| | Title | $22m deal near end. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 16 August 2011; p.1 | | Description | An article about the Ngati Whatua O Kaipara Maori settlement with the crown. | | View full record |
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| | Title | 100th kiwi returns home from Motuora. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 14 June 2012; p.9 | | Description | Whangarei Kiwi Santuary is celebrating a milestone - the 100th kiwi has just made the round trip from Whangarei to Auckland Zoo where they are incubated and hatched, to Motuora Island where they live for a year until they reach 1.2kg and back to the Whangarei santuary. | | View full record |
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| | Title | A baby whale tale. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 24 February 2009; p.1 | | Description | A rarely seen baby beaked whale has been swimming with Stanmore Bay residents for the past fortnight. | | View full record |
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| | Title | A foray into Matakana. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 6 January 2008; p.2 | | Description | Along with her lifelong passion for food, Lauraine Jacobs, author, performance chef and Cuisine magazine food editor, has published a book on the Matakana region. | | View full record |
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| | Title | A joint effort to manage reserves. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 19 July 2011; p.8 | | Description | Article about the collaboration between the Kawau Island Community, the Conservation Department and the Auckland Council to look after the Kawau community. | | View full record |
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| | Title | A kind of freedom. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 17 February 2009; p.11 | | Description | Two articles about Judith Meakin and Richard Smallfield who when unable to pursue their chosen careers, discovered an aptitude for art. | | View full record |
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| | Title | A lost love finally rekindled. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 7 July 2009; p.1 | | Description | It may have been a case of romance interrupted but Rodney MP and Speaker of the House Lockwood Smith finally married the love of his life. | | View full record |
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| | Title | A new horizon ahead. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 25 October 2011; p.1 | | Description | An article about Juliet Leigh and Lindsay Curnow and the months after the anti-gay attack on their home. | | View full record |
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| | Title | A pacific performance. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 16 July 2009; p.6 | | Description | A group made up of children from Tuvalu and Kiribati who attend Warkworth Primary School performed for the community, to celebrate Kiribati Independence Day. | | View full record |
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| | Title | A parade and a half | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 8 December 2011; p.7 | | Description | Last Saturday saw a magnificent Christmas parade in Helensville. Around 40 floats took part in the parade. The Hells Angels also passed through Helensville on their fundraising Poker Run, followed by Carols in the Park at Aquatic Park Parakai Springs. | | View full record |
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| | Title | A table for tree. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 16 December 2008; p.3 | | Description | A restaurant in a tree at Warkworth will open to the public for a limited time from January 9. | | View full record |
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| | Title | A vision for Warkworth. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 30 July 2009; p.3 | | Description | A meeting took place in Warkworth to discuss ways to create a town centre identity for Warkworth. Key speakers were Stewart Heine, Yvonne Rust and Dave Parker. | | View full record |
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| | Title | A whale of a fright. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 26 November 2009; p.1 | | Description | Two snorkellers were suprised by orca swimming with them at Army Bay but Dr Ingrid Visser says they were not in danger as orca are not known to attack and kill people. The article gives information about the behaviour of orca and advice on how to behave around them. | | View full record |
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| | Title | A whale of a time. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 21 July 2010; p.1 | | Description | An article about whales spotted in Rodney and a reminder on how to treat them. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Access row flares up. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 19 July 2012; p.3 | | Description | There is still contention over public access to Jamieson Bay at Mahurangi West despite matters being legally resolved in 2006. A lack of council signage is a concern of some residents. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Africa hits town. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 9 September 2008; p.22 | | Description | Bright colours and brighter smiles, soaring voices and dancing feet will enthral locals when a Ugandan children's choir performs at Lifeway College in Snells Beach on Tuesday, September 16. With a quote from Tear Fund Events Manager, Andrew Robinson. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Aotearoa waka sails to Waitangi. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 8 February 2010; p.6 | | Description | Mahurangi River visitors had a treat on Thursday as the sailing canoe or waka Aotearoa One was getting ready to set sail for Waitangi. The six year old craft is normally based at Gulf Harbour but had been at Robertson Boats in Warkworth getting a major overhaul. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Appeal could delay new store. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 15 September 2009; p.5 | | Description | An appeal against moves to open the way for some large format stores in Warkworth's central business district will be lodged in the Environment Court by Perrendale Holdings. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Approval for paper road plan. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 28 September 2010; p.1 | | Description | Rodney District Council has approved the Higham paper road swap proposal at South Kaipara Head and has sent it off to the Environment Court for final determination. Article talks about expected costs. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Aquaculture review gets cautious nod. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 15 December 2009; p.5 | | Description | Legislation changes recommended by the Aquaculture Technical Advisory Group have met with cautious approval from members of the industry in Rodney. Biomarine are happy with the report but will make submissions. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Artificial reef a possibility for Orewa. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 10 July 2008; p.6 | | Description | The Orewa Beach Reef Charitable Trust is applying for Resource Consent to the Auckland Regional Council, to install a multipurpose artificial reef structure off Orewa Beach. The reef is designed to help stop erosion and sand movement. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Artist realises dream. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 18 June 2009; p.10 | | Description | Wellsford artist, Peter Freeman, has used the $4000 prize he won in the 2004 IHC Telecom Art Awards to have his comic book, The Waterkids, published. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Auction with imagination. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 7 August 2008; p.2 | | Description | Matakana Primary School gala day is holding a unusual auction with things like a free vasectomy, a hangi for up to 50 people, a doughnut a day for a year and a wild pig hunting experience with former All Black Glen Osbourne. Some of the funds raised from the auction will go toward a new all-weather fitness trail. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Auditorium contract keeps it local. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 2 July 2009; p.6 | | Description | Naylor Love Construction have been contracted to build the new Mahurangi College auditorium. They will use as many local contractors as possible during the project. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Aust-NZ team bids for huge project. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 12 July 2011; p.22 | | Description | An article on the Australia and New Zealand scientists who have been bidding to host the square kilometre array radio telescope project. With quotes from Sergei Gulyaev. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Author makes mark on world stage. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 18 December 2012; p.10 | | Description | An article about Dr Cathie Koa Dunsford (an author who writes literature immersed in Pasfika cultur) who was a guest at the worlds largest book trade fair. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Axes swing for Puhoi's big show | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 5 January 2012; p.5 | | Description | It's one of the biggest shows in Puhoi each year. And with the Puhoi Axemans Club also celebrating its 50 anniversary, this year's Puhoi Woodchopping show is shaping up as a spectacle. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Bags of hospice support. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 15 May 2012; p.6 | | Description | An article about two companies who are raising funds for hospice (Mason Bins and and Warkworth New World). | | View full record |
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| | Title | Beach safety review. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 05 February 2009; p.1 | | Description | The drowning of a 12-year-old girl at Pakiri Beach in January has prompted a safety review, and it has also been included in an east coast assessment by Surf Life Saving Northern Region. Manuhiri Omaha Kaitiakitanga Ora Moko Trust chief executive Mook Hohneck says it is time for some safety precautions at the beach. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Beekeepers take on MAF. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 24 April 2007; p.25 | | Description | Rodney beekeepers are buzzing mad over the possible importation of Australian honey into New Zealand. They fear imports may introduce European foulbrood into the country. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Beer for the books. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 4 May 2010; p.7 | | Description | Peter and Decima Freckleton's micro-brewry has been mentioned in a new book published called 1001 Beers you must try before you die. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Big cut to fight cancer. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 1 October 2009; p.9 | | Description | A head shaving event at Placemakers Whangaparaoa to mark Blue September and raise awareness of prostate cancer raised $9,000. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Bill has industry worried. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 25 May 2010; p.3 | | Description | An article on the Foreshore and Seabed Act and how it effects aquaculture throughout Rodney and New Zealand. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Biofuel is homemade. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 7 August 2008; p.14 | | Description | Melvin Din will be running biodiesel-making lessons in Rodney later this month. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Blue Light gets funding. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 22 September 2009; p.2 | | Description | Having lost funding this year from a another regular source, the $4500 from Sky City Auckland Community Trust will certainly be put to good use says North Rodney Blue Light co-ordinator Shane Gould. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Bonus for centre. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 12 February 2009; p.16 | | Description | "Baby Friendly" status has been conferred on the Warkworth Birthing Centre by the New Zeaalnd Breast Feeding Authority. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Breeding tern around. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 31 January 2012; p.1 | | Description | An article about the results of the breeding season for the critically endangered fairy tern. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Bright night over Snells. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 18 November 2008; p.5 | | Description | The huge crowd at the annual Skyfawkes at Snells Beach earlier this month was treated to a spectacular display of fireworks. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Bringing up the past | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 15 Decemeber 2011; p.5 | | Description | Archaeologists have been working at Orokaraka. This land was once the home of the Schischka family bach. Auckland Council owns the adjacent land and is developing the Te Muri Regional Park. This article provides a history of the Orokaraka land. The article also describes the artefacts which the archaeologists have found. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Broadband may go local. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 05 March 2009; p.1 | | Description | A commercial model for fibre-to-the-premise broadband that places ownership of the local network in community hands was presented to the ministry of economic development on Wednesday, the brainchild of Rodney residents Rod Grieve and Dave Cashmore. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Brother's quest for answers. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 1 May 2012; p.2 | | Description | An article about rower Rob Hammill who has made a documentary about his quest to find out more about the last weeks of his older brother Kerry's life. The documentary is called 'Brother number one'. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Business don't rate RDC. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 29 July 2008; p.3 | | Description | Commercial ratepayers in Matakana had a meeting with Rodney Mayor Penny Webster and Council chief executive Rodger Kerr-Newell to discuss rate rises. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Call to protect birds from predators. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 14 January 2010; p.3 | | Description | The Omaha Shorebird Protection Group is recommending that a predator-proof fence be built at the northern end of the Omaha Spit. The area is a breeding ground for the New Zealand dotterell, the white-fronted tern, the fairy tern, the variable oystercatch, and home to Alaskan godwits over the summer. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Celebrating 50 years of marine science. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 21 June 2012; p.14 | | Description | University of Auckland's Leigh Marine Laboratory celebrated 50 years of contributing to marine science. The laboratory was established in 1962 by scientists in the university's botany and zoology departments. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Celebrating Scott's life. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 15 October 2009; p.3 | | Description | Children from Tomarata School celebrated what would have been their classmate Scott's 10th birthday at his memorial in the school garden. Scott died of cancer in November 2008. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Charlotte's SH1 birth. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 27 May 2008; p.1 | | Description | On May 22nd Matt Petrie dropped everything in the middle of mowing Dee Robinson's lawn to drive her to the Warkworth Birthing Centre. But Dee didn't make it in time, with Charlotte Grace Robinson being born on the side of State Highway One. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Chattering redheads at Tawharanui. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 24 March 2009; p.7 | | Description | The release of 14 red-crowned kakariki parrots at Tawharanui Regional Park was dedicated to the late Geoff moon, a world renowned conservationist and photographer. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Christmas tree fills up. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 18 December 2012; p.2 | | Description | An article about the Rodney Times Christmas Tree which collects presents for children who may miss out on a present. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Close shave for brothers. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 28 October 2008; p.7 | | Description | Two brothers (Jamie and Sam Peterson) have had their head shaved to raise money for their school - Matakana Primary School. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Close shave for police. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times., 27 November 2008; p.6 | | Description | Warkworth police are raising awareness of prostate cancer in Movember by growing moustaches which they intend to shave off at the end of the month. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Club expands in a shrinking tide. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 07 May 2009; p.6 | | Description | The Omaha Beach Surf Life Saving Club membership is expanding, and the club aims to renovate the clubrooms for use more as a base for other ocean orientated organisations. | | View full record |
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| | Title | College gets good report. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 22 September 2009; p.5 | | Description | Rodney College is back in the fold with a positive Education Review Office report and confirmation of elections for a board of trustees have been approved, possibly in November. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Commissioner for college. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 23 September 2008; p.1 | | Description | A commissioner has been appointed to replace Rodney College's board of trustees after an Education Review Office report expressed serious concerns about the board's performance. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Complaints cause closure. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 22 May 2008; p.1 | | Description | Redvale Lime Company closes it's Wainui operations at the end of this month with the loss of nearly 50 jobs. With a sidebar titled Original consent upheld. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Councils unite in calls for Puhoi access. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 27 July 2010; p.5 | | Description | An article about the Rodney District Council and North Shore City Council's report to the NZ Transport Agency regarding access at Puhoi to the proposed Puhoi to Wellsford motorway. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Countdown to court ruling. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 17 November 2009; p.7 | | Description | The decision on whether to approve Progressive Enterprises' resource consent to build a Countdown Supermarket in central Warkwoth will be made by the Environmental Court, not the Rodney District Council. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Courses go rural. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 15 July 2008; p.5 | | Description | The Warkworth Women's Centre is offering a selection of new courses reaching out to rural Rodney as well as courses from it's Warkworth Base. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Cruisy time for group. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 13 December 2011; p.8 | | Description | An article about the residents of Warkworth's Lifeway Homes for the intellectually disabled enjoyed a holiday. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Cultural focus in plan | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 29 December 2011; p.5 | | Description | With a scarcity of Maori cultural experiences for visitors to Auckland, the Te Hana Te Ao Marama culture centre at Te Hana is an important addition. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Day trippers fill empty bus. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 9 September 2008; p.5 | | Description | A group of Matakana businesses are taking advantage of empty school buses to attract Auckland day trippers to the area. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Deadlock over slip. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 22 February 2011; p.1 | | Description | An article on a slip at Matakana Valley road, the aftermath of that and the potential options for fixing. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Deadly intersection. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 2 February 2010; p.1 | | Description | Wellsford residents are calling for safety improvements a the intersection of Wayby Station road, Wayby Valley Road and State Highway 1. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Disability group's plea for help. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 18 June 2009; p.7 | | Description | The Adults in Motion group met with the Minister for Social Development, Paula Bennett, and Rodney MP, Lockwood Smith, seeking secure funding. The group was started by Sally O'Mara and provides a programme for disabled people who have left school. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Dolls house up for grabs. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 25 November 2008; p.2 | | Description | A beautiful three-storey Georgian style doll house will be raffled to raise money for the Warkworth - Wellsford Hospice. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Dolphin care questions. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 05 July 2012; p.5 | | Description | Interim measures aimed at protecting the critically endangered Maui's dolphin have been announced by the government. There are questions over why the measures don't include regulating trawlers. The population of dolphins is estimated to have fallen to 55. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Dophin hunt protest | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 5 January 2012; p.7 | | Description | Marine activist Kerry O'Brien of Red Beach is heading back to Japan tomorrow as an observer and protester to the annual dolphin hunt at the coastal town of Taiji. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Dotterel numbers rising. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 25 September 2012; p.5 | | Description | An article on the increasing dotterel population and a protected area for them located at Omaha. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Drifting net lands big fine. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 20 March 2012; p.5 | | Description | An article about a commercial fisherman who abandoned a fishing net and has subsequently been fined and forfeited his boat. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Ducks foul waterway. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 16 July 2009; p.1 | | Description | Water quality at Warkworth's town basin and Riverhead's Rangitopuni River is poor according to a recent Auckland Regional Council report on Rodney's water quality. Other Rodney rivers and steams such as the Westhoe Stream, the Matakana River, the Upper Mahurangi and the Hoteo River are some of the healthiest ecosystems of the twenty-seven that are monitored. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Engaged again after 70 years. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 28 June 2012; p.1 | | Description | After 70 years Richard Tracy, 93, from Dayton, Ohio, and Norma Milford, 89, of Snells Beach are once again engaged. Richard broke off their first engagement in 1943 while fighting in the Pacific as he didn't feel it was fair to be involved with someone when there was a war on. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Ewen is well known now. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 3 February 2009; p.23 | | Description | Ewen Thompson, who has had a stunning Black Caps debut with a wicket maiden first over in Twenty20 Cricket against the West Indies, is the fifth player from Warkworth to represent New Zealand. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Facility plans upgrade. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 02 April 2009; p.3 | | Description | The Auckland University marine science research facility overlooking the Cape Rodney-Okakari Marine Reserve at Leigh is planning an upgrade, including a new research building and a new public 'interpretive' centre, schedule to open by the end of 2010. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Factory downs its tools. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 19 November 2009; p.3 | | Description | The remaining 56 workers will be made redundant when Wellsford company Irwin Industrial Tools closes in December. The Rodney Economic Development Trust recently recommended that the Rodney District Council sell land in the Corry Block on Wellsford's south-east border as there is no longer enough demand for industrial land in Wellsford. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Family hit by new route. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 23 November 2010; p.1 | | Description | An article on the views talked about at the NZ Transport Agency information days organised for the motorway extension from Puhoi to Wellsford. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Farmers pray for rain. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 13 April 2010; p.3 | | Description | Rodney is officially in the midst of mid medium level drought. Article discusses this and has two side bars (NZ is well placed to feed world's growth and help save water). | | View full record |
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| | Title | Farmers sell stock to support IHC. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 3 December 2009; p.7 | | Description | 350 calves were sold at the Wellsford stockyards in the PGG Wrightson IHC Calf Scheme sale. Farmers raise a calf until it is weaned, or pledge to donate to IHC the value of a calf. The calves are then sold at a weaner fair and proceeds go towards assisting people with an intellectual disability. The scheme has been running for 25 years. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Fiery Halt. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 10 June 2008; p.2 | | Description | A telephone repair worker had a lucky escape when his van caught fire just north of Hatfields Beach on State Highway One at 8:30am Thursday. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Film to educate kids on garden recycling. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 24 February 2009; p.10 | | Description | Visitors to Matakana Village and Warkworth have been curious about the two children and a film crew set up at various locations in the district during January. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Fire ban now. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 05 February 2009; p.3 | | Description | A fire ban is in place from Monday due to drier weather than usual, says Rodney principal rural fire officer Scott Marchant. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Fire costs still felt. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 23 April 2009; p.1 | | Description | After a fire destroyed the 120-year-old farmhouse of Margaret and Rowan Smiley the community between Pakiri and Mangawhai has stepped in to help. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Fishing photos scrutinised. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 24 January 2012; p.3 | | Description | An article about the complications in using social networking for citizen policing after environmentalist Pete Bethune posted a Facebook photo of two men he had been told were fishing illegally. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Foreshore concerns eased. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 21 July 2010; p.7 | | Description | Article is about the revised Foreshore and Seabed Act and some of the concerns it creates according to Jim Dollimore. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Forest fire sparks alerts. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 9 March 2010; p.3 | | Description | Motocross riders were forced to evacute along a foresty road on Sunday afternoon when the entrance to the Dome Valley Motorcycle Park was cut off by fire in scrub and forestry cuttings near State Highway 1. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Forum calls for RMA fix. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 6 July 2010; p.3 | | Description | A summary of the second Fairfax media, Rodney Times and Rodney Economic Development trust Information exchange and forum. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Full life the driving force behind a legend. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 25 June 2009; p.2 | | Description | Pearl Taylor, a resident of Amberlea Resthome, celebrated her 102nd birthday this month. Mrs Taylor grew up on the Greenwood family farm in Pakiri, and spent over 40 years farming in Leigh and Omaha. She learned to drive at 80 after her husband died. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Funding boost for aquaculture. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 28 May 2009; p.5 | | Description | The Rodney Economic Developnment Trust have secured funding from the Environment Ministry's aquaculture planning fund to develop a business case for a region-wide aquaculture cluster. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Fundraiser backs two good causes. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 1 February 2011; p.5 | | Description | An article about the Omaha Beach Surf Life Saving Club who raised $90,000 for the Club and Eva Mitchell to help with her health problems. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Future for coast? | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 18 September 2012; p.1 | | Description | An article on the possible future impact of climate change locally. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Gran relishes chance for food grab. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 21 June 2012; p.14 | | Description | Pauline Aubertin of Wellsford was the winner of a grocery grab at Warkworth New World. Pauline is a 74-year-old pensioner who has five of her grandchildren living with her. Her granddaughter Monique Milford completed the 90 second grocery grab for her. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Grapes that never see the bottle. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 28 February 2006; p.16 | | Description | Matakana is becoming well known as a grape-growing area and contains many growers skilled at producing top-quality fruit for the wine industry. Charlie Wrigglesworth is one of the few growers in the Auckland region to produce table or dessert grapes. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Groups use meeting to push change. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 8 February 2010; p.24 | | Description | A summary of the meeting between residents and other various people including Kaipara Mayor Neil Tiller, Rodney Deputy Mayor John Kirikiri, Rodney Auckland Regional Council Representative Christine Rose, Rodney Councillor June Turner and Tracy Martin of the New Zealand First Party. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Hall auditorium a good alternative. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 19 March 2009; p.3 | | Description | Mahurangi College plans to build a $2 million auditorium for college and community with most of the funding coming from from the Ministry of Education. The Warkworth Music Society has started the fundraising effort with a cheque for $5000 to help with the $500,000 funding still needed. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Hammering up gold. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 28 August 2008; p.3 | | Description | Warkworth builder Richard Wilcox won the Placemakers Supreme Award for the transformation of a Sandspit property at the Auckland Registered Master Builders 2008 House of the Year Awards. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Help get rid of the harbour trash | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 18 September 2008; p.7 | | Description | Snorkelers, scuba divers and beach folk are all invited to help clean up around the Leigh Harbour this Saturday. With a sidebar 'Aquatic litter a big problem'. | | View full record |
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| | Title | High hopes for mega project. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 25 August 2009; p.1 | | Description | Rodney stands to benefit significantly from New Zealand and Australia's bid to host the $3.1 billion Square Kilometre Array radio telescope science project. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Highway access fears. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 3 August 2010; p.3 | | Description | A summary of the meeting between Puhoi residents and the NZ Transport Agency about the Puhoi-Wellsford Highway access. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Highway change on the way. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 26 April 2012; p.7 | | Description | The 32 km stretch of State Highway 17 is near to having its State Highway status revoked, and will instead become part of the Auckland regional network of roads under Auckland Transport, from July 1. Confusion over who is responsible for maintaining the road will cease. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Highway improvements soon to begin. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 09 April 2009; p.5 | | Description | Upgrading State Highway One through Warkworth became closer with the official turning of the sod on the $20 million project. Jointly funded by the NZ Transport Agency and Rodney District Council, it will see five key intersections improved. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Highway upgrade. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 30 April 2013; p.1 | | Description | An article on upcoming safety improvements on local notorious intersections. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Hospice shop expanding. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 12 March 2009; p.9 | | Description | The Warkworth and Wellsford Hospice shop has moved into the former Letchers Variety Store next door. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Island not ratepayers' paradise. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 12 May 2009; p.5 | | Description | Kawau Islanders are outrages they are no closer to resolving rates issues, which could see an average 221 percent increase this year. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Iwi reach long-awaited treaty milestone. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 19 January 2010; p.5 | | Description | A signing of agreements in principle on the Treaty of Waitangi claims in the Rodney area has delighted iwi involved in many years of preliminary negotiations. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Job losses at Izard. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 17 February 2009; p.1 | | Description | Up to 100 workers could lose their jobs at Wellford's largest employer, Izard Irwin. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Kauri forests under attack. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 24 July 2008; p.5 | | Description | Kauri are being attacked by a fungal disease that kills ancient and young trees. After research undertaken by Dr Ross Beever from Landcare Research and assisted by Dr Nick Waipara from Auckland Regional Council, the soil pathogen phytophthora taxon agathis, PTA, has been named as the culprit. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Kauri killer hits Rodney forests. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 23 October 2008; p.5 | | Description | The kauri killing dieback disease has been found in Rodney, on Conservation Department land and private property at Pakiri, in the Okura and Albany scenic reserves, on private property in Waimauku and also on Great Barrier Island. With a sidebar with information for trampers on how to prevent the spread of the disease. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Kawau emergency jet ski to the rescue. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 22 January 2009; p.22 | | Description | Kawau Island residents have created the Kawau Emergency Response Trust, and now have a jetski with detachable pods designed to handle most emergency situations. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Kids get creative. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 26 May 2009; p.19 | | Description | More than 200 Matakana Primary School Children got the chance last week to turn their study of "mini beasts" into a fibre art free-for-all. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Kiwi on Shakespear bill. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 25 September 2012; p.3 | | Description | An article about the little spotted Kiwi who may soon be introduced at Shakepear Regional Park. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Knitters click on to Operation Cover up. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 21 August 2012; p.7 | | Description | An article Operation Cover Up which is providing blankets, hats, booties and jerseys for Rodney Knitters for orphanages and other needy people. There is also a profile of Naomi McLeod. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Land decision on hold. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 1 November 2011; p.8 | | Description | Auckland Council has backed down on deciding "in principle" the future of Te Arai coastal land after a public outcry and protests. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Large support for supercity ridiculed. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 22 November 2011; p.3 | | Description | An article on the supercity and the Northern Actions Group's Official Information Act request to quantify whether Local Government Minister Rodney Hide's claim that a large number of north Rodney residents wanted to be in the supercity. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Last-gasp win for Wellsford. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 25 August 2009; p.27 | | Description | A conversion in the final moments of a hard-fought game for the Joe Morgan Memorial Trophy saw Wellsford win a nail-biting the final against Mid Western in the Southern Districts Premier Final. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Legend starts at Pakiri. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 22 January 2009; p.32 | | Description | In the early winter of 1948 the Greenwood family siblings watched young scientists set up the "Cosmic Noise Expedition" on the cliff tops of their parent's farm at Pakiri. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Local retailer placed in retailer of the year. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 6 January 2008; p.15 | | Description | A first-time nomination into the Wares Awards for David Hall, owner of the Halls Retravision stores at Wellsford and Warkworth has seen him placed as one of the three finalists in the annual Wares Awards for Retailer of the year. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Locals in festival. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 4 May 2010; p.3 | | Description | Two Rodney photographers, Hamish Macdonald and Richard Smallfield, are exhibiting with Titirangi photograph Jenny Tomlin in this year's Auckland Festival of Photography. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Long wrangle over access. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 22 May 2012; P.3 | | Description | An article about Warren Agnew who is in conflict with the Council to allow vehicle access to a beach he says affords good boat launching capability. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Mangawhai cadets win title. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 10 February 2009; p.24 | | Description | An article on the Whangarei cadet corps who were given funds from the annual charity tournament at the Mangawhai Golf Club. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Marina decision soon. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 14 February 2012; p.3 | | Description | An article on the land based portion of the proposed Sandspit marina as pertaining to the environmental court hearings and a general overview. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Marine deaths unexplained. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 6 August 2009; p.3 | | Description | Authorities are investigating the cause of recent deaths of sea creatures, including fish and penguins, in Rodney and on the North Shore. Several dogs walking have also been poisoned as a result of eating substances on the beach. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Marine reserve violated. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 26 January 2010; p.5 | | Description | A big increase in illegal fishing at the Goat Island Marine Reserve is frustrating honorary rangers. Article also reiterates the boundaries. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Mercy mission a labour of love. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 2 March 2010; p.22 | | Description | A article on Melanie Schulze who went to work on the Africa Mercy (a non-governmental hospital ship. She is also planning to go back to work on it. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Mice on the loose. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 4 September 2012; p.5 | | Description | An article about a Warkworth clock to which an unknown person added a knitted mouse and pendulums (Yarn bombing). | | View full record |
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| | Title | Milk goes to waste. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 1 November 2011; p.1 | | Description | An article on the impacts on the gas line leak at Taranaki on Dairy farmers in Rodney. | | View full record |
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| | Title | More funds secured for toxic slug study. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 28 September 2010; p.3 | | Description | More answers on toxic Auckland sea slugs and associated dog deaths are expected from $800,000 of funding over three years. This was approved through the prestigious Marsden Fund. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Mud house builder reaps the rewards. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 18 May 2010; p.1 | | Description | Eco Architect Graeme North has been awarded a Winston Churchill Memorial Fellowship which will fund an overseas trip into the establishment of an eco-building research centre. | | View full record |
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| | Title | NZ's first Green Star school officially opens. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 13 August 2009; p.2 | | Description | Snells Beach School was officially opened by the Minister of Education, Anne Tolley. The school is the first in New Zealand with a Green Star rating for environmentally sensitive buildings. | | View full record |
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| | Title | New look for marine lab. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 3 September 2009; p.7 | | Description | A donation of $4.5 million from the Edith Winston Blackwell Trust has enabled Auckland Univeristy to complete the first stage of the South Pacific Centre for Marine Science in Leigh. | | View full record |
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| | Title | New track for motocross riders. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 05 February 2009; p.6 | | Description | The Dome Valley Motocross Park was opened on December 14, and use of the track will cost Rodney Motorcycle Club members $20. | | View full record |
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| | Title | New village for town. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 21 July 2009; p.7 | | Description | The first residents have moved into the $50 million Summerset Falls retirement village in Warkworth. | | View full record |
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| | Title | No cash for toxin tests. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 1 Sept 2009; p.1 | | Description | A fur seal that convulsed and dies at Stanmore Bay strengthens the case for further toxin testing an expert says. | | View full record |
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| | Title | No-shear sheep a breeze. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 27 June 2006; p.18 | | Description | Bev Trowbridge runs Muriwai Valley Farm. She farms wiltshire horn sheep which require no shearing as they shed their light wool in spring. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Northern confusion. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 3 September 2009; p.1 | | Description | A discussion about possible outcomes for Rodney District and the area's regional parks if the boundaries are changed as a result of the Auckland supercity. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Not to be compared. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 30 September 2008; p.3 | | Description | The failure of the $250 million up-market property development Whisper Cove, at Snells Beach, cannot be compared with the collapse of the $450m Kensington Park residential project in Orewa, say some contractors. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Observatory keeps track of space flight. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 24 May 2012; p.21 | | Description | AUT University and the Institute of Radio Astronomy and Space Research, which own the Warkworth radio telescope observatory, have been contracted to monitor space flights for California-based Space Exploration Technologies. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Old post office gets revamp. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 10 July 2008; p.3 | | Description | Funding from the Rodney District Council for the Hoteo North Hall Trust Committee will be used to restore the original library and post office building for the area. | | View full record |
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| | Title | On the road again. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 3 March 2009; p.26 | | Description | Getting prepared for an ironman competition takes huge dedication and time, but one Warkworth man is packing his bags and heading to Taupo to compete. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Opinions vary on shellfish ban. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 19 January 2010; p.6 | | Description | Whangateau HarbourCare Group have created a voluntary ban on the Whangateau Harbour beds due to the number depleted cockles. The cockles have been harvested despite this ban. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Our highway maybe held up. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 8 March 2011; p.1 | | Description | The planned Puhoi to Wellsford Highway may be delayed as government funds are diverted to Christchurch's quake recovery. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Out of the paddocks. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 28 November 2006; p.25 | | Description | Warkworth Vets Equine Clinic has been established to treat horses in a clean and safe environment. Jon Makin, the vet who specialises in equine health, now finds he's spending less time travelling to clients properties. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Oyster harvest hit. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 14 December 2010; p.1 | | Description | Article about the pacific oyster die-offs and how they effect Mahurangi Harbour and Kaipara Harbour Oyster farms. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Paddling for gold in California. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 2 September 2008; p.22 | | Description | At the World Va'a - Outrigger - Canoe Sprint Championships on Lake Natoma, the New Zealand contingent won nine gold, 10 silver and 11 bronze medals. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Pair win awards. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 29 October 2009; p.11 | | Description | Rodney College celebrated it's students achievement in Maori culture at an award ceremony for the Taiohi Puumanawa Awards for the first time this year. The two top prizes were awarded to Sam McRae and Josie Panapa. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Park and ride plans delayed. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 17 January 2012; p.3 | | Description | An article about plans for the Silverdale Park and Ride being possibly delayed after an Environment Court appeal. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Passionate about wine in developing region | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 07 June 2007; p.16 | | Description | Brandon Orr-Walker and his wife Judy McIntosh planted grapes on their 10 hectare property at South Head 12 years ago. The pioneering venture is many kilometres from the main winemaking enterprises around Kumeu and Matakana, and the grapes are sent under contract to a commercial winemaker. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Pea crab flexes its mussels. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 12 June 2012; p.7 | | Description | An article about Pea Crabs. Article includes a discussion with Oliver Trottier; discussing the impact the pea crab has on mussels and the mussel industry. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Peace and quiet at The Sanctuary. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 19 April 2012; p.2 | | Description | A full page article on The Sanctuary animal refuge in Govan Wilson Road, Matakana, run by owners Shawn Bishop and Michael Dixon. The couple care for more than 200 native birds each year, along with rescued battery hens and other abused animals. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Pests sneak past fence. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 8 June 2010; p.15 | | Description | Tahwaranui Regional Park is looking at improvements to its predator-proof fence to stop small numbers of pests finding their way into the native wildlife sanctuary. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Pet dog in lamb attack. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 11 February 2010; p.1 | | Description | Several lambs were attacked on Shane Anderson's property at Ti Point by a dog being walked off leash by it's owner. The article discusses recent dog attacks and the consequences for dogs and owners. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Pets join social networking with owners. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 13 November 2012; p.5 | | Description | With an article about Mack Saraswat and Ralph Grand who have created a new online pet business aimed at getting pets and their owners their own social network. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Pint-sized pup to the rescue. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 14 May 2009; p.3 | | Description | A little begian griffon dog called Cassoe alerted her owner Pauline Kenworthy to a fire in a neighbouring house, saving the life of an elderly neighbour. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Poison tests as maring deaths mount. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 15 September 2009; p.3 | | Description | Test results for tetrodoxin poisoning in dolphins are due back next week after two more dogs fell sick at North Shore beaches and reports of another dead seal. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Pop star gets in touch. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 13 March 2012; p.3 | | Description | An article about Jay'ed Goto who visited Te Hana Te Ao Marama Maori culture centre while making a documentary. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Power Station gets ARC consent. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 23 December 2008; p.3 | | Description | A Rodney power station is almost certain. Genesis Energy has the Auckland Regional Council resource consents to cover the building of its proposed station between Helensville and Kaukapakapa. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Power to St John | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 9 September 2008; p.7 | | Description | Article sums up the reasoning and purchasing of a new emergency generator. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Protecting our environment. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 04 September 2008; p.11 | | Description | Conservation Week from September 7 to 14 honours the work of volunteers. Includes a list of Conservation Week events. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Public surgery a possibility in Warkworth. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 5 May 2009; p.7 | | Description | The nearly completed Rodney Surgical Centre has received permission from the Waitemata District Health Board to tender for public surgical cases.
With a small paragraph explaining Southern Cross has received permission to build a hospital and medical centre in Silverdale. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Public wins beach battle. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 19 June 2012; p.5 | | Description | An article about the resolution of a legal battle over a paper road in South Head which runs through Janet and Noel Higham's property. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Puhoi gets passed by. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 13 July 2010; p.1 | | Description | Puhoi has been designated a no-growth area in its draft structure plan. The article continues to summarise a meeting held in regard to that. With a sidebar - "Keen to consult" regarding consultation between residents and the NZ Transport agency. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Purr-fect homes needed for cats. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 14 January 2010; p.2 | | Description | Warkworth woman, Julie Thompson, runs an animal refuge for unwanted cats and kittens. Up to 700 felines go through the refuge each year with an influx of kittens over the Christmas period. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Race to save Earth. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 26 February 2009; p.3 | | Description | Stone Meharry of Matakana was a volunteer onboard the Earthrace boat when it visited the Leigh harbour recently. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Raiders hit bird sanctuary. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 18 December 2012; p.3 | | Description | An article about eight eggs from rare fairy terns and dotterels which have appeared to be stolen from Te Arai. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Ram kicks worms to touch. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 17 March 2009; p.2 | | Description | Wellsford romney sheep breeder Gordon Levet has another feather in his cap after one of his rams was on sold by a North Canterbury sheep farmer for $7200. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Rare talent's reward. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 28 August 2008; p.13 | | Description | Neil Taylor of Point Wells has won the Australian Woodworking Industry Suppliers Association John Tiddy Memorial Award for an apprentice in joinery and cabinetmaking. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Red card for green hair. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 14 May 2009; p.1 | | Description | Rodney College principal David Ormandy says student Sheridan Marris' unnatural hair colours are forbidden, and the school is working with her family to get her back in class. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Residents riled over beach walkway. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 15 May 2012; p.5 | | Description | A group of Snells Beach residents is looking at their options as a legal easement has been overridden by a resource consent granted to a developer for a subdivision. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Retirement village gets consent. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 19 August 2008; p.10 | | Description | The Summerset Retirement Village complex on Woodcocks Rd, Warkworth, has received consent to start construction on the first 33 Villas of the 81 Villa, $50 million development. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Rival giants may clash. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 23 June 2009; p.1 | | Description | A proposed plan change to the Warkworth structure plan could be the catalyst for a legal battle involving rival Australian-owned supermarket giants Progressive Enterprises and Foodstuff. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Row highlights need for more sports fields. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 14 July 2009; p.29 | | Description | The furore that erupted over future use of the Warkworth Women's Bowling Club in the Shoesmith Domain when it was vacated last year has highlighted ashortage of facilities in the area. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Rugby World Cup looms closer. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 8 February 2010; p.7 | | Description | A pilot business course developed by the Rodney Economic Development Trust has been designed to help Rodney businesses benefit from increased numbers and interest in the area generated by the event. | | View full record |
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| | Title | SADD week message hits home. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 20 August 2009; p.2 | | Description | Students at Rodney College, held an event in conjunction with the Wellsford Volunteer Fire Brigade to mark Students Against Driving Drunk Week. Mahurangi and Orewa Colleges also held events. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Safety upgrade in valley. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 3 May 2012; p.3 | | Description | $500,000 of safety improvements are being made to the Dome Valley section of State Highway 1 between Warkworth and Wellsford, on the corner north of Falls Bridge. The camber and alignment of two curves will be improved, the highway's shoulders widened, drainage upgraded and new signs added. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Sanctuary a Crown jewel. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 21 June 2012; p.7 | | Description | Sanctuary island Tiritiri Matangi is to be vested to local iwi and hapu as part of the Tamaki Collective Treaty of Waitangi deed of settlement, but will then be gifted back to the Crown. The four Hauraki Gulf islands of Rangitoto, Motutapu, Motuihe and Tiritiri Matangi have been included in the settlement, and all will be gifted to the Crown. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Sandspit fuel dries up. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 9 June 2009; p.1 | | Description | Sandspit boaties are angry that the only marine diesel pump and tank in the area is to be removed by the end of the month. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Sandspit marina project moored. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 10 August 2010; p.5 | | Description | The Sandspit Yacht Club Marina Society has failed to gain all the resources consents needed for an ambitious proposal to develop a marina at Sandspit. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Santa gets a Kiwi makeover. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 09 October 2008; p.3 | | Description | A new Santa suit with a Maori motif will be used this year for the Wellsford Christmas Parade. The new suit was designed by former local Kalya Sowden, a costumier for Weta Workships. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Scammer on prowl. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 13 November 2012; p.5 | | Description | An article about a scam taking place on an internet pet website. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Schools aiming to be fruitful. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 02 October 2008; p.3 | | Description | A project called Fruit Trees in Schools has been started by Sustainable North Trust member Mandi Gregory,and now up to 11 Rodney schools are about to get orchards, thanks to Tumbleweed Coastal Plants in Matakana. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Seabed mining shock. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 28 August 2012; p.1 | | Description | An article about a new exploration consent at Muriwai with the possibility of another one to follow. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Sixty years of adventure. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 3 February 2009; p.5 | | Description | A love of boating and adventure has been the glue of Coral and Phil Warring's 60 years of marriage. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Skinks get new home. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 12 February 2009; p.15 | | Description | Fifty skinks from Tawharanui Regional Park and 30 from Massey University's Albany reptile facility were released at Ohinerau Beach on 197 hectare predator-free Motuihe island in the hauraki Gulf. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Smoking out growers. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 18 May 2010; p.1 | | Description | A Wellsford man and his property were searched. No tobacco was being grown there. Article goes on to relate rules regarding tobacco and that smoking causes cancer. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Snells Beach School opens it door. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 05 February 2009; p.5 | | Description | The new $8 million Snells Beach School was officially opened by Rodney mayor Penny Webster last Thursday. June Corkin is the principal. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Sound lures bird to nest. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 13 November 2012; p.5 | | Description | A rowdy "boom box" for birds on Tawharanui Open Sanctuary cliff tops is being hailed a success as an island-nesting diving petrel seabird is discovered for the first time breeding on the mainland. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Spirits high at agricultural day. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 28 October 2008; p.23 | | Description | While the day was wet, there was no dampening children's spirits at the Wellsford School Agricultural day on Friday, October 17. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Station closes for a refit. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 12 November 2009; p.16 | | Description | The Mobil petrol station in Matakana has closed for three months to replace the single skinned tanks with double skinned ones. The petrol station will reopen in 2010 as a Gull outlet. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Steamed up over rail. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 31 May 2011; p.1 | | Description | An article on Labour leader Phil Goff's view point on Puhoi to Wellsford highway extension and other New Zealand issues. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Students quiz US envoy. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 18 February 2010; p.2 | | Description | David Heubner, United States Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, visited Mahurangi College and talked to students about his job. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Study discovers answers. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 7 October 2008; p.7 | | Description | A study has discovered that students with learning difficulties and poor relationships with teachers are common factors influencing a number of Rodney Students to leave school without any NCEA qualifications. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Study looks at reserve snapper. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 8 March 2011; p.5 | | Description | An article regarding a study about to be untaken on the contribution Leigh Marine Reserve has on Hauraki Gulf snapper caught by commercial and recreational fishers. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Study shows mussel beds can re-establish. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 12 April 2012; p.7 | | Description | Research undertaken at Leigh Marine Laboratory shows that repopulating long vanished shellfish beds may be possible. About 60 per cent of Whangateau Harbour cockle beds, including 85 percent of the adults, died from disease a couple of years ago but the beds seem to be recovering. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Suburban gardening oasis. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 15 May 2008; p.5 | | Description | Sharon Bradford has planted a 14 square raised garden bed in her backyard and grows most of the produce that the family eats. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Surgical centre opens. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 13 October 2009; p.5 | | Description | The possibility of a public surgery for Rodney came a step closer with the opening of the Rodney Surgical Centre at Warkworth. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Surgical centre under way. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 04 September 2008; p.3 | | Description | The soil was turned and the site blessed for a new $6 million surgical centre to be built in Warkworth. The double-storeyed centre in Morrison Drive, off Woodcocks Rd, is close to the new Summerset Retirement Village and Stockyard Falls retail development. It is expected to be ready about June next year. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Survivor masters technical training. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 8 October 2009; p.10 | | Description | Jim Trethowen of Wilmot Motors in Warkworth, who was involved in a boating accident in September, has attained the Toyota Diagnosis Master Technician qualification. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Team takes third win. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 4 November 2008; p.5 | | Description | A summary of the annual Shear a Sheep, Eat a pie and Down a Pint competition at Matakana. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Territorials engage enemy force at Topuni. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 28 October 2008; p.3 | | Description | When the Nova Scotia Militia headed up State Highway One last Saturday morning after a surprise attack, the army was in hot pursuit. It was a territorial training event. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Thinking big threatens dairy farm's viability. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 14 November 2006; p.12,13 | | Description | Dairy farmers John and Lynette Jones of Matakana have seen numerous changes in the years they have lived and farmed in Matakana. The quiet farming district they knew so well has all but gone, being replaced by 'townies' enjoying the markets, vineyards and beaches. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Three towies to the rescue. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 10 June 2008; p.3 | | Description | A couple of hapless fishermen and a would be rescuer ran foul of the rising tide on Waiwera beach last Thursday afternoon. | | View full record |
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| | Title | To babies with love. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 14 October 2008; p.7 | | Description | When expectant parents arrive at the Warkworth Birthing Centre they will now be welcomed in by bright and colourful murals made by some of its former residents. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Tom's a real hero. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 27 July 2010; p.1 | | Description | Highway maintenance contractor Tom Mitchell's quick action saved a woman's life after a crash on State Highway 1 south of the Dome Valley in March. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Top awards for local designer. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 12 August 2008; p.18 | | Description | A Matakana designer, a Taupaki house and a Red Beach building were among winners and finalists in the Architectural Designers New Zealand Resene 2008 Regional Design Awards for the Auckland-North region. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Town plans new look. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 25 June 2009; p.7 | | Description | Proposals for upgrading the town centre of Wellsford plan to incorporate the attractive rural surroundings into the retail village along State Highway One. A new library is planned, but submissions also including having more trees planted, better signs, improved pedestrain crossings, parking and paving and an identity or slogan for the town. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Toxin strikes again. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 3 November 2009; p.1 | | Description | Another dog is sick after a beach walk, this time north of Matheson's Bay at Leigh. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Tragic end for chick. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 15 January 2009; p.1 | | Description | The senseless death of a fairy tern chick trodden on at the taped-off breeding area at the Mangawhai sandspit happened after Conservation Department ranger John Winters had finished for the day. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Tree memorial has to go, says RDC. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 26 March 2009; p.3 | | Description | A 25-tree memorial planted on a Whangateau paper road must go, says the Rodney District Council.The trees were planted by Ian and Elise MacDonald as a memorial to their son, who died in 2001. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Triple treat for dotterel watchers. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 12 April 2012; p.2 | | Description | Three dotterel chicks are expected to fledge shortly from the Weiti River sandbar. Dotterel expert Dr John Dowding says having three chicks from a single nesting pair is quite rare. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Truckies costs shift up a gear. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 3 June 2008; p.1 | | Description | Rodney commuters are not the only ones baulking at fuel price rises. Fuel costs are hitting Rodney's transport industry too, many saying they will be passing them on. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Truckies fighting back. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 8 July 2008; p.5 | | Description | Rodney truckies joined about 2000 trucks hitting Auckland City's inner roads in a show of solidarity on Friday to protest a surprise average 7.5 percent increase in road user charges. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Tunnel vision for youth. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 02 October 2008; p.1 | | Description | A charity dinner and dance will be held in the twin tunnels, cutting through Johnstone Hill on the motorway extension. Night at the End of the Tunnel will cater to 2000 people with the proceeds going to pre-specified charies. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Turning heads in the US. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 11 June 2009; p.2 | | Description | A team of four former Mangawhai Beach students have taken second place in the Future Problem Solving Programme International competition held at Michigan State University. The "Tern Around" team raised awareness of the critically endangered fairy tern using the slogan "Tern the tide against extinction". | | View full record |
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| | Title | Unreservedly a mess. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 21 July 2009; p.3 | | Description | Damage to an Omaha reserve caused by trucks servicing a private property has infuriated nearby residents. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Unusual find in garden. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 29 October 2009; p.2 | | Description | Gulf Harbour woman, Julie Ginn, found a metal ball, possibly a cannon ball, and metal hand, which may have been part of a garden ornament, while digging in her garden. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Urban demands lean on the fence at Weiti Station. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 29 August 2006; p.12 | | Description | A profile of 1200-hectare Weiti Station, located on the coast between the North Shore's east coast beaches and the Whangaparaoa Peninsula. Jackie Hamilton and partner Graham Coghlen farm the station. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Vandal-busting camera's focus. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 22 September 2009; p.30 | | Description | After a spate of small acts of vandalism the Jane Gifford Restoration Group through the sale of plaques on wharf piles to the community has raised $12,000 for a camera, pole and insulation to keep a permanent eye on the historic scow moored at the Warkworth wharf. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Vinter in fight to save Kauri. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 27 November 2012; p.5 | | Description | An article on the Coopers Creek wines whose Lone Kauri brand will carry the kauri dieback programme on it's label and feature promotional material at tastings, events and point of sale locations. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Vote to be held next year. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 14 October 2008; p.5 | | Description | A vote that was to be held by Warkworth Business Association members on setting up a Business Improvement District in the town has been extended until next year. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Way open for bigger stores. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 10 September 2009; p.7 | | Description | After considering the submissions, independent commissioners, Les Simmons and Bill Smith, have agreed that some large retail stores are needed in the Warkworth central business area. They have proposed that there should be three separate policy areas in the town centre. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Wedding to remember. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 13 July 2010; p.2 | | Description | An article on a wedding picture found and reunited with its owner. The history of the photograph is also explained. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Weta's cause panic. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 20 January 2009; p.3 | | Description | Finding 125 weta's in a water tank at Puhoi led to some hesitation among those invited to remove them. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Where to fill the boat. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 10 December 2009; p.9 | | Description | An article with information about where boat owners can purchase fuel for their boats during the coming months. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Wild horses for Rodney. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 08 May 2008; p.7 | | Description | The annual muster of the Kaimana horses will take place next Saturday, May 17, and Rodney horse lovers are expected to be among those helping to find them homes. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Wool warmth for homes. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 04 June 2009; p.3 | | Description | Using wool to insulate houses built before 2000 could help boost the local ecomomy and create jobs in rural towns like Wellsford. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Working group for commercial ratepayers. | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 11 September 2008; p.5 | | Description | Neil Barr is leading a working party formed between commercial ratepayers and the Rodney Economic Developement Trust. They hope to work with the council to find some way the present rates increases can be mitigated. | | View full record |
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| | Title | World War One Kiwis remembered | | Source of Article | Rodney Times, 22 December 2011; p.2 | | Description | The great-great grandson of a Rodney war hero was among guests at the launch of am ambitious military history project in Wellington last week. Dylan Judson and other family members of Victoria Cross recipient Stanley Judson of Wharehine joined dignitaries at the project announcement of the Centenary History of New Zealand and the First World War. | | View full record |
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