Category: Environment
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Chair’s report – November 2020 – Derivatives, Open Studio and acknowledging a community hero
My November report where I comment on Council’s derivatives policy, talk about the joys of Open Studio, report on Community Waitakere’s year and an important speech by their chair David Kenkel, and acknowledge a community hero Ian Henderson.
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Auckland’s tree protection problem
Currently in Auckland far too many of our magnificent trees are not protected. Here is what I think the Government and Auckland Council should do to change this.
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Time to end Guy Fawkes?
Guy Fawkes day is fast approaching. It is that day of the year when we celebrate an act of terrorism that occurred on the other side of the world involving a direct attack on a democratic institution by burning fires and letting off combustible devices that scare domestic animals and threaten widespread fire. You may…
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Chair’s report – June 2020 – International media goes wild about Titirangi’s chickens
It has been quite a week. My last chair’s report referred to the re-emergence of Titirangi’s chickens and it appears that the media picked up on this. Seven Sharp ran a light hearted piece on the re-emergence of chickens in Titirangi post Covid. Then the Guardian ran with the issue and I was interviewed and…
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Chair’s report May 2020 – Vision West’s food bank, Council’s emergency budget and Titirangi chickens redux
Vision West and food parcels It has been good to get out of lockdown. While I enjoyed the slower pace of life, the quietness of our streets and the cleanliness of our skies it could not last forever. Although I hope that we do not lose what we have learned during that time, including that…