by Cimino | 7 Jan 2008 | Regional governance
Mahurangi residents need to categorise themselves as Aucklanders. That’s if the Mahurangi wishes to be heard by the Royal Commission on Auckland Governance. Either that or Auckland regioners—ghastly language, which the Mahurangi Magazine is reluctant to encourage. The...
by Cimino | 1 Jan 2008 | Editorial
I was asked about my New Year’s resolution. Momentarily feeling a pang of remorse, I had to admit that I hadn’t thought about the matter. I hope I didn’t give my neighbour the impression I considered New Year’s resolutions, or particularly her resolution, cliché. I...
by Cimino | 23 Dec 2007 | Regatta 2008
Reconstruction of the Jane Gifford received a big boost this week. With the undertaking by Ti Point Vineyard to provide long-term sponsorship, the Jane Gifford Trust will receive a bounty from every bottle of wine the aclaimed vineyard sells. At current volumes, this...
by Cimino | 21 Dec 2007 | Development design guide
Development design guide – urban myth and the Mahurangi Urban is an anathema to most folk associated with the Mahurangi. So what, you may ask, has Rodney District Council’s draft urban design guide got to do with the Mahurangi catchment? Surely, if it applies to...
by Cimino | 19 Dec 2007 | Community
Event date: Saturday 23 February 2008 Few of those attending last February’s dinner beside the Mahurangi River could have escaped the realisation that Warkworth had finally acquired its obvious natural annual event. Dave Parker, now a Rodney District councillor, had...
by Cimino | 15 Dec 2007 | Regatta 2008
Wellingtonian is doing Mahurangi proud For far more than 150 years, the Mahurangi Regatta has been the Mahurangi community’s singular annual event. The after-match functions must have taken many forms, but by the 1940s they had migrated from Scotts Landing to...
by Cimino | 13 Dec 2007 | Mahurangi history
Before any decision is made regarding the trees marked for removal, near the boat ramp at Ōpahi, a plan will be prepared and discussed by the community. Rodney District Council’s Parks and Coastal operations manager, Chris Burgess, has advised Friends of the Mahurangi...
by Cimino | 3 Dec 2007 | Mahurangi history
Some twelve years ago, when he was enjoying much better health, Professor Sir Graham (Mont) Liggins motivated local residents to plant pōhutukawa and tōtara near the beach at the end of Ōpahi Bay Road, on the road reserve. The area, with its now well established...
by Cimino | 1 Dec 2007 | Mahurangi West Hall
Friday night saw another brilliant pre-Christmas bash at the Mahurangi West Hall. In recent years there have been some absolute Christmas crackers: The year Dermot Kelly demonstrated he was still the master of the sing-along guitar, in spite loss of a fingering...
by Cimino | 28 Nov 2007 | Mangroves
Friends of the Mahurangi’s submission was lodged today on the proposed changes to the Auckland regional coastal plan regarding mangrove management. The submission strongly supports the need for Plan Change 4: Mangrove Management, and generally supports the detail of...
