The Flagstaff Notes

By Rob Drent

getting around for young people. But that convenience comes at a price, with the risk of accidents, and potential dangers and inconvenience for pedestrians, dog walkers, cyclists and motorists.

Discarded helmets and the scooters often become junk littering the streets.

Elsewhere in the city, they are sometimes picked up from streams and waterways.

I wonder if we really need these cheap, imported fleets that will quickly end up in our landfills.

Auckland Council took a cavalier approach to public safety when it failed to temporarily close off Cyril Bassett Lookout at Stanley Point after an audit found gaps in picket fencing above the cliff face, which were big enough for a small child to slip through.

The hoops residents need to go through over fencing swimming pools are legion. Is a fence on a public reserve next to a clifftop any different?

It’s highly disappointing to learn that sewage has been flowing for months into Ngataringa Bay (story page 5).

Older readers will recall the massive fight in the 1970s to save the bay from development. Devonport Borough Council voted to allow a developer to reclaim the bay for housing, but at a subsequent election the council was replaced by a group who overturned the decision. It came at a price: a special rate had to be instituted to pay costs incurred by the developer. The late Mike Pritchard, and others who fought so hard to save the bay, would be appalled that it is being polluted by sewage from council drains.

Walkers Needed

Lil Luka’s is growing and is hiring regular part-time independent contractors for 9am - 1:30pm shifts on weekdays

Do you like walking dogs in public spaces on the North Shore?

Do you love dogs and do dogs respect you?

Are you happy and do you find that animal antics make you smile and laugh?

Do you have a phone and a vehicle?

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