Tag: Hunua Ranges

The first phase of the latest pest control operation in the Hunua Ranges parkland, neighbouring Department of Conservation (DOC)-administered land and some private land,...

Dam levels have risen past 90 per cent for the first time since February 4, 2019. Recent rainfall events have had a positive impact on...

Water levels in Auckland dams have nudged over 60 per cent capacity, the highest since February. The region's population has been closely watching personal water...

Water levels in Auckland's dams are creeping up following good rainfall over the past week. The region's population has been closely watching personal water consumption...

More dry weather means Auckland’s dams may again drop below half full, but Council controlled organisation Watercare says the city’s water supply is in...

Water restrictions are likely to remain in place this summer. A long-range weather forecast reaffirming earlier predictions of an extremely dry spring means it’s now...

Auckland Council rangers swooped to the rescue of a juvenile kōkako at the weekend. The bird turned up several weeks ago in the Cossey Dam...

Our dams are slowly but surely filling up but are still way off water levels for this time of year. But there is still more...

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...

Heavy rain over the weekend has topped up the dams a little. Watercare reports that 21.5mm of rain fell yesterday in the Hunua Ranges bringing...

The region’s dam levels are slowly edging upwards but are still way off normal capacity. According to Watercare’s latest drought status update (as at Monday),...

Steady and often heavy rainfall is making small but incremental rises in water levels in Auckland’s drought-hit dams. In the Hunua Ranges 14mm of rain...

While last week’s much-needed heavy rain was welcomed by water utility company Watercare, the region’s dams are still well-short. The dams in the Hunua Ranges...

Auckland Council is pleased with the decision by the Environment Court released on 21 September confirming that it can go ahead with its planned...

The Hunua Ranges will shortly get another dosing of 1080 to combat possums, rats and stoats. Auckland Council’s second planned aerial pest control operation in...