Local Democracy Reporting talks to outgoing Kaipara mayor Dr Jason Smith about his life before he became mayor and his time leading the district as he plans to step down and stand for central government.
Central decision due
Kaipara Mayor Jason Smith assured councillors a plan change was not a building consent, and technical aspects would be reviewed in due course.
The Kaipara District Council is set to make a decision on a plan change that would allow 500 additional houses to be built in Mangawhai Central at a meeting in Dargaville next week.
The decision was to be made at a meeting in Mangawhai last month but was deferred as councillors said they had been rushed.
Councillors were to vote on whether they accepted the recommendation of independent commissioners to allow the private plan change.
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Police say they are moving three checkpoints north of Auckland back to where the legal boundary sits which was used during the last lockdown.
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Residents of the Northland town of Mangawhai Heads had a day of absolute confusion as to which alert level they were in.
The Health Order to implement the alert level changes and the official government Covid-19 website showed maps with the town outside of the Auckland area.
However, police checkpoints had been set up to encompass the town within the Auckland zone.
Police checkpoint in Mercer, at the southern border of Auckland.
Photo: RNZ / Dan Cook
Residents of the Northland town of Mangawhai Heads had a day of absolute confusion as to which alert level they were in.
The Health Order to implement the alert level changes and the official government Covid-19 website showed maps with the town outside of the Auckland area.
However, police checkpoints had been set up to encompass the town within the Auckland zone.
Over the course of the day, three Northland towns - Mangawhai, Kaiwaka and Oneriri - were part of Auckland s restricted travel zone.
Even Kaipara Mayor Jason Smith had no idea which alert level his residents were at.