Frank Mueller is very happy top call Kaitaia home. It's a nice little town, he says — it's just a shame that the unsealed stretch of Quarry Rd, between the airport and Donald Rd, is "horrendous."
Speeding cars and flying gravel were annoying, he said — "Never mind the constant fear that speeding cars and loose gravel will equal some sort of horrific accident" — but the dust had become a health hazard.
"We are not the only household here that is concerned, but no one at the Far North District Council cares about the health of the people who live on busy gravel roads," Mr Mueller said.
"This topic could be an interesting point for the next election, couldn't it, dear John C?"
He had moved to Quarry Rd in 2014, and was initially very happy there, until he realised how busy the road was, and how dangerous and unhealthy it was for those who chose to live there.