Category: Community
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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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Submit!
What sort of city do you want to live in? If you do not wish to live in a city that is going backwards environmentally, artistically and socially then please submit on Auckland Council’s Draft Annual Budget.
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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.…
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Council’s proposed budget is unfair to Waitakere Ranges
Auckland Council is currently consulting on the Mayor’s proposed budget. One of the headlines is that the Mayor is asking local boards to find 5% savings of our total budget. Of itself this does not sound so bad. But unfortunately when you dig into the detail, as I have done, the consequences are somewhat dire…
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What to do if your land has a slip
I went to Paturoa yesterday morning on a quiet and still day and took this photo. It was serene, but the cliffs bore the scars of some significant slips, parts of the foreshore was washed away and there is still a car deposited on the edge of the cliff as a reminder of the fury…