Category: Waitakere Ranges
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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…
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The Spatial Plan unleased
Auckland’s Spatial Plan has now been launched. The document is an impressive collection of ideas but short on the technical details which everyone is looking for. It is definitely aspirational and economic growth and environmental protection targets are referred to without really attempting to work out the tensions between the two. The proposals that will…
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Get on yer bike and Vote!
By Steve Tollestrup It’s the last weekend of the election and there are only five days left to post your vote (though up until Saturday October 9th, 12 Noon you can drop off at any public library). Its time to make the right decision and vote for Future West. Take a careful look at your…
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Waitakere Ranges candidate Steve Tollestrup on why this election is important
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Nick Smith’s Contempt for Local Democracy
Steve Tollestrup Nick Smith’s contention this morning that ‘small’ councils do not have the expertise to make decisions on environmental issues such as oil and gas exploration in their regions should sound alarm bells with Waitakere voters. Nick Smith, who by the way is not an environmental specialist, but a civil engineer with a PhD…