Tutukaka Coast Ratepayers and Residents Association (TCR&R)

• Support the welfare of the Tutukaka Coast and improve its community facilities
• Inform its members of their rights and obligations relating to the environment, resource management, planning and other issues
• Communicate between its members and local, regional and national authorities and organisations
• Encourage the restoration of the environment to preserve the natural character of the coast
• Consult, co-operate, and act in conjunction with other organisations
  
  
  

Putting up the WELCOME sign at Ngunguru ($1600), including a garden surrounding the sign with some financial help from Whangarei District Council (WDC)

Setting up First Response unit

Publish a monthly magazine (FOCUS)

Publish a local phone book

Successfully lobbied to have election boundaries changed in order to have the Tutukaka Coast be part of Whangarei (not Bay of Islands)

Set up Retirement Village

Convinced WDC to have rubbish bins in several locations all year round

Improvements to roads, footpaths and public toilet

Establishing and maintaining several recreational facilities

The TCR&R gave several grants to community groups in the last few years:

• Retirement Village gardens $ 500
• Memorial Hall $ 5000
• First Response $ 9000
• Fire Brigade $ 1000
  
  
  

- Ngunguru Sand Spit - village beautifications - water supply - speeding cars - sewage ponds - fires on beaches - dogs on beaches - effluent from boats - better parking around shops - bottle bis - we have a representative on the Marina Trust - Ngunguru transfer station - water supply -

Join the Tutukaka Coast Ratepayers & Residents Association If as a resident of the coast you are interested in the well being of the area, membership of the TCR&R can offer you many benefits. We invite you to participate in our monthly meetings, write to us of your ideas or complaints or have your say through our monthly magazine, Focus. If you have valid community concerns, the Association will take the problem to the appropriate body. -------------- Membership Form: Name: Phone: Delivery Address: Membership $ 2; Membership plus FOCUS magazine $ 10; Out-of-area-postage for FOCUS add $ 5   Please send completed form and cheque to: TCR&R  PDC Ngunguru WHANGAREI Att: Leonie Broome