INTRODUCTION On 11th June, tenders close for the Mortgagee Sale of a stunning block of undeveloped coastal land at Baring Head, right at the eastern entrance to Wellington Harbour. Together with Forest and Bird, the East Harbour Environmental Association, and other environmental and recreational organisations, Wellington Natural Heritage Trust Incorporated is hoping that Greater Wellington [...]
New sonar devices to aid bat bounce-back A long-tailed breed of little Hamilton natives, who navigate by sonar, is threatened with extinction by hungry rats and loss of suitable trees. So Environment Waikato (EW) and Hamilton City Council (HCC), along with the Riverlea Environment Society, have launched a new conservation initiative called Project Echo to [...]
Biosecurity officers at Auckland International Airport won’t need to clean any dirty shoes belonging to a select group of international scientists arriving next week for the 5th International Phytophthora working party meeting. These scientists know the importance of controlling the spread of this class of micro-organisms whose name means “destroyer of plants”.
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is pleased that the proposal for a new cycle trail in Hawke’s Bay has been given approval by the Ministry of Tourism to move to the feasibility stage. The application was submitted by Hawke’s Bay Regional Council and its business unit Venture Hawke’s Bay with the support of Hawke’s Bay MPs, local Councils, and community [...]
Auckland City Council will review its schedule of protected trees in preparation for the Government’s removal of blanket tree protection effective from 1 January 2012 through the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Act passed in October. The review will cover the scheduled tree list in the isthmus and central area sections of the Auckland City [...]
A competition will be rerun to design a gateway sculpture for the northern entrance to Wellington City following the decision by Wellington City Council and the Wellington Sculpture Trust not to pursue the Hook of Maui and Receding Waters. The sculpture, a collaboration by Claude Hidber, Taika Waititi and landscape architects Wraight & Associates, was [...]
Today’s (24 September) Christchurch City Council meeting agreed to make public its purchase price of the Ellerslie International Flower Show. The decision followed a recommendation earlier this month from the Chief Ombudsman that the Council should disclose the amount it paid for Ellerslie.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has successfully prosecuted Te Awamutu company Land Milling Limited and its director Nicholas Ashmore in relation to offences against the Forests Act 1949 and the Forestry (Indigenous Timber Milling) Regulations 1993. The court sentenced the defendants to a total of $12,000 in fines and costs for the breaches. Land [...]
