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Welcome to Kaukapakapa's Community Website

The Kaukapakapa Area Residents and Ratepayers Association (KARRA) has developed this website to bring you news of KARRA's activities, and also as a place where Kaukapakapa community information can be placed. Please let us know if there is any business, sporting, cultural or any other community information that you would like us to put on this site. You can email us at admin@kaukapakapa.org.nz or you can mail the information to us at P.O. Box 8, Kaukapakapa 0843.

If you want to contact any of the KARRA committee members you will find their contact details on the Contact Us page.

To become a member of KARRA you can complete the application form online on the Members page or you can download the form here and send it to our Secretary.

To see previous KARRA committee meeting minutes click here

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KARRA Committee for 2009 - 2010

Following our Annual General Meeting on 23 April 2009, KARRA's executive team for 2009 - 2010 remains unchanged - Dr Neville Miller has been reappointed as Chairman, Bruce Cowan as Deputy Chairman, Rodney Pomfrett as Secretary and Hugh Maclennan as Treasurer.

We also welcome three new members to the KARRA committee - Megan Paterson, Judi Candy and Paul Candy - who will join returning committee members Pat McMahon, Athol McLachlan, Dennis McAulay, Colin Beddow, Pip McAlwee, Crispin Caldicott, Nigel Bennetts and Kee Chan. KARRA will retain the same sub-committee groups as last year, with each committee member expected to be involved in more than one group. The sub-committees are - Kaukapakapa Structure Plan, River Clearance, Rodney Power Station, Local Body Affairs, and Communications.

Please don't hesitate to contact KARRA committee members if there are any matters you would like discussed at our monthly meetings. Our email addresses are listed on the Contact Us page.

We also expect to continue holding quarterly 'open forum' meetings where local residents can attend committee meetings to discuss specific items of interest with the committee. We'll advertise upcoming 'open forum' meetings here on the website.

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Submissions wanted on Kaukapakapa Electricity Substation, cnr Wyn Close & Kahikatea Flat Rd

The Rodney District Council has notified a 'Notice of Requirement for a Designation' for an Electricity Substation on the corner of Wyn Close and Kahikatea Flat Road. Vector proposes to build a 33/11 kV electricity zone substation on the site, to be fully enclosed within a 200 sqm building, the highest point being 8m. Submissions close 4pm on Friday 29 May 2009. The full Notice of Requirement and accompanying information may be viewed at the Council’s offices at Centreway Road, Orewa; at Baxter Street, Warkworth; State Highway 16, Huapai and Commercial Road, Helensville, any time the above places are open to the public. KARRA received an information sheet from Vector which you can download here.

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Proposed Gas-fired Rodney Power Station

'STOP RODNEY POWER STATION' Campaign

Genesis Energy is proposing to build a 480MW gas-burning baseload power station in Kaukapakapa. The joint ARC/RDC hearing for Genesis Energy's resource consent, plan change and variation applications concluded on 31 October 2008. Dr Neville Miller, Bruce Cowan and Pip McAlwee gave a three and a half hour presentation to the hearing panel on 6 October. A further submission from KARRA, responding to supplementary evidence from Genesis Energy, was presented to the hearing panel on the final day of the hearing.

The Auckland Regional Council commissioners granted thirteen resource consents for the project on 11 December 2008. Genesis Energy has appealed some consent conditions to the Environment Court. On 26 March 2009 the Rodney District Council commissioners approved the special zone plan change and variation to the District Plan, and two further resource consents. KARRA then sought legal advice on appealing the decision to the Environment Court, and presented this advice to residents at a community meeting on 23 April. The closing date for filing an appeal against the special zone plan change and variation decision is 15 May 2009. For more information, visit www.stoprodneypowerstation.org or email KARRA's power station sub-committee at info@stoprodneypowerstation.org