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We're holding a hearing-style event where you can book a 10 minute speaking slot to give our board members your feedback on their draft Local Board Plan. You can also attend to listen in as an audience member.
๐๐ก๐๐ง: Wednesday 29 July, 6pm-7:30pm
๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐: Waitematฤ … View moreWe're holding a hearing-style event where you can book a 10 minute speaking slot to give our board members your feedback on their draft Local Board Plan. You can also attend to listen in as an audience member.
๐๐ก๐๐ง: Wednesday 29 July, 6pm-7:30pm
๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐: Waitematฤ Local Board office, 52 Swanson Street
๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค: phone 09 353 9654 or email waitematalocalboard@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
You can read our draft plan & give feedback online - go to Read More.
A West Auckland man was nearly seriously injured this morning during a protest to protect dozens of mature native trees from development as one came crashing down right above him.
The dramatic scenes took place on Canal Rd, Avondale, where several sections originally home to 46 native trees, … View moreA West Auckland man was nearly seriously injured this morning during a protest to protect dozens of mature native trees from development as one came crashing down right above him.
The dramatic scenes took place on Canal Rd, Avondale, where several sections originally home to 46 native trees, believed to be about 100 years old, have been on the market.
Nearly two weeks ago arborists started their work to clear the site before protesters turned up, and managed to stall the chainsaws after about 10 trees were felled.
Abel, a veteran environmental activist and now Green Party candidate for New Lynn, has returned the past 12 days and managed to keep the chainsaws at bay by scaling various trees, earning a trespass notice in the process.
"It is an aggregious blot on the council that they have not done anything."
A report this month, and presented today to the council's Environment and Climate Change Committee, showed some parts of Auckland had lost nearly 10 per cent of their canopy cover in only a few years, largely due to development.
Hi neighbours,
From turning the roof of an old church into a lush backyard gazebo to making 50-year-old furniture look brand new with some white paint to turning actual rubbish into a toddlerโs toy set, lots of Kiwis are upcycling.
If you have an project that you'd like to show off โ … View moreHi neighbours,
From turning the roof of an old church into a lush backyard gazebo to making 50-year-old furniture look brand new with some white paint to turning actual rubbish into a toddlerโs toy set, lots of Kiwis are upcycling.
If you have an project that you'd like to show off โ whether youโve given something a fresh coat of paint or entirely changed its use โ enter it into Resene's Upcycling Awards on Neighbourly here. Entries close at midnight on August 2, 2020. Four great prizes worth $500 are up for grabs: a $200 Resene voucher and a $300 Prezzy card.
Our reporter Brook Sabin reckons this is one trip every Kiwi should try to do in their lifetime. Read more on the link below. Would you do it?
Ascheri, beautiful Italian wines. PM me if your interested. PDF attached off the wines. Dolcetto, Barbera, Barolo, Moscato,
Gavi, Metodo Classico
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Found a pair of headphones in Mt Eden near the village, seems to have fallen out of a car.
Flick me a message and describe them to get them back!
Tฤmaki locals Melema'u (Mel) and Tina own Melinaโs Takeaway, in Panmure.
โWeโve had so much support from the community. Itโs been great to be able to start a business in an area we know and love so well, and bring a bit of the islands to people living far from home.โ
There … View moreTฤmaki locals Melema'u (Mel) and Tina own Melinaโs Takeaway, in Panmure.
โWeโve had so much support from the community. Itโs been great to be able to start a business in an area we know and love so well, and bring a bit of the islands to people living far from home.โ
There are around 900 businesses in Tฤmaki. Together they create community, character, and local jobs. Whenever you can, shop where it makes the most difference.
Read more about Mel and Tina (and other local business legends like them) on the Tฤmaki AKL website.
The hunt is on for the best Indian cuisine, crafts and performances for this yearโs Auckland Diwali Festival, which is due to be celebrated on 31 October and 1 November 2020.
Applications for stallholders close Sunday, 2 August and applications for performers close on Friday, 7 August.
Hi neighbours,
Today, Stuff is launching a campaign to make Matariki a public holiday from 2021.
Plucked from obscurity and given the breath of life, since the turn of the century, Matariki has blossomed into an inclusive, popular event.
Tied to the rising of Matariki, the Pleiades star cluster,… View moreHi neighbours,
Today, Stuff is launching a campaign to make Matariki a public holiday from 2021.
Plucked from obscurity and given the breath of life, since the turn of the century, Matariki has blossomed into an inclusive, popular event.
Tied to the rising of Matariki, the Pleiades star cluster, in the night sky, the festival marks the start of te Mฤtahi o te tau, the new year.
Once a casualty of colonisation, Matarikiโs comeback has fostered greater use of te reo Mฤori, and recognition for Mฤori customary practices.
We believe it is past time to officially acknowledge all Matariki stands for in our national calendar. To learn more about Stuff's campaign, click here
The Department of Conservation has confirmed its controversial tahr culling programme is underway.
On Friday afternoon, DOC confirmed it had started its 2020-21 culling programme on Thursday, July16.
A DOC spokesperson said the department intends to undertake 60 hours of aerial control in the … View moreThe Department of Conservation has confirmed its controversial tahr culling programme is underway.
On Friday afternoon, DOC confirmed it had started its 2020-21 culling programme on Thursday, July16.
A DOC spokesperson said the department intends to undertake 60 hours of aerial control in the Aoraki/Mt Cook and Westland/Tai Poutini national parks, and another 65 hours in other areas of the conservation estate.
DOC operations director Dr Ben Reddiex said thousands of bull tahr and other tahr will be left for trophy hunters across 425,000ha of public conservation land, but in the 148,000ha national parks, New Zealandโs native species needed to come first. Read More...www.stuff.co.nz...
A Corner Stone
High upon a mountain top
Views looking out afar
Where our short-sighted views stop
Exists a planet for the Tahr
To live, to exist
Is the privilege at birth
A right shared by the Tahr
On this barren piece of Earth
Boots made from the hide
Of an animals skin
Will soon be worn by hunters,
To extinguish the life above, where the Tahr are living
Then this mountain high top
Will exist to give life
And this Tahr cease to exist
And this Corner Stone will have only cold fossils for life
The Government has thrown $124 million at reducing the countryโs growing waste pile, but not everyone agrees thatโs enough.
Local Government NZ says the funding should be matched with a โstrategic waste planโ, with the goal for New Zealand to be able to process its own waste onshore.
In … View moreThe Government has thrown $124 million at reducing the countryโs growing waste pile, but not everyone agrees thatโs enough.
Local Government NZ says the funding should be matched with a โstrategic waste planโ, with the goal for New Zealand to be able to process its own waste onshore.
In the last decade, the amount of waste at council landfills has increased by 48 per cent.
To read more, click here.
Hi neighbours, Auckland Council has begun work on a new marine pipeline that aims to reduce the water contamination at St Marys Bay and Masefield Beach. Check out this Stuff article to read more on the project.
In celebration of our 1909 George Croft Pipe Organ makeover, refurbished bellows and 111st Birthday, you are invited to an organ recital with a twist. Hear a variety of musical genres not often associated with this instrument by Helen Lukman-Fox B.C.M.
Enjoy a rare opportunity to see the insides … View moreIn celebration of our 1909 George Croft Pipe Organ makeover, refurbished bellows and 111st Birthday, you are invited to an organ recital with a twist. Hear a variety of musical genres not often associated with this instrument by Helen Lukman-Fox B.C.M.
Enjoy a rare opportunity to see the insides of an organ and how it works. A hands and feet on experience, not to be missed.
Hundreds of people marched through central Auckland as part of a hฤซkoi protesting the proposed new Auckland Regional Landfill site on Friday.
Private waste company Waste Management wants to build the rubbish dump in Dome Valley, on land between Wellsford and Warkworth.
It would replace the Redvale… View moreHundreds of people marched through central Auckland as part of a hฤซkoi protesting the proposed new Auckland Regional Landfill site on Friday.
Private waste company Waste Management wants to build the rubbish dump in Dome Valley, on land between Wellsford and Warkworth.
It would replace the Redvale Landfill and Energy Park in Dairy Flat, which is predicted to reach capacity between 2026 and 2028.
But the valley's iwi and landowners worry any breach in the dump's lining could spill poisons into the Hลteo River.
Fight the Tip, Save The Dome Mฤori liaison Mikaera Miru said the consequences of an earlier rฤhui at the site being ignored were โdevastatingโ.
โThis is the second biggest harbour on the planet, we need to look after it. It's Ngฤti Whฤtua food basket, we need to look after it and that's why we're here.โ
What other solutions to Auckland's waste problem do you think should be explored?
Hi Neighbours, The likely shape of Auckland Council's Emergency Budget is clearer with the mayor releasing his proposal for Thursday's final debate. Has he got it right ? Read the story below.
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