Category: climate change
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Chair’s report May 2018 – the Power of Community
Civil Defence and Piha Recent events at Piha have provided a good opportunity for Council to review its preparedness for emergencies. A major storm caused power outages for extended periods of time and then localised heavy rainfall caused flooding in Glenesk Road. Flooding had also occurred there in January after another localised downpour. A more…
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Lessons from the recent storm
The past week has been a difficult time for the West. A significant storm event has caused consternation to the west’s supply of power and major disruption to the day to day lives of westies. Now that things are settling down it is time to review what happened and what needs to be done to…
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Say goodbye to roads of national significance
One of the most appalling wasteful destructive things that National did when it was in power was to invest in so called roads of national significance. They were huge boondoggles, kept the base happy, provided high quality ribbon cutting opportunities, gave the impression that the Government was doing something but essentially they were a waste…
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Chair’s report September 2017 – Rimutaka Walkway, Kauri dieback and China
Rimutaka Walkway Neil Henderson has been heavily involved in the design and construction of the Rimutaka Walkway and deserves praise for his work. The walkway is now essentially complete and a formal opening is to be held soon. The walkway will help in linking the Woodlands Park community to the Landing Road walkway and improve…
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Chair’s Report April 2017 – Water water everywhere …
Text of my April 2017 Chairperson’s report to the Waitakere Ranges Local Board The environment, particularly water, is again dominating local news. A couple of recent storm events indicate to me very clearly that climate change is occurring and it is likely that these events will become more and more frequent. The first storm a…