Category: waitakere ranges heritage area
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WRLB end of term report 2022 – Three years of living strangely
My review of the past three years on the Waitakere Ranges Local Board. It has been a term like no other with the effects of a global pandemic profound. Despite this we advanced much of what we wanted to do although TItirangi’s chickens are still a problem …
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The Waima Treatment Plant application – round 1 to Watercare
The Watercare decision has been released and the independent panel has chosen to grant Watercare’s application to clear 3.5 hectares of pristine bush in Waima located in the Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area. This is regrettable. I have said previously that in assessing the merits of this application the Waitakere Ranges Local Board’s concern is that…
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RIP John Edgar
Westie artist John Edgar has died. He was immensely influential and was directly responsible for the Waitākere Ranges Heritage Area Act being passed.
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The new term
The text of my speech for the inaugural meeting of the Waitakere Ranges Local Board. Can I first thank Mana Whenua for starting our meeting and our term in a most appropriate way. Can I thank everyone for attending this the inaugural meeting of the fourth Waitakere Ranges Local Board. I have had the privilege…
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Three years of living dangerously
Tena koutou katoa The end of a political term is always an opportunity to reflect on what has happened during the term, wonder about what we could have achieved but did not, and celebrate the decisions that we are proud of. And it is an opportunity to reflect on the nature of the job and…