Aotearoa Collective for Public Transport Equity has a petition on Action Station that calls for the Minister of Transport to implement free public transport for Community Service Card holders, full- and part-time tertiary students, and under-25s nationwide. The petition states that New Zealand should be a place where everyone can...
If you’re curious about the history of your home or a local Victorian villa or a bungalow and you want to know more, this video will help you find answers. It was recorded at the Epsom Community Centre on 8 May 2021. Experts from Auckland Council’s Heritage Unit, Archives, the...
CTA is a member of the Character Coalition and has received the following update: It has been quite some time since you received an update from the Coalition. After a supreme effort during the Unitary Plan, we needed a while to get over what felt like a trouncing. For some...
The Environmental Defence Society has welcomed the release of Parliament’s Environment Select Committee report on the government’s proposed replacement for the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) – the Natural and Built Environments Bill. “The drafting of some of the key front-end provisions of the Bill, including its purpose and principles,...
A book by Nicola McCloy and Jane King published today by Penguin Random House New Zealand looks at the stories behind some of our historic buildings. McCloy and King travelled throughout the country to uncover stories of the people associated with buildings that range from basic stone cottages in barren-looking...
This year, CTA has submitted its choice of five birds for Forest and Bird’s Bird of the Year competition. They are as follows:
The letter below was published on October 29. Photo: Sandy Austin, Flickr: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0
The Ōrākei Local Board has voted to challenge the proposed Resource Management Amendment Bill, which targets the city’s need for intensive development and the building of more homes, more quickly. The local board has questioned the need for the proposed bill and recommended the government should be asked to “pause...
Media Release – Civic Trust Auckland Housing Supply Bill should build on heritage rather than destroy it Civic Trust Auckland (CTA) is concerned about the government’s new Housing Supply Bill that would permit the building of up to three homes of a maximum of three storeys on most sites...
A damning new report released today by Greenpeace Indonesia has revealed the New Zealand dairy industry’s role in supporting illegal palm oil plantations and destruction of protected Indonesian rainforests. The report – called ‘Deceased Estate’ – documents palm oil plantation expansion in national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, and even UNESCO sites,...