Good news for Settlement Road
March 26, 2025
Photo: Councillor Rachael Williams, Deputy Mayor Jonathan Larsen, Councillor Mike Howard and Mayor Craig Jepson outside the Hakaru Hall...
Baylys Beach boardwalk update
October 29, 2024
Mayor Craig Jepson, Deputy Mayor Jonathan Larsen, Councillor Gordon Lambeth and Hoskin Civil project manager Darren James...
Fixing roading legacy issues
August 31, 2024
Mangawhai and Hakaru have seen substantial growth of small rural lots over recent years.With rates based on land value, and values being driven up by demand there is a reasonable expectation from ratepayers that they will get something more for their money.Council has two me...
Fixing Kaipara's Roads
August 1, 2024
Kaipara has a vast network of roads to maintain covering some 1614 km, with 1140 km of this being unsealed. There are 354 bridges and large culverts, 99km of footpaths, and 32km of cycleways. Roading is also our biggest spend with a budget of about $51m next year alone.The q...
Testing the Climate on Rates
May 15, 2024
Every three years Council consults with the community on it’s Long Term Plan (LTP). The LTP is Council’s ten-year budget and works programme. Due to the demands of the adverse weather events, this year government has allowed Council to produce an ‘LTP lite’ focussing...
Mangawhai Shared Path
August 3, 2022
Pedestrian and cyclist safety has long been neglected on Molesworth Drive between the Village and the Heads. I lobbied the Council to prioritise improvements in this area.The Mangawhai Shared Path project attracted considerable funding from the Central Government. A footpath...
Kaiwaka Footpath Improvements
June 10, 2022
Catching up with "The Mayor of Kaiwaka" Mark Ottaway about getting footpath improvements carried out at Kaiwaka....
Mangawhai Endowment Lands Account (MELA)
April 10, 2022
The MELA fund is a $5 million asset resulting from the dissolution of the Mangawhai Harbour Board. When the council was under commission a decision was made to run the fund down. I initiated a policy review to ensure that the fund capital was protected from devaluation via i...
Kaiwaka Footbridges
March 26, 2022
After the Kaiwaka Footbridge plan was dropped from Council’s Long Term Plan, I saw an opportunity to lobby the Minister for Regional Economic Development, Shane Jones, on the importance of the footbridges for the safety of the Kaiwaka community.I supported the Council to a...
Mangawhai Beach School Crossing
February 1, 2022
The access to the Mangawhai Beach School didn’t have a proper crossing for children to get to and from school safely.With a growing school roll, the Principal contacted me and I worked within Council to cut through internal bureaucracy and advocate for this important healt...
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