Category: watercare
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The term ahead for the Waitakere Ranges Local Board
I have the privilege of being re elected as chair of the Waitakere Ranges Local Board and Michelle Clayton is the deputy chair. This is an excerpt from my speech to this term’s inaugural local board meeting.
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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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Auckland Council’s emergency budget
The Emergency Budget consultation is now under way. Auckland Council’s budget consultation documents suggest there is no business as usual option for Auckland Council. And they are correct. But I am worried that the draft focusses entirely on financial matters and ignores the community and environmental repercussions of what is clearly an austerity budget. The…
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Chair’s report February 2020 – Waitangi day, Watercare and our Greenways Plan
This is my first report for the new year. Already the year is off to a flying start and probably the same as for the rest of you the holidays are a distant memory … Water We are in the middle of a gloriously warm summer. Also dry, too dry for a number of westies.…
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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…