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Tuesday, January 21, 2025

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Environment

Heavy rainfall pushes dam levels above 50 per cent capacity

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Auckland’s dams have received a welcome top-up pushing them to their highest level since early April. Watercare today confirmed that while the dams still need...

AT commits to environmental trial to protect endangered fish

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An Auckland Transport (AT) environmental programme will see a population of endangered giant kōkopu fish protected on Waiheke Island. AT will finish the sealing of a 1491m section of...

Mary: inorganic policy is rubbish

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By Jim Birchall Buckland’s beach local, 79-year-old Mary Wilton is fed up with Auckland Council’s inorganic collection policy. The current system, allows for a ratepayer to...

Trap pests in your backyard

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The school pest free project is a first in Auckland and here’s an opportunity to learn about why and how residents can be pest...

Changing regulation biggest concern

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The issue that could have the greatest impact on the real estate profession over the next three years is changing government and local council...

Minister and Mascot visit Cockle Bay Primary

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By Jim Birchall Eugenie Sage, the Minister of Conservation and Land Information, has been spreading the message of conservation with a local school. She recently visited...

Save the Howick Horticultural Society

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The Howick Horticultural Society, now in its 96th year, could be facing extinction. Save the 96-year-old Howick Horticultural Society and preserve a slice of Howick...

Rainfall good for dams

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Despite heavy rainfall on Tuesday night – and the wettest August since 1992 – water utility company Watercare continues to warn Aucklanders to be...

Marking the millionth tree milestone with Puriri planting

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More than 50 Mission Heights Junior College Year 7 students joined 250 other volunteers at Totara Park last week to support Auckland Mayor Phil...

Good news for birds, bad news for pests

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It’s now easier for the community to join the fight to protect native bird species. Howick ward residents can now borrow pest traps from a...

Smoke testing begins in the fight against sewage overflow

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Smoke testing has begun in Cockle Bay in a bid to reduce wastewater overflows. This comes after local residents’ cries for help to stop sewage...

Students win cash prizes for destroying moth pods

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Six local schools, 10 teams and 38 students from different schools were all on a mission to banish an invasive species of moth pods...

Bucklands Beach erosion – time, tides & politics

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Erosion may be a slow process but the progress of local bodies to stop it in its tracks can feel slower still. Although the wheels...

Environmental green jam

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There’s up to $2000 to be won by students who are serious moth pod hunters—one pod at a time. “The best green jam ever” is...

Ducks ‘dying like flies’

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Kym Skelton recently pulled out three duck carcasses in different stages of decomposition from the Logan Carr Reserve in Botany. The Whitford resident, who moved...
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