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Mangawhai Matters Press Release on the Sustainable Mangawhai Project   Thanks to Andy Bruce, Elevated Media, for the use of this image. More Intensive coastal storms a threat to Mangawhai Mangawhai Matters has released new findings from its Sustainable Mangawhai Project that warn of a growing coastal storm risk to Mangawhai Harbour, its environment, and community. During the past 18 months researchers assessed key vulnerabilities. NIWA examined water quality risks from pollut

The following report was presented by Chair, Doug Lloyd at our recent AGM.

Mangawhai Focus, April 7, 2025 The studies confirmed the suspicions of many locals that the Mangawhai dunes have been slowly disappearing...

From left: Dr Mark Dickson, Dr Terry Hume, Peter Wethey (Mangawhai Harbour Restoration Society) and Dr Phil McDermott (Mangawhai Matters).

Mangawhai Matters Inc., 12 February 2022 Summary Mangawhai Matters supports switching from land value to capital value for calculating...

Mangawhai Focus, January 28, 2025 Residents group Mangawhai Matters is calling on Kaipara District Council to exercise better site...

Doug Lloyd, Chairman Mangawhai Matters ( Mangawhai Focus 2 December 2024, page 3). Mangawhai, like other coastal communities, is having...

The Mangawhai Matters Committee  held their last meeting for the year last week. The Rise PC 83 and the Hills PC 84 Plan Changes are now...

Mangawhai Focus | December 2, 2024 A recent survey of the Mangawhai spit has found that the barrier has lost just over 260,000 cubic...

Hi All, We have had a relatively low profile lately, however there has been an enormous amount of work done in the background. Plan...

NZ Herald article recognising the work done by Mangawhai Matters to ensure The Rise development does not negatively impact our harbour.

Consumer spending grew much faster than the population. In 2024 it reached $117m, 22% ahead of 2023 ($96m), ad 66% ahead of 2019 ($55m). ...

Spending by visitors in the growing Mangawhai retail sector is critical to its survival.  Spending in Mangawhai by people who are not...

We have spent a lot of time and energy this year submitting on Plan Changes. The hearing for Plan Change 83 – The Rise opposite the...

Promoting a more co-ordinated and co-operative approach to sustainably managing the Mangawhai Harbour and protecting the future of...

To those of you who could not make the AGM yesterday and to those who were there and could not hear my mumbling (which I understand was most

An overview of the physical threats to the Mangawhai Harbour and the value the harbour brings to the community is the first stage of the...