Category: Environment
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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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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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Tree protection for urban trees to be restored
The Government is set to overturn the previous National Government’s laws that prevented proper protection of urban trees and which has seen a stampede of urban tree removal.
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Auckland Council’s finances – there is no crisis
At the risk of being described as financially illiterate I thought I would set out why I think Auckland Council selling its airport shares is a particularly silly thing to do and why Council’s finances are not in a status of crisis.
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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.