What a month August has been! As you all know we are pretty green to the job of producing the Karikari Panui. This has been a whirlwind start with so much going on!
When we first started looking at what stories to run we never knew just how much would be thrown at us for August. Let’s start with the good news. Kaitaia airport is not going to be closing and its future will be secure for the next 35 years. RNZ / Peter de Graaf has an excellent article that covers the detail you can read about that here: Kaitāia Airport saved from closure after iwi negotiates to buy land | RNZ News
At one point the closure of the Airport was announced because of possible risks to safety. Giv- en the importance of Kaitaia Airport to many aspects of local life, we spent time researching this complex and longstanding issue. What became clear is there have been many people work-
ing towards this outcome for many, many years in behind the scenes. Our thanks must go to those peo- ple who have really put community first to assemble an excellent solution for all parties.
There was significant interest in the application by Inland Revenue for liquidation of three of the nine legal entities behind Carrington Estate.
The matter was called in the High Court at Whangārei on Monday (28th/8) and adjourned to October 16 for further hearing. This means that we may have a long three month wait before we know whether there will be a liquidation and if it will affect the many locals who the estate provides with jobs and income to our local economy.
Many of you have been asking how this could happen given the money flowing into Carrington from China. What we do know is the majority of the land is owned by Carrington Farms Jade LP, an entity which is not currently facing liquidation. Nor does it appear to affect the Top 10 Holiday Park.
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The graphic above shows two blocks of recently cleared hillside land that have attracted local attention and which are owned by an entity facing the threat of liquidation. We will continue to keep our ear to the ground on this. If you know something that you would like to share about this or any other topic of local interest, please do drop us an email contact@karikaripanui.nz
We have been humbled with all the messages of support we have received since taking on this role. Thank you so much, your support means so much to us.
Finally, we would like to take this opportunity to once again thank Leena for her 10 years of service to this community. It has literally taken four of us to pick up the work that Leena has 10 done single-handedly. We wish you the very best with your future writing endeavours and do 11 hope you will continue to write the odd Panui article!