3 March is UN World Wildlife Day, the day the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) was signed in 1973. The day celebrates and raises awareness of the world’s wild animals and plants. World Wildlife Day 2021 has the theme “Forests and...
The Hotel Titirangi (Former), Te Uru Gallery and the Treasure House (Former) have been added to the New Zealand Heritage List as a Category 1 historic place. The complex has functioned as a hub for the arts community since 1986. “It has been a long journey for the Trust (and...
The Save Canal Road Native Trees group is asking for people to add their signatures to their open letter to the developer of the Canal Rd site, requesting that he meet with them to work together for a resolution. The community effort to save the stand of native trees at...
Auckland Council’s 10-year budget for 2021-2031 is open for public consultation until 22 March. This “Recovery Budget” will increase the council’s total capital investment from $26 billion to $31 billion over the next 10 years to deliver infrastructure for transport, housing and water, help stimulate jobs, and respond to the...
On 5 December, a fire damaged St Stephen’s Church in Ponsonby. The nave was heavily impacted, and the building needs extensive repair. The church is a Heritage New Zealand Category 2 listed building made of kauri. Church Minister Rev. Grant Ridout says, “Many people grieve the loss of the stunning...
A new report has found that the health of up to 800,000 New Zealanders could be at risk from nitrate in our drinking water. Nitrate is colourless and tasteless. It mainly comes from synthetic nitrogen fertiliser and urine from cows, working its way into rivers and groundwater. High levels of...
Caring for the Landscapes of Aotearoa New Zealand is the final synthesis report from EDS’s 18-month, in-depth investigation into landscape management, co-authored by EDS Policy Director Raewyn Peart, Solicitor Cordelia Woodhouse, Environmental Policy Researcher Dr Deidre Koolen-Bourke, Policy Researcher Shay Schlaepfer and Manaaki Whenua Kairangahau Māori Lara Taylor. Ms Peart...
Coromandel Watchdog has a petition which asks the government to place an immediate moratorium on accepting any applications for and any further processing or granting of any prospecting, exploration or mining permits on, in or under public conservation land in Aotearoa New Zealand, including stewardship land, administered by the Department...
The government will scrap the Resource Management Act and replace it with three news pieces of legislation. The three new Acts will be: Natural and Built Environments Act (NBA) to provide for land use and environmental regulation, Strategic Planning Act (SPA) to integrate with other legislation relevant to development, and...
The government is to introduce a range of measures to reduce the carbon footprint of the vehicle fleet. It intends to introduce legislation to establish a Clean Car Import Standard. The standard is proposed to begin in 2022, with a target in 2025 of 105 grams of CO2/km being...