Category: Environment
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A charter for Glen Eden?
I have had a law practice in Glen Eden now for over 30 years. I chose to set up there because the place really appealed and I lived nearby. It was relatively inexpensive, not too flash. And there was a real sense of community and the area was full of good natured down to earth…
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Housing affordability and urban form
Hugh Pavletich of Demographia has released its annual review of housing affordability. The results are not surprising. New Zealand continues to perform poorly on any matrix associated with affordable housing. From Radio New Zealand: The annual Demographia International Housing Affordability shows New Zealand has continued to be one of the most unaffordable countries in the world to buy…
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What can we do about climate change – air travel emission offset
Reprinted from the Standard. So it is 2019. We may have a decade left to get on top of the climate change crisis our world is facing. Imagine the year is 2050. The polar ice caps are gone. The centre of the earth is pretty well uninhabitable. There are a couple of billion climate refugees…
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Trixie Harvey acknowledgment
Text of my acknowledgment made to Trixie Harvey at the last Board meeting. Trixie Harvey, half of the prodigious BruceandTrixie Harvey died recently. I have known Trixie for 25 years. I met her and Bruce on election night in 1993. They were stalwart members of the Titirangi Labour Party and I had become active in…
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The big blue Waitakere report and fixing our water quality
The Waitakere Ranges Local Board has commissioned a report into water quality on the Manukau Harbour and the West Coast. The report, titled Big Blue Waitakere, has now been released for public comment. To be frank the water quality is appalling. This local board area has half of the region’s trouble spots. Wood Bay and Laingholm…