The World Monuments Fund works with local communities around the world to safeguard irreplaceable heritage. Their biennial, nomination-based open call for the World Monuments Watch is now live. The World Monuments Watch is WMF’s signature programme, spotlighting places where heritage action can spark meaningful change by responding to urgent threats,...
EDS has lodged its final submission on the Planning Bill and Natural Environment Bill, including detailed tracked-change drafting to address significant weaknesses in the legislation. “This is the most significant and complex environmental law reform in decades. There is no more appetite for constant legislative upheaval, so the framework must...
Bug of the Year, organised by the Entomological Society of New Zealand, celebrates the fascinating creatures that make up more than half of our animal diversity in Aotearoa. You can vote for up to three nominees. Voting closes midnight, 16 February. Vote here. Image: Entomological Society of New Zealand
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga is running the Documenting Our Heritage photo competition for Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. Photographers of all skill levels are invited to capture Heritage New Zealand listed places across Auckland. Submissions are open until Friday 13 March. Categories: Best Overall, Best Junior (17 and under), and Popular...
The project is progressing steadily and is currently at the final stage of the Detailed Design phase. Documentation required to support the Building Consent (BC) application is being compiled, with the BC application anticipated to be lodged in February. Resource Consent has been successfully obtained. Soft demolition works and temporary...
This annual report started in 2018 and provides statistics and research highlighting the benefits Aucklanders gain from engagement with Auckland’s heritage places. The 2025 edition is in a shorter format and includes a poster, as well as a summary of research from heritage masters students on the adaptive re-use of heritage...
To meet its obligations under the Act and support all areas of its work, Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga frequently reviews and updates entries on the New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero The List has been developed since the 1970s under a succession of legislative requirements, and entries reflect the practices...
Plan Change 113 was officially withdrawn on Friday 12 December 2025. PC113 sought to provide greater protection to trees that had been identified as having significant historical, botanical or amenity values. It proposed adding 174 new individual trees and 29 new groups of trees to the Auckland Unitary Plan’s Notable...
The Environmental Defence Society is pleased to see that the government is no longer pursuing several terrible proposed amendments to the Fast-track Approvals Act. It has released an Amendment Paper to the Fast-track Approvals Amendment Bill today which strikes through most of the bad ideas. Independent decision-making Panels still have...
The government has today introduced legislation to parliament to replace the Resource Management Act 1991. There are two Bills – a Natural Environment Bill and a Planning Bill – a split which marks an abrupt end to more than three decades of integrated environmental management under the RMA. Collectively, they...