Category: climate change
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Chair’s report October 2024 – Submission on Crown Minerals Bill
Submission on Crown Minerals Amendment Bill The local board has for a long time taken an interest in the Block Offer process for permits for exploration and drilling offshore for oil and gas. We have consistently opposed the granting of any permits in the local area. The reasons for our opposition are that the area…
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Chair’s report September 2024 – RIP Kingi Tuheitia Potatau Te Wherowhero
RIP Kingi Tuheitia Potatau Te Wherowhero Kingi Tuheitia Potatau Te Wherowhero died recently. As an Irish Catholic with somewhat Socialist tendencies I have always been lukewarm about the Kingitanga movement. But this year the leadership he displayed, during difficult times was extraordinary and really impressed me. He managed to unite Maori and provide important…
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About Auckland Council’s Shoreline Adaption Plans
Auckland Council is currently consulting about the future of Council assets in coastal areas affected by rising sea levels. Feedback received so far suggests people want this to be a much larger discussion involving the future of roads and private property, not just Council assets.
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Simeon Brown works to make transport system less sustainable
This week we have seen National confirm it will cancel the Auckland Regional Fuel Tax and this will cause the cancellation or suspension of many projects designed to address congestion. And it has been confirmed that axing the clean car discount has seen sales of electric vehicles plummet. And that electric vehicles will shortly pay…
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Sandra Coney – The Mayor’s Budget 2023/24
“Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!” * The Auckland Council is currently consulting on the proposed Mayor’s Budget 2023/24 which makes enormous cuts in funding for community, the arts and environment. This proposal is now out for consultation. It is critical that individuals, groups and community make their voices heard through this process.…