by Cimino | 7 Nov 2015 | Committee
On 2 November 2015, the following were elected as the committee of Mahurangi Action Incorporated for 2015–2016: Tessa Berger (as vice-president) entrepreneur nominated by Cimino Cole seconded by Hugh Gladwell… Cimino Cole (as secretary) editor incumbent Jim...
by Cimino | 7 Nov 2015 | Meetings and celebrations
Scott Homestead Scotts Landing 7 November 2015 Meeting opened 3.22 pm 7 November 2015 Attending Tessa Berger, Jefferson Chapple, Cimino Cole, Margaret Faed, Hugh Gladwell, Joan Gordon, Michael Gordon and Sarah Ransom. Apologies Jim Dollimore, Mike Hanne, Cluny...
by Cimino | 4 Nov 2015 | Meetings and celebrations
Mahurangi Action’s inaugural meeting was held on 17 December 1974 for good reason. Things had come to a head regarding Warkworth’s flawed—many people believed—decision to build a sewage treatment plant that had little capacity to cope with the precipitous flows that...
by Cimino | 25 Oct 2015 | About the Regatta
Re-imagining the Mahurangi Regatta beyond coastal trail That the Mahurangi Regatta is a regional event is beyond dispute. The venerable event’s region-wide appeal is now backed up by data, collected at this year’s regatta by Auckland Council following its decision to...
by Cimino | 13 Oct 2015 | Regional parks
Recurring regional parks rear-guard action or 50-year-plan By now it should be abundantly clear to all friends of regional parks. The Auckland Regional Parks network, about to begin celebrating its 50th anniversary, is seen by senior council management, and many...
by Cimino | 2 Oct 2015 | Regional parks
50th celebrations avert requiem for regional parks It’s 35 years since Yes Minister first ran, yet public servants still shamelessly subvert the democratic process as effortlessly as breathing. In a particularly preposterous case of usurping the authority of elected...
by Cimino | 21 Sep 2015 | Mahurangi West Hall
Some of the best, ironic lines came from the cast. This shouldn’t have come as a surprise, given that the original concept was for the children to write the entire play. That that notion was unrealistic became clear at the first workshop, held in the yet-to-be...
by Cimino | 11 Sep 2015 | Dredging, Warkworth
Warkworth doesn’t boast of much of a town basin. The tidal Mahurangi River, topographically, terminates in a bit of a tight squeeze, compared with, for example, Whangārei. But what Warkworth lacks by way of a commodious tidehead, it makes up for with in its proximity...
by Cimino | 3 Sep 2015 | Regional parks
Celebrity fundraiser rescheduled then reimagined Updated 1 December 2015 This proposed event was rescheduled, then reimagined following the spectacularly successful ‘Buy this beach’ campaign that has seen Te Awaroa Beach become part of Abel Tasman Nation Park. Long...
by Auckland Council | 1 Sep 2015 | Regional parks
Feedback supports coastal-trail primary Te Muri access Published by the Mahurangi Magazine 6 November 2015with light subediting for style and consistency. Notification of public consultation on the intention to undertake a variation to the Auckland Regional Parks...
