Scotts Landing News
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2026 Community Picnic
Over 80 residents attended the annual Scotts Landing Picnic on Sunday 1 March at Scott House. Once again the picnic weather was ideal, and locals

Easter Weekend Weed Blitz
MERRA is once again making it easy to dispose of your pest weeds. With support from Northland Waste and Chris and Helen Russell, a skip

MERRA Newsletter – February 2026
Check out the latest community newsletter from the Mahurangi East Residents & Ratepayers Association here. In this month’s edition: Daring rescue of runaway boat Dog

New Marine Protection Areas
19 new marine protected areas came into effect in the Hauraki Gulf/Tīkapa Moana on 25 October 2025, including two new areas in Kawau Bay (click

New dog rules at Scott Point
Auckland Council has announced new rules for exercising dogs at parks and beaches. For Scott Point in the Mahurangi East Regional Park, the new rules

MERRA pressure prompts harbour clean-up
As recently reported in Mahurangi Matters, the Harbourmaster has removed a large amount of illegally dumped rubbish from the Mahurangi foreshore after pressure from MERRA to

Power Outage Tips
Thanks to Stuart Windross for preparing a handy set of tips for dealing with power outages, which unfortunately do occur from time to time in

New MERRA Constitution Approved
The Mahurangi East Resident and Ratepayers Association Inc. (MERRA) adopted a new Constitution at a Special General Meeting (SGM) held on 11 July 2025. The

2025 MERRA AGM
The 56th MERRA Annual General Meeting was held on Sunday 4 May 2025. Read the minutes here. The meeting included a guest presentation from Paul

Changes to Rubbish Collection
Along with the rest of Rodney, Scotts Landing will be moving to a new rates-funded rubbish service from 2 September 2025. This will replace the current

Scotts Landing Community Picnic
It was great to see so many people enjoying the sunshine and the company at the annual Scotts Landing Picnic on Sunday 2 March at

Scotts Landing Facebook Group
Have you ever wanted to get in touch with others in Scotts Landing to let people know about an upcoming event, locate a missing pet,

Caring for Our Walkways
In response to recent suggestions, MERRA is setting up a team to focus on walkway maintenance and development. The initial priorities will be on tidying

Mahurangi East Regional Park – Volunteers Wanted
Progress is being made on developing the recently acquired section of the Mahurangi East Regional Park, and a public access plan is currently being developed

Myrtle Rust
Myrtle Rust has been observed recently at Scotts Landing and then confirmed through the central reporting tool for Myrtle Rust which is the iNaturalist website.

War on Rats
MERRA DECLARES WAR ON RATS For over thirty years, MERRA has been controlling rats on public land. In recent times, MERRA has received funding from Predator Free

Scotts Landing Historical Trail
The Scotts Landing Historical Trail is a MERRA initiative to install a series of six bench seats at key vantage points on the peninsular. Each seat