The Whangarei District Council supports community groups for a variety of events, amenities and services through our community funding scheme. They want to hear from not-for-profit community organisations who are working to benefit our communities of place, of people and of interest. If you need support with a project or activity that is helping to […]
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Activism is not something you associate with David Sarich and yet he has picked up his brushes and painted a 1.2 x 2.4-metre mural to protest against the proposed Chicken farm south of Dargaville. Reading an article written by the author, writer Therese Sjoquist, Sarich commented ‘ Painting is another language; a more truthful language, but
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Michael Botur Northlanders have achieved highly in this year’s National Flash Fiction Day competition, which celebrates one of the shortest forms of creative writing. 13-year-old Jana Heise, who was raised in Whangarei, won the NFFD Youth Award on June 22. Her story was performed, with those of other Northland and national finalists, at a workshop
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Join the Creative Communities Scheme funding assessment committee Love the arts? The Whangarei District is looking for people to help assess for Creative Communities Scheme funding. They’re particularly interested in hearing from representatives of the youth (16-20 years), disability and migrant communities. There are two funding rounds per year when you’ll be involved, and each
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The Northland Youth Summit 2018 was held in Whangarei at North Tec from the 5th – 7th of September. This was a platform for young people to develop the confidence to speak up about the issues and future aspirations that matter to them and their communities. This is a FREE event for youth aged 12-24 in Northland with 80
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