Harbour hui

May 13, 2024 9:29am

May 13, 2024 9:29am


A community hui will be held at the Goat Island Discovery Centre this Wednesday, May 15, to talk about ways to monitor and manage environmental changes in the Whangateau Harbour.

Sustainable Seas has pulled together a toolbox of possible approaches based on its meeting with Whangateau Harbourcare members last year, and other community and iwi engagement.

The project team will present and discuss a tailored toolkit and answer questions. Anyone with an interest in the Whangateau Harbour is welcome to attend. The hui starts at 5.30pm.

$1500 fine for illegal fishing at Goat Island

07/10/2016

A West Auckland architect has been fined $1500 after being convicted of catching snapper in the Goat Island marine reserve. Karl Fenning, aged 44, pleaded…

 /Mahurangi News

Shark chatter recorded

29/04/2025

Researchers at the Leigh Marine Laboratory have upended the notion that sharks are silent.Marine biologist Carolin Nieder was studying shark hearing for her PhD when…

 /Environment

Crayfish crisis worries marine scientists

15/10/2018

Auckland University scientists are calling for an expansion of the Cape Rodney-Okakari Point (Goat Island) Marine Reserve to stop crayfish numbers dwindling to an all-time…

 /Environment