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Meet Dot Gorrie, Northland s most prolific council meeting attendee
22 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Kaipara s Dot Gorrie - Northland s most prolific council meeting attendee. Photo / Susan Botting
Dorothy (Dot) Gorrie reckons she is not addicted to attending council meetings.
But she has been to about 60 in the past three decades, is now seeing Kaipara District Council s sixth mayor in action and has watched eight different council elections come and go, with new councillor line-ups each time.
The septuagenarian is Northland s most prolific council meeting attendee, going to almost all the local Kaipara District Council (KDC) s Dargaville-based meetings. It s about keeping informed, Gorrie said. A lot of people complain about councils but don t take the time to find out what s going on.
Dorothy (Dot) Gorrie reckons she isn t addicted to attending council meetings.
Photo: LDR / Susan Botting
But she has been to about 60 in the past three decades, is now seeing Kaipara District Council s sixth mayor in action and has watched eight different council elections come and go, with new councillor lineups each time.
The septuagenarian is Northland s most prolific council meeting attendee, going to almost all the local Kaipara District Council (KDC) s Dargaville-based meetings. It s about keeping informed, Gorrie said. A lot of people complain about councils but don t take the time to find out what s going on.
Rain, hail or shine, Gorrie turns out to the council meetings, having checked out their agendas prior. She also attends a smattering of council briefings.