Category: Environment
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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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Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area Act – is it working?
By Greg Presland The Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area Act 2008 turned 5 this month and it is a good time to review how the Act is working and whether it is providing adequate protection for the Ranges. I was involved in the development of the Act. I can recall an early meeting when Jonathan Hunt…
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Titirangi’s trees – Death by a thousand cuts …
By Greg Presland I wrote previously about how the Government is having another attempt at removing blanket tree protection that Titirangi’s and Laingholm’s trees currently enjoy. As previously described an attempt was made in 2009 when the Government tried to remove blanket tree protection except for “trees or groups of trees” specifically identified in the…
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What does this Government have against trees?
By Greg Presland The Government in 2009 through changes to the Resource Management Act attempted to remove blanket tree protection rules in district plans. The language used was not clear but the intent was that any tree on an urban section with a building and reticulated water and sewerage could be felled unless it was…
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The Trees are safe for now …
By Greg Presland The Environment Court has struck a blow for tree protection. The Government through changes to the RMA enacted in 2009 removed the ability for District Plans to contain blanket tree protection rules. This really worried me. If my worst fears were realised then all trees on private land in Titirangi and Glen…