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There is funding to save Wanganui Collegiate but not Kauri
The 2013 budget contains $2 million new money so that Wanganui Collegiate can be solved but the end of funding for research into how Kauri can be saved even though research is showing promising results. There is something wrong with these priorities. I blogged recently about the Government’s failure to continue funding of research into Kauri Dieback…
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The Unitary Plan and Glen Eden
The Unitary Plan has caused some consternation amongst Aucklanders in the Eastern Suburbs and on the North Shore. But out West the response has been much more muted. Following I offer some thoughts why this is so. Auckland Council’s Unitary Plan has been released in draft form and is available for comment. It has caused some angst…
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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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Submit if you want to save Titirangi’s trees …
By Greg Presland As previously described, the Government is proposing to remove blanket tree protection for Titirangi’s and Laingholm’s trees. If the Resource Management Reform Bill is passed then the Council will only be able to protect trees by specifying them or groups of them located on a specific property in the District Plan. This…
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Cats and the Waitakere Ranges
By Greg Presland This is a picture of my family’s cat Doris when he was a kitten. Cute eh. I regret to say that he has turned into a psychopathic killer of local birdlife and I am deeply ashamed of the effect he has had on the local bird population. Gareth Morgan has been the…