The 2021 Aotearoa Virtual Sustainable Development Summit is available to watch here. Main Stage Highlights: Mihi Whakatau, Opening Address and Q&A with Hon. Minster Nanaia Mahuta Comments from the Vice Chancellors of the University of Canterbury and Lincoln University regarding their commitment to the Summit Declaration Office of the...
Last year, the government passed laws to protect our remaining few wetlands. Now it is considering a proposal that would effectively strip wetlands of all meaningful protection. Forest & Bird’s petition is seeking the following: Protect fresh water: Stop the continued destruction of wetlands and encourage their restoration. Maintain meaningful...
Auckland Council has begun the development of a detailed business case for the restoration, modernisation and seismic remediation of the Leys Institute buildings following go-ahead given by Waitematā Local Board late 2020. Friends of Leys Institute co-ordinator Helen Geary (former CTA board member) is thrilled to get the news of...
September 19 is the day New Zealanders celebrate the granting of the vote to women. In this story in Our Auckland, Councillor Casey looks at the history of the suffrage memorial in Te Hā o Hine Place Place, including its being scheduled as a heritage site in 2016. Image: Councillor...
The much-loved St James Theatre, running between Queen St and the central library, was bought by Steve Bielby in 2014. It needed renovations, refurbishments and earthquake restrengthening. Renovations started, then stalled. Millions of dollars have been spent. $300 million is needed. The Queen Street-facing theatres of the West End and...
350.org is an international movement of ordinary people working to end the age of fossil fuels and build a world of community-led renewable energy for all. 1. A fast & just transition to 100% renewable energy for all Accelerate the transition to a new, just clean energy economy by supporting...
Forest & Bird, of which CTA is a member, have shared their resource library for reading during the level 4 lockdown. They have also shared these stories about electric vehicles and steel made without coal. And there is an F&B petition, signed by 3800 people, that they are encouraging more...
Over 3000 square metres of land in the middle of the existing Heritage Protection Area alongside Long Bay Regional Park has been purchased by Auckland Council. Long Bay is one of Auckland’s most highly visited regional parks, and with the nearby housing growth and development, visitor numbers are expected to...
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...