Category: waitakere ranges heritage area
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Chair’s report – Woodlands Park responds to Watercare, a world record and the Cistine Chapel of Glen Eden
Following is my chair’s report for June 2017. Watercare The Watercare board has decided that the site of the new water treatment plant will be in Woodlands Park and Oratia has been excluded from further consideration. I attended the board meeting where the decision was made. Watercare’s chair person Margaret Devlin added three riders to…
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Chair’s Report April 2017 – Water water everywhere …
Text of my April 2017 Chairperson’s report to the Waitakere Ranges Local Board The environment, particularly water, is again dominating local news. A couple of recent storm events indicate to me very clearly that climate change is occurring and it is likely that these events will become more and more frequent. The first storm a…
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The water treatment plant, Watercare, Parker Road and Exhibition Drive
The past month has been dominated by news that Watercare is considering two sites for a new water treatment plant and that Exhibition Drive in Titirangi may be under threat. The old plant in Woodlands Park is reaching the end of its natural life and will need replacement fairly soon. And this has caused Watercare…
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The Unitary Plan is heading to the High Court
Auckland Council has passed the Unitary Plan. But now the appeal and review processes kick in. As at the end of the statutory mandated timeline there were 105 appeals or applications for review filed. One of them has been filed by the Waitakere Ranges Protection Society. It relates to the decision of the Hearings Panel…