May 15 2018
ALL BIKES DARGAVILLE
• Farm & Recreational, Quads + Bikes • Quality ATV & Motorbike tyres • General Service to Full rebuild • Gst Registered • Free Pickup + Delivery OPEN ALL SUMMER FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE
Kaipara’s Only Regional Newspaper | Kaipara owned and Operated
Phone Patrick Lumby: 027 201 8625
10,450 Copies DELIVERED FREE throughout the Kaipara
Realising funding opportunities
Kaipara residents have access to $3.9 billion worth of funding …
P5
Fun at football festival
The countdown begins
Countdown Dargaville is one of the first ten stores …
P7
p Rueben McClaren, of Ruawai Primary School, gave his all at the Dargaville Primary School’s Football Festival held on the Dargaville High School fields last week. The annual event is organised in conjunction with the Northern Football Federation and Sport Northland and sponsored by Silver Fern Farms. Seventy-four teams participated from Dargaville Primary School, Ruawai, St Joseph’s, Arapohue and Tangiteroria. “It’s all about having fun and trying out the sport. I would imagine a lot of these children would not have played this sport before. This gives them the opportunity to try it out in a relaxed and non-competitive environment,” said Northland Football Development manager, Dave Alabaster.
Hearing set for chicken farm u by Ayla Miller
Hearings on an application by processing company Tegel to build the largest broiler chicken farm in New Zealand with a capacity to stock up to 1.3 million chickens on just over 250 hectares of land at Mititai, Arapohue, will be held from August 8 at the Lighthouse Function Centre in Dargaville.
Bonny baby beanies
Tiny, prematurely-born babies in the Kaipara district will be gifted with extra special warmth …
P9
Three commissioners, have been selected, to be confirmed by Kaipara District Council at a meeting on June 26. When lodged, the Tegel application was met with resistance by some community groups, and more than
WANTED:
DEAD OR ALIVE!
TRADE IN YOUR OLD CHAINSAW AND RECEIVE A MINIMUM $100* TRADE-IN DEAL ON SELECTED NEW HUSQVARNA CHAINSAWS.
MINIMUM TRADE-IN FROM
$
556AT CHAINSAW 59.8cc - 3.1 kW - 20” - 6.0kg
www.husqvarna.com
$
$
1,629
MINIMUM TRADE-IN FROM
Your Authorised Husqvarna Servicing Dealer
150*
550XP CHAINSAW 50.1cc - 2.8 kW - 16” - 4.9kg
$
536LiXP CHAINSAW includes: BLi200 Battery and QC330 Charger
continued on page 3 …
$
1,669
MINIMUM TRADE-IN FROM
150*
36V Li-lon - 14” - 3.9kg with battery
In all, 344 submitters have indicated they want to be heard. Tegel claims the proposed $80 million venture will create 32 jobs and benefit the Kaipara economy by $2.3m a year.
MINIMUM TRADE-IN FROM
100*
$ *Offer valid 01/04/2018 - 31/07/2018 strictly while stocks last, at participating Husqvarna Servicing Dealers only. Terms & Conditions apply, see instore for details. Eligible Husqvarna Chainsaw Models: 556AT, 570AT, T540XPII, 550XP, 562XP, 576XP, 536LiXP, T536LiXP, 390XP, 395XP, 3120XP.
5,000 submissions were received at the March 7 closing date by the KDC and Northland Regional Council, with only 17 in favour of the proposal. Many submissions in opposition were provided through a Greenpeace website.
$
1,247
150*
562XP CHAINSAW 59.8cc - 3.5 kW - 20” - 6.1kg
$
1,879