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Denise Piper05:00, May 01 2021
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Northland Regional Council s new coastal hazard maps show flooding and erosion risks in Mangawhai, including for Alamar Cres where Bruce Rogan lives.
New mapping has painted thousands more Northland properties at risk of future flooding and erosion, raising alarm in communities such as Mangawhai. The Northland Regional Council has updated its coastal hazard maps, showing sites at risk of flooding and erosion in 50 to 100 years’ time, especially if sea levels rapidly rise. Since 2017 when the maps were last drawn, 7500 properties have been added to the coastal flood zone, bring the total number to about 20,000.
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Police have been making enquiries behind the scenes and are now appealing for information to the aggravated robbery, six months after the event. (File photo)
Dargaville police are appealing for witnesses to an aggravated robbery in Northland last September, after their own enquiries were unsuccessful. The incident occurred on Friday, September 25, between 6pm and 10pm, at Glinks Gully, an isolated west coast beach south of Dargaville. The victim was parked at Glinks Gully having a snack when he was approached by two men in a four-wheel-drive and assaulted, police said. The man’s grey Toyota Prado and other items were taken from him.
Work under way at Kaikohe water storage dam
8 Mar, 2021 07:10 PM
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Aerial photo showing an access road under construction to the Matawii water reservoir near Kaikohe. Earthworks for the Ngāwhā Innovation and Enterprise Park can be seen on the right. Photo / Te Tai Tokerau Water Trust
Aerial photo showing an access road under construction to the Matawii water reservoir near Kaikohe. Earthworks for the Ngāwhā Innovation and Enterprise Park can be seen on the right. Photo / Te Tai Tokerau Water Trust
Peter de Graaf is a reporter for the Northern Advocatepeter.degraaf@northernadvocate.co.nznorthernadvocat
Work is under way to build an access road to the site of the Matawii water storage dam, the first project in the country to be given the green light under fast-tracked consenting rules.
News in brief: Tutus on Tour, one-millionth Covid-19 test
9 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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Royal New Zealand Ballet s Tutus on Tour is coming to town.
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The Royal New Zealand Ballet is bringing its Tutus on Tour to Northland this month.
Tutus on Tour will perform at Whangārei s Capitaine Bougainville Theatre on March 13 and Kerikeri s Turner Centre on March 16.
Police appeal for help
Northland police have appealed to the public for help to solve an aggravated robbery in Glinks Gully, south of Dargaville, in September last year. A man was parked up having a snack in Glinks Gully, in Te Kōpuru, when two men in a 4WD approached him on the evening of September 25. They assaulted him and fled in his grey-coloured Toyota Prado after taking other items from him. Police later located the landcruiser upside down in the sea on a nearby beach. Members of the public with any information or sightings of the grey Toyota Prado between 6pm to 10pm are asked to contac