‘Runoff threatens our kauris’

Nick Sharp and Ray Jensen, above right, are leading opposition to a plan to divert extra stormwater in Parry Kauri Park. Left, Stormwater is being diverted via a pipe under the road. Right, The system cannot cope with existing runoff, say campaigners. More than 40 people gathered at Parry Kauri Park in Warkworth to hear an impassioned plea against an Auckland Council resource consent to divert stormwater from an adjacent housing development into a natural stream running through native forest. The meeting was organised by Nick Sharp, a member of the Kauri and Native Bushman’s Association which ...