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Whangārei District councillor Jayne Golightly is understood to have apologised after her partner used a car displaying her council parking permit to allege
A Whangārei district councillor has apologised after her partner used a car displaying her council parking permit to allegedly park unlawfully in the city centre.
Unvaccinated Whangārei ratepayers barred from council facilities under New Zealand's new traffic light Covid-19 Protection Framework should not be expecting their rates to be reduced as a result.
Councillors at a formal WDC meeting on Tuesday morning unanimously voted against Government plans to amalgamate its three waters provision into a single entity across at least Northland – likely carving off the council provision of drinking, waste and stormwater into a new non-council entity in doing so. Tania Whyte/Northern Advocate Whangārei District Council's newest piece of three waters (drinking water, storm water and wastewater) infrastructure is its new $29 million Whau Valley water treatment plant. Generations of Whangārei residents have paid towards the district’s $634 millio...
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Northland rescue helicopter base to move after noise annoys neighbours 4 Apr, 2021 02:20 AM 6 minutes to read Another emergency rescue helicopter flight prepares for takeoff at its Kensington base. Photo / Tania Whyte Susan Botting is the Local Democracy Reporter for Northlandsusan.botting@northernadvocate.co.nz Northland's emergency rescue helicopter base in Whangārei is being forced to move after growing noise complaints from neighbours. "It's unbearable, a helicopter operation of this nature here in Kensington shouldn't be operating in a residential area," Roger de Bray, former Top Energy...