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‘A great day for Kaipara’ u by Ayla Miller
After four years without an elected local government, family, friends and supporters gathered to witness the swearing in of the new Kaipara District Council, with mayor Greg Gent and outgoing commissioner John Robertson both describing ‘a great day for Kaipara’.
Attitude gets gold
Dargaville aerobic gymnasts, Jaimee Mason and Grace Christey have returned home with two gold medals each …
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Fountain to foster healthy habits
A group of people passionate about promoting water as the best drink gathered …
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Mayor Gent announced Otamatea ward councillor Peter Wethey as deputy mayor, a move designed to connect the east and west of the district. The eight newly elected councillors and the mayor were formally welcomed into the Dargaville Town Hall last Tuesday in a powhiri led by the council’s Maori Affairs Advisory Group. Mr Gent says as there are a lot of new councillors, and those that have served before wish to do things differently, they are taking time to understand the tasks ahead. “Our objective until Christmas is to get our heads around the issues we have and get an understanding of the business and issues in the community that are important to us. “After Christmas it will be business as usual. “We need to decide what is an appropriate level of debt and how fast
p Minister Rex Nathan and the newly elected Kaipara District Council bow their heads for a karakia during the swearing in ceremony
we get to that number. That is the challenge we have as we still have a large debt and we have to reduce it. We still have the same knife edge that we had before the elections. “I am looking forward to getting a good understanding of our starting position, improving the environment we all live in and seeing how we can do that
in Kaipara within the restraints of our budget.” Mr Gent says his work began long before the swearing in ceremony but is pleased with the position the council is in now. “We have already started meeting with groups who are doing great things and seeing how we can help our community,” he said. ¢
Recognition for excellence u by Ann Morgan
Rodney College business class students and the creators of the SASS Coffee Scrub received the ‘Business Management of the year Award’ and CEO of the company, Marine Gayford, was awarded ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ at the Lions Foundation Young Enterprise Regional Awards for North Auckland.
New committee members needed
The Northland Agricultural Research Farm at Dargaville is looking for new committee members …
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The girls were complimented on their team and business conduct and Marine was congratulated for leading a well organised business, and for being a person that created a vision
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that would go far in the future. Rodney College business studies teacher Eddie McGoldrick said he is proud of the students. “This is the first year that the school has run the Level three Business
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