Te Rarawa Rugby Club is seeking a new 30-year ground lease from Far North District Council to extend its existing use over part of the Rarawa Memorial Domain Recreation Reserve in Ahipara.
The club has been based at the reserve since 1985 and occupies the site in conjunction with Te Rarawa Football Club. By providing a wide range of sporting and recreational activities for all ages, including support for junior rugby teams and summer touch rugby modules, the club is fostering community fitness. To make a submission on the lease proposal, go to www.fndc.govt.nz/Whats-new/Have-your-say/Te-Rarawa-Rugby-Club-Lease
Lions’ birthday
Kaitāia Lions Club is celebrating 60 years of fund raising and community support. The Lions will celebrate their diamond anniversary on Saturday, April 13, at Dalmation Hall. Kaitāia Lions - which covers the area from Mangamuka Gorge, through Ahipara and Houhora right up to Cape Reinga - is the last such community volunteer group left in the area, with other clubs, including Rotary and Kiwianas, in recession. Lions raises money for a variety of community groups and events including organisations like St Johns and fire brigades.
Mindful awareness workshop
A two-day trauma-informed mindful awareness workshop is being held in Kaitāia. The workshop will look at mindfulness, polyvagal, internal family systems and other informed approaches for greater clarity, creativity and connectedness. People will learn how to harness inherent capacities for a better world, and better understand trauma and its effects on mind, body, community and more. The workshop is April 19-20 from 9am to 5pm at Ngāwha Innovation & Enterprise Park, Kaikohe. To register, email Debra at debrafraser@xtra.co.nz or phone 0272830059.
Planting project
Craigmore Sustainables is embarking on native planting projects in Northland to breathe new life into degraded ecosystems. The team at Craigmore’s Ngatieke Forest in the Far North has established native “seed islands”.
NZ Post service cut
NZ Post will stop delivering newspapers and parcels to rural addresses on Saturdays as of June 29, due to a lack of commercial viability. Deliveries will continue during the week. Impacted customers will receive a written notification about the change from NZ Post. Customers who have newspapers delivered on Saturdays should contact their newspaper subscription services to make relevant arrangements.