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I have had a lot of people ask me what is happening with roading upgrades in the Whangarei South area. Given this I thought I would put together this leaflet to help shed some light on the proposed plans.
SH1/Tarewa Road Intersection
August 8 - What’s Happening With Our Water?
Submitted by VinceAdmin on Tue, 07/08/2018 - 9:27pm
I know the cartoon above is a little exaggerated, however the message behind the cartoon is what I want to talk about.
July 12 - What is the value of a life?
Submitted by VinceAdmin on Wed, 11/07/2018 - 9:11amJuly 12
What is the value of a life?
by Vince Cocurullo
Whangarei District Council, Okara Ward
As you know every year we have a count of how many deaths, or accidents are on the road, and over the past few years our Northland road toll has been on an upward trend.
June 19 - What Would A New Theatre Do For Whangarei?
Submitted by VinceAdmin on Mon, 18/06/2018 - 10:53pmby Vince Cocurullo
May 29 - Waste Not, Want Not - Can We Turn Our Trash To Cash?
Submitted by VinceAdmin on Mon, 28/05/2018 - 6:00amWhat if waste wasn’t so wasteful?
I would like people thinking about how we can change rubbish disposal from being a cost to being a potential source of business for Northland. 
Consider this: For Re:Sort to clean those unwashed milk bottles we toss in the recycling your bottle increases costs. But what if Northland got the model right and we could receive waste and turn it into usable materials?
May 15 - Information Centres Are An Investment - are we getting enough return?
Submitted by VinceAdmin on Mon, 14/05/2018 - 7:57amInformation Centres Are An Investment - are we getting enough return?
By Vince Cocurullo
Whangarei District Councillor – Okara Ward
How important are the information centres to you? Do you visit them when you go into a new area? Or has technology changed the way you now book online?
May 9 2018 - Moving The Council Will Cost
Submitted by VinceAdmin on Tue, 08/05/2018 - 2:18amMoving The Council Will Cost
by Vince Cocurullo
Okara Ward Councillor, Whangarei District Council
As you would have seen in the Whangarei District Council long term plan, there are calls for a brand new civic centre building which could house the WDC as well as the NRC and NZ Transport Agency. 
May 3 2018 - Brand, re-brand, but what is the point?
Submitted by VinceAdmin on Wed, 02/05/2018 - 11:40pmBrand, re-brand, but what is the point?
By Vince Cocurullo
Whangarei District Councillor, Okara Ward
By now most of you would have heard that the Whangarei District Council is wanting to re-brand, with a cost of approximately $170,000 over the next two years. However what will re-branding do? And what exactly is it we are rebranding? 
April 17 - Redesigning for Our Future
Submitted by VinceAdmin on Sat, 15/04/2017 - 4:01am
Whangarei has been accommodating growth at a significant rate for some years. As at June 2016 the District’s population stood at 87,700 with 53,000 of those living in the urban centre of Whangarei (whangareinz.com).
April 10 -Motorsports Coming to Whangarei
Submitted by VinceAdmin on Sun, 09/04/2017 - 7:44pm
We have a high proportion of petrol-fuelled sports lovers in our District and they are all about to be mightily gratified. From April 15 - 30 the Festival of Motorsports will be revving Whangarei District up.