Tag: Tamaki Estuary
Howick Local Board weighs in on mayor’s proposals
By Laura Kvigstad, Auckland Council reporter funded by New Zealand on Air
Howick Local Board members have called for urgent action on Tāmaki Estuary...
Environmental art contest’s People’s Choice winner announced
Auckland artist Kate Parker has earned the People’s Choice Prize at this year’s Estuary Art and Ecology Awards.
The awards competition and its associated exhibition...
Dolphins seen swimming at Bucklands Beach
The Times is giving local youngsters who want to write stories – which we’ll publish on our website and in our new digital publication –...
Eel conservation inspires top art prize winner
By Carlos Norton, AUT Journalism Student
This year’s Estuary Art and Ecology Awards has embraced its ecological theme more than ever, with Matthew Dowman’s...
Estuary Art and Ecology Awards finalists revealed
The finalists in the prestigious Estuary Art and Ecology Awards for 2024 have been announced.
They are Hannah Arnold, Alexander Bailey, Ngahina Belton-Bodsworth, Cathy Carter,...
Eagle helicopter assists in search for thieves
The police’s Eagle helicopter was seen above east Auckland in the early hours of this morning as part of a search for two suspected...
Clarke wins 2023 Estuary Art and Ecology People’s Choice Award
Well-known east Auckland artist Tony Clarke has won the People's Choice Award in this year's Estuary Art and Ecology Award at Uxbridge Arts and...
Bate’s work wins at Estuary Art and Ecology Awards
Lisa Bate's entry, entitled Suspended Deposits, has won the 17th annual Estuary Art and Ecology Awards.
The work makes reference to findings of trace pollutants of...
Estuary Art and Ecology Awards finalists announced
Congratulations to this year's finalists for the 17th Estuary Art and Ecology Awards.
This year there were more than 80 incredible entries which judge Benjamin...
Deadline looms for Estuary Art and Ecology Award submissions
There are fewer than three weeks left for art submissions for the 17th Estuary Art and Ecology Award.
Artworks will be exhibited in the Malcolm...
Estuary art awards prize pool $10,000
Last year saw a record number of entries for the Estuary Art & Ecology Award which now enters its 17th year.
The competition is lauded...
Fears closing hardstands could spread pests to estuary
By Laura Kvigstad, Auckland Council reporter
Funded by New Zealand on Air
The Howick Local Board fears pest species could reach the Tamaki Estuary as boat-cleaning...
Entries open for environmental art contest
Entries are now open for people wanting to take part in east Auckland's most prestigious annual art contest.
The Estuary Art and Ecology Award is...
‘Fishing is killing shags’
East Auckland resident Corina Hooper has seen first-hand the devastating impact that fishing has had on the pied shag population within the Tamaki Estuary.
Pied...
Combining environment and reading
A Howick woman's exhibition works have been displayed in Farm Cove Intermediate's library for students to enjoy and learn from.
Local author and artist Marilyn...
Winners of Estuary Art and Ecology Award revealed
Artist Wesley John Fourie has been named the winner of the environmentally-themed 16th annual Estuary Art and Ecology Award.
Last weekend at the Uxbridge Malcolm...
Tāmaki Estuary seagrass returns
Tamaki Estuary is slowly showing signs of ecological recovery after several decades of poor health.
One of most encouraging signs appears to be the gradual...
Submissions open for Estuary Art and Ecology Award
Uxbridge Arts and Culture is inviting artists to participate in the upcoming Estuary Art and Ecology Award.
In its 16th year, the prestigious environmentally-themed award...
UXBRIDGE calls for entries for Estuary Art and Ecology Prize
It’s nearly time to enter the Estuary Art and Ecology Prize, now in its 14th year, with a prize pool of $8300.
Successful entries will...
Plights and delights of the Tamaki Estuary
The Uxbridge Centre will host the 13th Annual Estuary Art and Ecology Awards on Saturday.
The finalists entries feature the plights and delights of the...
Volunteers target plastic at beaches
Eighty people volunteered on Sunday in the last of four beach clean-ups around the Tamaki Estuary.
Half the volunteers sat down on the job, because they were...
All washed up – two vessels confirmed rescued
Two boats are confirmed as having slipped their moorings overnight last Thursday following extremely high winds.
This vessel above was captured on camera by the...
School planting day to launch TREEmendous makeover
Anchorage Park School in Pakuranga will become a TREEmendous school next term when they transform an unused area of their school field into an...
Pied shag colony in trouble
The starved body of a young pied shag is a harsh reminder that Auckland's only suburban pied shag colony is dwindling.