My AccountCockle mystery investigated
Wed, 17 Feb 2021
Rebecca Gladstone-Gallagher will check on the cockles over three years. A three-year study into why the cockles in Whangateau Harbour aren’t growing to adulthood starts...
/EnvironmentWhangaparāoa first to get Coastal Management Plan
Mon, 15 Feb 2021
Auckland Council has chosen Whangaparāoa Peninsula for its first Coastal Management Plan. The plan sets out a sustainable approach to coastal management, looking at what...
/EnvironmentFarmers fear for stock as bores run dry
Mon, 15 Feb 2021
Desperate farmers are organising a public meeting to investigate groundwater extraction permits in the Tomarata/Te Arai district. This follows reports that bores are running dry...
/EnvironmentProtesters mobilise to contest sand mining ahead of hearings
Mon, 15 Feb 2021
The William Fraser sand dredging vessel. A resource consent hearing for an application to dredge two million cubic metres of sand offshore from Mangawhai and...
/EnvironmentDwindling soil resources prompt national response
Mon, 15 Feb 2021
Rural production property land use and area change 1996-2016, Core Logic (2017) – based on rural valuation categories. Food could become more expensive if the...
/EnvironmentCool $800,000 for highway reseal
Wed, 3 Feb 2021
Motorists might have noticed that a large chunk of Hibiscus Coast Highway, from East Coast Road up Silverdale Hill, has just been resealed – it’s...
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