June 18 2019
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On the ball Community information event
Maungaturoto and Districts Rotary Club …
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Fig tree action taken The iconic Moreton Bay fig tree on the reserve waterfront …
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p Teams were out in strength for the Rodney Otamatea Junior Rugby rally day at Maungaturoto last weekend. Plenty of action was seen in the U7 and U9 teams with coaches and parents encouraging fair play and good sportsmanship. Pictured: Maungaturoto Green players take on Wellsford Black.
Mayor supports landfill rahui u by Paul Campbell
About 200 people, gathered near the banks of the Hoteo River at dawn last Saturday to witness the placing of a rahui on the river and surrounding land in opposition to the proposed Auckland rubbish landfill in the Hoteo River catchment area of the Dome Valley.
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It was the latest action from the Fight the Tip movement, which has petitioned parliament and made submissions to Auckland Council against plans for Waste Management to use a 1,000-hectare
site to tip Auckland’s waste — a pollution threat to the Kaipara Harbour. Kaipara Mayor Jason Smith was among community leaders at the dawn ceremony.
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“There’s an unacceptable risk of poisoning the Kaipara harbour from the proposed landfill project at Springhill Farm near Wellsford,” he said.
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