by Cimino | 15 Sep 2009 | Regional governance
The New Zealand Herald story will be very welcome news to friends of the Mahurangi. Particularly those overseas, whose evening television coverage would have struggled to report on the battle of the Pūhoi–Makarau Line, in the absence of actual blood on the floor at...
by Cimino | 13 Sep 2009 | Regional governance
In spite of the rain and short notice, Ascension’s banquet hall was packed to the rafters. The choice of venue had many pondering his motives, and many a facetious inquiry was fielded as to whether Dr Lockwood Smith would be shouting the first drink. The pressure for...
by Cimino | 10 Sep 2009 | Regional governance
There is nothing sacrosanct about the existing northern boundary of Rodney district. It should possibly be changed. But definitely: not at this time; and never in such a way that it excludes Mahurangi–Matakana–Leigh from the region that it is functionally part of. The...
by Cimino | 7 Sep 2009 | Cartoons, Regional governance
Preposterous—the word Mahurangi Action founder John Male impassionedly used. He was describing a proposal whereby 80 copies of the 416-page Jade River: A History of the Mahurangi be photocopied to nominally discharge the undertaking to publish given to its terminally...
by New Zealand Labour Party | 6 Sep 2009 | Regional governance
Introduction The need to reform Auckland’s governance structures is obvious; the many problems that beleaguer the region are universally discussed and widely agreed. That in part was why the previous Labour Government established the Royal Commission on Auckland...
by Auckland Regional Council | 4 Sep 2009 | Regional governance
The government’s lack of vision and understanding of Auckland issues has failed the people of Rodney district, says Auckland regional councillor Christine Rose. The government has today indicated its intention to split the Rodney District at the Puhoi and Makarau...
by Cimino | 1 Sep 2009 | Sea-level rise
Blame it on that unabashed alarmist, Noah. For establishing the notion that humanity could be wilfully drowned and a fresh start would only be few months in an ark away. The sad fact is that not all the animals can be saved. Sure, the likes of the lions and the tigers...
by Mahurangi Action | 1 Sep 2009 | Regional governance
Dr Hon Lockwood Smith Member of Parliament for Rodney and Speaker of the House Dear Dr Smith It is rumoured that the northern boundary of the region is to be moved southward, to the Waiwera River. As the long-serving member for Rodney, you are arguably best placed to...
by Jim Dollimore | 28 Aug 2009 | Local
Letter It would be bad news indeed for the Mahurangi and it’s action plan if Mahurangi became part of the cash-strapped Kaipara District. I think we need to respond to Mike Lee’s call and make submissions urgently. Editor’s note This being the second...
by Cimino | 20 Aug 2009 | Action plan planning
Work is proceeding apace on the first-ever collaborative Mahurangi plan. The decision to embrace the production of a holistic plan did not come quickly or easy for the Auckland Regional Council. Having discovered, somewhat inadvertently, that the harbour was in dire...
