Fixing our roads
September 22, 2025
Roading is Council’s biggest asset and biggest spend of ratepayers money. Understandably the condition of our roads is one of the biggest concerns raised by ratepayers. With 1200km of our 1600km road network being unsealed it is a big area to maintain. At th...
Jonathan Larsen - Mayor for all of Kaipara
September 3, 2025
I’m Jonathan Larsen and I am standing to be your new Mayor in the upcoming elections in October. I'm your current Deputy Mayor, and four term Councillor, I bring experience, stability, and strong leadership with a track record of delivering results for Kaipara’s rat...
Uniting Kaipara: Mayoral Candidate Jonathan Larsen Announces East-West Partnership with Councillor Gordon Lambeth
August 26, 2025
One of the important points raised with me by Dargaville and Wairoa Ward ratepayers is that if possible they want trusted western leadership at the Council table.Whilst skills and experience may be considered more important than location, when all of these attributes are ava...
Getting a better deal for Kaipara
August 26, 2025
Had a great meeting yesterday with Andy Foster MP and Dr David Wilson MP in conjunction with some Whangarei District Council members to discuss many matters of interest to Kaipara and Northland.The imminent news of the preferred route for the next stage of the Northern Corri...
Kaiwaka footpath completed
August 16, 2025
Great to see the Kaiwaka footpath completed yesterday. Wharehine Group Ltd have done great work on this tricky job in some pretty rough weather. The project was a Kaiwaka Can idea from a number of years ago. I approached Shane Jones who secured the funding for the two footbr...
Citizenship ceremony
August 14, 2025
It was a beautiful morning yesterday at the Dargaville Lighthouse Event Centre where fifteen new New Zealand citizens were officially sworn in and officially welcomed to the Kaipara district.These ceremonies really emphasise the diversity of our communities with people from ...
Kaiwaka footpath nearing completion
August 5, 2025
Great progress has been made on the Kaiwaka footpath linking the two footbridges. This path will provide a valuable pedestrian linkage around central Kaiwaka on both sides of the busy state highway.The crossing to Kaiwaka Clothing has been improved by lowering the grade. To ...
Catch up with Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown
July 24, 2025
I had a great catch up with our neighbouring Mayor Wayne Brown over dinner last night. It's really important to work with our neigbouring Councils to share ideas and collaborate. We had a good discussion on a wide range of issues affecting local government, including how we ...
Dome Valley landfill hui at Puatahi Marae
July 22, 2025
Puatahi Marae hosted an excellent hui on Sunday regarding continued opposition to the proposed Dome Valley Landfill.Ngati Manuhiri and Ngati Whatua are no longer opposing the landfill but many of the smaller Marae and Fight the tip, Save the Dome are resolute in continuing t...
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