Selected suburbs in the Manurewa and Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board areas will be used to trial efforts to reduce the amount of contamination in recycling bins. More than 15 per cent of Auckland’s recycling is contaminated with non-recyclable items, increasing costs to council and seeing items that could be recycled ending...
A memo from the Waitematā Local Board to the Friends of the Leys Institute has outlined a path for the upgrading of the Leys Library and Gymnasium, which were closed in December 2019. An indicative business case has confirmed the preferred option is to earthquake strengthen and refurbish the buildings...
A Greenpeace investigation in 2018 revealed that New Zealand’s plastic rubbish was being shipped off to countries in Southeast Asia – and it’s still happening. Over 98,000 metric tonnes of our plastic waste has been exported to since January 2018. More than 46,000 tonnes of it has been shipped to...
Auckland Council is offering grants of up to $50,000 as part of the $500,000 Waste Minimisation and Innovation Fund / Te pūtea Whakamōkito Para me te Auahatanga. Information here. Image: Auckland Council
Applications are now open for 20 grants of up to $25 000 for iwi, hapū and hāpori Māori projects supporting revitalisation of vulnerable mātauranga Māori. The grants come as part of the Government’s Mātauranga Māori Te Awe Kōtuku program, which funds initiatives to safeguard at-risk mātauranga from the ongoing threat...
The Climate Change Commission has published submissions received during consultation on Ināia tonu nei: a low emissions future for Aotearoa. These are at www.climatecommission.govt.nz/submissions. Submissions where the submitters did not consent to publishing have been excluded and some have information redacted, for example, personal or commercially sensitive information. Submissions received...
These Auckland Council grants aim to: support the protection, restoration or enhancement of Auckland’s environment encourage Aucklanders to adopt environmentally sustainable lifestyles. The grant value that can be applied for is $5000 – $40,000 Applications close 27 August. More information Image: Auckland Council
Plant at Atiu Creek Regional Park or a reserve near you. Atiu Creek Regional Park, Kaipara Harbour Friday 13th August (Planting Day) (9:45am-2:30pm) Saturday 14th August (Planting Day) (9:45am-2:30pm) Sunday 22nd August (Planting Day) (9:45am-2:30pm) Wednesday 25th August (Planting Day) (9:45am-2:30pm) Saturday 28th August (Planting Day) (9:45am-2:30pm) Saturday 4th September...
St David’s Church in Khyber Pass has been saved. Ted Manson ONZM, patron of Friends of St David’s Trust, who has supported the project to save St David’s since 2015, has purchased all three properties to secure the church building. The funds that the Friends of St David’s raised under...
G20 governments break their promises as spiraling carbon emissions from fossil fuels are linked to heatwaves in Asia and Europe this month BRUSSELS – Countries across Europe are suffering from the impacts of an extreme heatwave, which is affecting millions of people in large parts of western and central Europe....