Kaipara District, Northland, New Zealand

18-Sep-12

Big win delivers winter warmth

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CURRENT NEWS

• Bridges pose ‘huge risk’

  • 19-Sep-12

    Bridges pose ‘huge risk’

    

    The hazardous two single-lane 'band-aid' bridges on State Highway 12 near Matakohe that form the southern gateway into the western Kaipara are "a safety and economic risk," says Northland MP, Mike Sabin

• Roller Mills update

  • 19-Sep-12

    Roller Mills update

    

    The 2012 Northland Roller Mills rugby squad have started to gel as a team with a few pre-tournament games now under their belt. It was a tough weekend at Waipu going up against the strong Auckland East and Auckland West teams with a loss to both those teams. However, there were positives to come out of these important warm up matches.

• Kaipara ends on a high note

  • 19-Sep-12

    Kaipara ends on a high note

    

    Twenty-seven singers from Kaipara, aged from six to sixty plus, performed recently at the Northland Performing Arts Festival in Whangarei and many brought home trophies while others tell of success stories

• New church for whole community

  • 19-Sep-12

    New church for whole community

    

    A new Christ the King Anglican Church is being constructed in Mangawhai and is set to become a facility for the whole community to use

• “Come along and have your say”

  • 19-Sep-12

    “Come along and have your say”

    

    That’s the message from Bruce Crompton and the members of Ruawai’s business community as they prepare for a public meeting about the future of the town

• Thunderbirds are go!

  • 19-Sep-12

    Thunderbirds are go!

    

    Dargaville is set to host the Ford Thunderbird Owners’ Club convention over Labour Weekend giving residents a chance to view and vote for their favourite classic car

• Holliday Shield winners

  • 19-Sep-12

    Holliday Shield winners

    

    The Maungaturoto team bowled away their opponents recently at the Wellsford Bowling Club, winning all five games with a total differential of 60+ and taking away theHolliday Shield for the  rst time since 1974.

• Paparoa olive groves win gold

  • 19-Sep-12

    Paparoa olive groves win gold

    

    Owners of Chapel Olive Oil, Verity and Barry Baines, won one gold and two silver awards at the Oliveti gourmet oil competition held recently in Whangarei

• A hamper sized surprise for our lucky winner

  • 19-Sep-12

    A hamper sized surprise for our lucky winner

    

    Debbie Osborne got more than she bargained for after an impulse buy at Fosters recently. She had popped in on a whim to buy paintings for her recently renovated kitchen and put her name down for a Kaipara Lifestyler promotion.

• One-act wonders

  • 19-Sep-12

    One-act wonders

    

    The curtain is about to rise on Shadows and The Real Inspector Hound at Dargaville Little Theatre with $5 of each opening night ticket donated to Dargaville Hospital and will go towards the next item on their ‘wish list’

• A new 8-piece band in town

  • 19-Sep-12

    A new 8-piece band in town

    

    Mangawhai Beach School has a new band shaping up to perform at the Ag Day festivities over Labour Weekend

• Kauri a future timber source?

  • 18-Sep-12

    Kauri a future timber source?

    

    The Kauri Museum at Matakohe is setting out to see if kauri trees can provide plantations to harvest as timber and the view kauri grows too slowly to be economic for forestry is to be questioned at a public address

• Delicious sushi here to stay

  • 18-Sep-12

    Delicious sushi here to stay

    

    Sushi Nara is set to celebrate its second anniversary on September 27 having made a name for itself with friendly service and tasty sushi made with fresh, quality ingredients

• Cooking up prizes

  • 18-Sep-12

    Cooking up prizes

    

    Matakohe School is currently in the running to win a classroom full of kitchen appliances and are asking the community to support them by voting online

• Big win delivers winter warmth
• Munn’s closing, the end of an era

  • 18-Sep-12

    Munn’s closing, the end of an era

    

    When new Postmaster Henry Arthur Munn arrived in town in 1929, it was the beginning of a link with Dargaville that is still going strong. He was the first in an extended family of quiet achievers who have lived and worked for more than eight decades in this district.

• Custom caravans a work of co-operation

  • 18-Sep-12

    Custom caravans a work of co-operation

    

    Skilled cabinetmaker and kitchen craftsman Bryce Warmington has created a reputation for quality over the years, installing Custom Kitchens from his Dargaville workshop around the Kaipara and beyond. But when Bryce decided to branch out into a whole new  eld of endeavour it was with the help of a ‘who’s who’ of Dargaville’s top tradespeople.

• A family connection to maritime craftsmanship

  • 18-Sep-12

    A family connection to maritime craftsmanship

    

    Kelly and John Hansen are part of a grand maritime tradition stretching back to the pioneering days of New Zealand. Their ancestor, Captain Hansen, was the commander of the tall ship which brought the Reverend Samuel Marsden to these shores, and to the present day the Hansen family has kept up strong ties with the sea

• SuperGold Card Directory

  • 18-Sep-12

    SuperGold Card Directory

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