27may14 - Former Harbour Board and former NRC building, Whanagrei Town Basin. PICTURE/Michael Cunningham NAG 17Oct14 - PAGE 32PAGE 3PAGE 5 NAG 17Oct14 - BUILDING IDEAS: The former harbour
27may14 - Former Harbour Board and former NRC building, Whanagrei Town Basin. PICTURE/Michael Cunningham NAG 17Oct14 - PAGE 32PAGE 3PAGE 5 NAG 17Oct14 - BUILDING IDEAS: The former harbour
Councillors have voted to hold a binding referendum in March next year about what to do with the old Harbour Board building in Whangarei's Town Basin.
The decision came at the conclusion of a rowdy meeting this afternoon, where insults were thrown and traditional council protocol was ignored.
After muchheated discussion, councillors finally voted for an amendment to allow further assessment of the Harbourside proposal before holding a referendum to establish whether to choose one of the two proposals, or demolish the Harbour Board building completely.
Put forward by councillor Brian McLauchlan, the amendment was voted for by councillors Hermon, Glen, Morgan, Bretherton, Cutforth, Williamson, Halse, Martin, Innes and Bell, while councillor Crichton Christie abstained and mayor Sheryl Mai voted against it.
