Category: Waitakere Ranges
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The Great Tree Massacre coming to Titirangi soon …
By Greg Presland I blogged previously about the Resource Management Reform Bill and the threat it poses to Titirangi’s trees. The bill proposes the removal of blanket tree protection and for a Titirangi Tree to be protected it, or a group of trees that it is in, will have to be specifically identified in a…
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There is funding to save Wanganui Collegiate but not Kauri
I blogged recently about the Government’s failure to continue funding of research into Kauri Dieback disease. The recent draft report into the operation of the Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area Act 2008 shows clearly that Kauri Dieback is the biggest natural threat to the natural health of the Waitakere Ranges. Yet despite this the Government has…
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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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What does this Government have against trees?
By Greg Presland The Government in 2009 through changes to the Resource Management Act attempted to remove blanket tree protection rules in district plans. The language used was not clear but the intent was that any tree on an urban section with a building and reticulated water and sewerage could be felled unless it was…
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Waitakere Ranges Regional Park redux
By Greg Presland Thanks everyone for your comments concerning the Waitakere Ranges Regional Park. The Board has reconsidered the issue and at its last regular meeting passed the following resolution: That the Waitakere Ranges Local Board: 1. Confirms that the Board’s view is that the Waitakere Ranges parkland should remain part of the Regional Parks network…