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17 August 2010
Historian Neva Clarke McKenna's contribution to the Doubtless Bay
community was recognised in the naming of Mangonui's waterfront boardwalk
in honour of her. FNDC
Media release.
June 2010
Change of frequency for Doubtless Bay Family Radio. Now 103.5 in Doubtless
Bay, 107.3 in Kaitaia and 88.3 in Kaeo and Whangaroa.
27 May 2009
Doubtless Bay has a regular bus service to and from Kaitaia with the Busabout
Kaitaia East Coaster service.
Departs Mangonui BP Service Station:
(Inland Road, Karikari - 25 minutes later)
Monday to Friday: 6.56 am
Tuesday and Thursday: 9.00 am and 1.58 pm
Saturday: 8.00 am
Departs Kaitaia Hospital:
Monday to Friday: 5.05 pm
Tuesday and Thursday: 7.56 am and 1.00 pm
Saturday: 1.00 pm
Fare:
Mangonui to Kaitaia - $5.00 one way
Inland Road to Kaitaia - $3.50 one way
26 July 2008
Ben Lutze of Taipa Sailing Club won the World Splash Championship held at Tavira, Portugal. The New Zealand team also won the Nations Cup for the most number of competitors finishing in the top ten positions.
Keziah Deverell, also of Taipa Sailing Club, was placed second girl in the competition.
3 November 2007
Northland's newest underwater attraction
The retired Leander-class frigate HMNZS Canterbury, originally commissioned
in 1971, was sunk in Deepwater Cove at Cape Brett in the Bay of Islands
on 3rd November. Be among the first to dive the HMNZS Canterbury.
Photos courtesy of Sallie Lakin (Cruise the Blue Diving)