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Service under threat
Ritchies town bus service in Dargaville was met with enthusiasm when launched in September 2011. However, due to the lack of support it means the service will have to reduce the number of runs per day from four trips to three.
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Ragtime queen coming to Dargaville
She’s an award winning entertainer who can make the piano absolutely sing — an artist who has toured the world sharing her love of music — and a Kiwi music icon who has lent her talents to movie scores, concerts and festivals to the delight of audiences young and old.
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A rewarding career
For 22 years Kaurilands Skills Centre, south of Dargaville, has been providing a holistic programme for adults with intellectual disabilities, encompassing work, leisure, spiritual and whanau involvement. The centre’s staff help to ensure they provide a secure, friendly and happy environment and recently staff members have been given the opportunity to earn qualifications while they work.
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Summer brings showtime to Paparoa
The time is nigh for Paparoa’s big summer event — the North Kaipara A and P Show, so get your cattle preened, horses braided, flowers clipped or ready a recipe. The day promises to be one of fun and entertainment for the whole family.
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Once upon a time in Pahi
The peace of Pahi is to get an annual shake up on Anniversary weekend, when the sleepy seaside hamlet becomes a mini-city to celebrate the annual regatta, a fixture on the Kaipara calendar for 125 years.
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Anniversary Weekend — What’s on
The emphasis at Pahi’s 125th annual regatta will be family fun, sport and entertainment. On the harbour, launch, power-boat and kayak races will make a return as will Sunday’s iconic bathtub races. On the shore, people can enjoy the familiar sideshows, stalls and music in the marquee from 7.30am on Saturday morning.
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Hunting and fishing show
Rifle enthusiasts, hunters, fishing fanatics and more — this is your weekend. Converge at the Kaipara Community Centre, opposite the Dargaville Town Hall, for the third annual Dargaville Hunting, Shooting and Fishing Show. It promises to be spectacular.
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Kaipara Paws and Claws adoption
Puss Puss is being looked after by the newly settled Kaipara Paws and Claws, who have based themselves at the old veterinary clinic on Murdoch Street opposite Dargaville’s rugby grounds. Puss Puss has been with the animal welfare agency for about three months and is urgently seeking a new home.
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Tim Guy to rock the Funky Fish
With a live show that is breezy and nostalgic, characterised by skilful instrumental restraint and gentle sailing melodies, Tim Guy will play The Funky Fish on Sunday January 29th from 2pm.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
KDC has no proposals in place to repay this money, and is currently borrowing just to service the debt.
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Embrace new technology in 2012
For the last 12 years SeniorNet
Dargaville have been bringing the world of
technology and the internet to a sector of our community who have seen a lot of change during their lifetimes.
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Learn to fly with your local aero club
Flying is one of humankind’s greatest technological achievements, and now the thrill of controlling an aeroplane in the air is within reach of everyone — with the help of Dargaville Aero Club. With safety first and foremost long standing Aero Club member Murray Foster is confident that it’s safer to take to the skies in a modern plane than it is to drive a car, and it’s certainly far more exciting.
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NorthTec is the place you want to be in 2012
Northland’s largest tertiary institution is to open an exciting new Arts Centre that has everything a student needs and could want to create and build up a portfolio.
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B4 School Checks for healthy kids
It’s off to school soon for Northland’s newest five year olds, who will be entering the classroom for the first time.
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Kaiwaka welcomes world-class early childhood centre
Award-winning early childhood education centre Small Poppies has opened a brand new location in Kaiwaka, bringing world class care and interactive education to the smallest residents of the growing Kaipara community.
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Style Conscious in the Kaipara this summer
It’s a great time of year to revitalise your home and your wardrobe — the summer months bring with them a breeze of change that ushers in new looks in both fashion and interior design
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Men of Northern Wairoa — Raymond Gibson
“I will tender my resignation right now.”
So Councillor Raymond Gibson said as he promptly walked out
of the mid-November meeting of the Dargaville Borough Council of 1936
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Security cameras installed at Dargaville’s Riverside Taha Awa gardens have proved their worth and again helped identify offenders in a recent graffiti attack, raising hopes the system could be extended in the town.
