Month: May 2013
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Can Nick Smith override the Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area Act?
Reprinted from waitakerenews.blogspot.com The politics of the Auckland Housing accord are concerning. It came out of huge pressure being applied on Auckland Council by the Government. Either Auckland was to expand its borders or it would lose some of its planning powers. This was never a Central Government decision. Under the conventional hierachy Auckland…
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There is funding to save Wanganui Collegiate but not Kauri
The 2013 budget contains $2 million new money so that Wanganui Collegiate can be solved but the end of funding for research into how Kauri can be saved even though research is showing promising results. There is something wrong with these priorities. I blogged recently about the Government’s failure to continue funding of research into Kauri Dieback…
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There is funding to save Wanganui Collegiate but not Kauri
I blogged recently about the Government’s failure to continue funding of research into Kauri Dieback disease. The recent draft report into the operation of the Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area Act 2008 shows clearly that Kauri Dieback is the biggest natural threat to the natural health of the Waitakere Ranges. Yet despite this the Government has…
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The Unitary Plan and Glen Eden
The Unitary Plan has caused some consternation amongst Aucklanders in the Eastern Suburbs and on the North Shore. But out West the response has been much more muted. Following I offer some thoughts why this is so. Auckland Council’s Unitary Plan has been released in draft form and is available for comment. It has caused some angst…