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September 5 2018 - Whangarei South Road Intersection Upgrades: What's Happening

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.
I hope this helps bring some clarity.

Yours sincerely, Cr Vince Cocurullo

 

 

SH1/Tarewa Road Intersection
Estimated Project Cost - $17 million
Construction Finish Date - 2020

 

May 29 - Waste Not, Want Not - Can We Turn Our Trash To Cash?

What 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?

Information 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 3 2018 - Brand, re-brand, but what is the point?

Brand, 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? 

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