
Road repairs
Several of the 172 road sites sealed last summer have since lost patches of chip, causing problems for drivers, council and our contractors.
We are keeping the sites as safe as possible while the weather and temperatures improve enough for permanent repairs.
This includes weekly checks when contractors are sweeping or removing loose chip as required.
Some sites have continued to lose chip quite rapidly after a sweep. This can make it look like they have not been swept. We arrange re-sweeps when that happens.
We have put temporary traffic management in place for the high speed rural environments where this happened, with signs warning drivers of the hazard and announcing speed limits.
Under the terms of our contracts, the cost of this management and safety work, and the final permanent repairs, are being carried by the relevant contractors – not Council or the ratepayer.
We are investigating the reason for these failures so we can avoid these situations in future.


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Whangarei Film Society - screenings for Thursday March 20th
Good People
On Thursday, 20th March at 6pm WFS will be screening the uplifting Italian dramatic comedy, There's Still Tomorrow.
Our 8pm screening is the powerful and inspiring documentary about the Women’s Football World Cup, Copa 71.
Films are screened at Forum North, 7 Rust Ave Whangarei in the Capitaine Bougainville Theatre.
People can also renew their memberships for 2025 at our membership table. The annual fee for 2025 remains the same at $30 and includes one free ticket.
You also have the option to pay your membership fee online. Details are available on the WFS website. Go to whangareifilmsociety.org
THERE'S STILL TOMORROW.
Italy, subtitles, 2023, Dramatic comedy
Delia lives in Rome in the late 1940s in a working-class community which is slowly but surely rebuilding itself after the war. She shares a small flat with her domineering husband, their three children and her sick father-in-law.
Delia resolutely deals with the daily challenges of family life and has a best friend with whom she shares moments of levity. Delia’s dream though is for her daughter, Marcella to one day have a better life than she does. Delia is resigned to her fate - the good with the bad - until one day a mysterious letter arrives.
"An inspiring story that delights in small victories and the dream of female empowerment." - Screen International
View the trailer at www.youtube.com...
Showing at Forum North, 7 Rust Ave Whangarei
on Thursday, 20th March at 6pm and Thursday, 27th March at 8pm
Tickets: Door sales only. $10 WFS members. Non-members pay $5 extra as an Associate Membership fee, (Total of $15) per film.
All welcome. Cash only please – no Eftpos available.
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