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Seagrove Airfield – Franklin’s WW2 secret air force base

Almost eighty years ago, during WW2 airspace above Waiau Pa was filled with Dauntless dive bombers. At its busiest, the district’s air force base was home to 27 aircraft. In 1942, soon after Japan came into the war, New Zealand constructed an aerodrome at Seagrove for the RNZAF as a fighter station for the… Read More »

Manukau Harbour Water Issues

The resource consent for the new outfall from the Watercare wastewater treatment plant, which was issued finally in 2018, requires that Watercare establishes a Community Liaison Group to provide opportunity for community engagement with the project. The first meeting of the group was held on November 17th. Key issues that emerged from the meeting were:… Read More »

Harbour Watch December 2020

Harbour Watch Fishing trips and excursionsThere’s a lot of positive action in the communities around our beautiful harbour. Grab yourself a copy of the November issue of Boating NZ to see an outstanding article, ‘Trapped by the Tide’. It profiles the Manukau Harbour, the Ratahi and the dream of her present owner, Trevor Pennington, to… Read More »

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Opening access to the Manukau Harbour

Does Clarks Beach need a safe all tide public floating pontoon that enables people to board larger vessels to explore the harbour? Is there an opportunity for the Clarks Beach and Waiau Pa communities working in conjunction with the wider Waiuku and Awhitu communities to develop a public pontoon here at Clarks Beach that would… Read More »

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CCTV Update – Scheme possibly to be extended to a second camera

The most recent Business Association network meeting was held on May 15 at the Clarks Beach Bowling Club. This was an informative update on the CCTV camera, that has been in operation for several months at one of the entries to Waiau Pa Clarks Beach. About 20 local residents were present to hear Business Association… Read More »