Category: Environment
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Auckland Council consulting on special rates for kauri dieback and improved water quality
Consultation on Auckland Council’s budget for the next ten years is now open. Auckland Council is consulting on how much it should rate and what it should spend this on over the next decade. On the income side a general increase of 2.5% is proposed. Individual increases will vary according to the value of your…
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What does Auckland Council do now about Kauri dieback?
There is news that Te Kawerau A Maki’s rahui on the Waitakere Ranges is having some effect but not as much as hoped. From Jamie Morton at the Herald: While the rahui appeared to have discouraged many visitors in the days after it was declared in early December, the findings of surveys undertaken since suggested that…
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The new Government intends to take action on Kauri dieback
With new ministers now in place and getting their heads around some of the biggest issues faced in their portfolios the Central and Local Government response to Kauri dieback is being reviewed. From a Beehive Press release: The Government will move immediately to strengthen efforts to protect kauri trees from dieback disease, Biosecurity Minister Damien…
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Chair’s report December 2017 – Auckland Council’s Kauri dieback decision
Kauri Dieback Tiakina te wao nui a Tiriwa hei oranga mou (Treasure the great forest of Tiriwa and you in turn shall prosper) Te Kawerau A Maki’s declaration of a rāhui over the Waitakere Ranges has attracted a great deal of attention. I am glad to say that the overall response to the rāhui that…
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Auckland’s impending environmental crisis
I am not breaking any secrets by saying that Auckland’s environment is going backwards at an alarming rate, and that we are facing a crisis. The subject was discussed at a recent Waitakere Ranges Local Board meeting. From the Wester Leader report on the meeting: Auckland faces a loss of biodiversity “at a cataclysmic level” unless…