Please take a moment to read this important (slightly edited) report from our good friend, Chris Martin, who is the General Manager at Insite Security: Last night (Friday, Nov 29th), we kicked off our Patrols of Omaha Beach for this summer and while it was reasonably quiet overall we had 2 separate encounters with illegal…
Many people at the northern end will know about the lovely little playground and amazing sand dune hill at Archies Park in Excelsior Way – a lot of children and grandchildren have played there! Unfortunately, however, there is a problem with some people dumping tree prunings, weeds, grass clippings, etc on the hill – it’s…
Omaha stormwater improvements – project update
Great news that the OBC (Chris Allen) and the Omaha Beach Golf Club (Geoff Smith) have successfully negotiated with the Auckland Council for the replacement of the roof on the clubhouse. As the OBGC’s weekly update reports “The Council has agreed to repair and replace the entire roof, gutter and downpipes (at their expense –…
A further update from the Auckland Council – see Whangateau Harbour Esplanade Reserve ACM Clearance_Letter to residents
Hi, all – please see the attached letter from Auckland Council in regard to the asbestos-containing material on Whanagatau Harbour Esplanade Reserve. Letter – Omaha Beach Community Inc
Action initiated by the Omaha Beach Community Inc. has resulted in changes to the proposed Freedom Camping in Vehicles Bylaw. The upshot of these proposed changes will mean a continuation of the current protections for Omaha Beach. However, the changes mean that Auckland Council must again undertake a public consultation process. This means that we…
UPDATE FROM AUCKLAND COUNCIL: Proposed Freedom Camping in Vehicles Bylaw Friday 23 August 2019 Tēnā koe, Following deferral of the Freedom Camping In Vehicles Bylaw in June, our Governing Body received the hearings panel report this week and decided to refer the draft bylaw back to staff for further investigation. You can read more about…
Phil Goff is now calling for the Government to change the law around freedom camping, saying the community doesn’t feel it’s appropriate for people to park up within urban areas. Clink the link here to see the TV interview …
In the past month there have been three burglaries in the northern end of Omaha. It is believed the same offender/s are responsible for all three break-ins. In all three cases the properties appear to be holiday homes and had no alarm system. It could well be that it is someone renting in Omaha and…