Head of servicing and consents Mark Bourne said Watercare is not “standing still” in securing long-term future sources for the region. “Our Waikato River resource consent application identifies 156 alternative water supply options. This includes the option to build a dam in Riverhead Forest, using land we already own,” he said.
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Dams in Auckland’s Waitākere ranges dipped below 50 per cent capacity last April, and now Watercare is exploring how to secure water for the future. “Our next step is to confirm the source for the dam, the volume of water the dam will provide; the designation and consenting requirements; and investigate the likely cost.”
Finding Koda
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When two-year-old German shepherd Koda went missing on Anzac Day, his owner, Blake Richardson of Manly, began the search.
He never imagined the enormous community support that would follow, which included a dedicated Facebook page with 6500 followers, people searching all day, and offers of food and other items.
The 20-year-old builder put up a $1000 reward for the dog’s return, but says that is not the main reason why people across Rodney and the Hibiscus Coast reached out to help.
Key to the search has been the Facebook page, ‘Find Koda the German Shepherd’, started by Leanne Coste of Helensville, who lives near where Koda disappeared.
The Riverhead Backyard ReLaps Ultra is the most brutal race in New Zealand, with entrants running till they drop, and only one person is left standing.
It’s a race with no end. Entrants have to keep running until they simply can’t go on, until they drop, until there’s only one person left standing. Mike White was at last weekend’s Riverhead Backyard ReLaps Ultra and watched heroics and heartbreak unfold in the most brutal race imaginable.
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Jub Bryant rests between laps, a cup of Coke in one hand, a boiled potato in the other. Bryant had never run more than 100km, but completed 181km at Riverhead, and was the third-to-last person to quit.
Thursday, 17 December, 2020 - 12:50
Surrendering to the demands of noisy protesters should make us all very afraid, Hobson’s Pledge spokesman Don Brash said today.
He was reacting to news today that the Government will buy the land at Ihumatao from Fletcher Building for $29.9 million.
The Crown will hold the land on trust while today’s Kingitanga leads a process to decide the occupation status of parties who claim a connection to the land .
Ihumatao has a history. The area was vacated during the inter-tribal Musket Wars in the early 19th century and occupation resumed after 1840 when British settlement made the area safer.