The BBNJ Team at the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade have shared an update regarding the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement). Since being among...
Parliament is expected to pass the Fast-track Approvals Bill into law in the next few days. The bill attracted about 27,000 submissions, mostly opposed. “It creates a fast-track, one-stop-shop for consenting projects of significant regional or national benefit and overrides environmental standards,” said EDS CEO Gary Taylor. “There have been...
Highwic’s annual pop-up Christmas shop is open Wednesday – Sunday, 10:30am – 4:30pm until Sunday 22nd December. Entry to the shop is free. The shop has lots of stocking fillers, tree decorations, and retro inspired gifts. Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Members receive a 10% discount. Highwic is at 40...
Our annual general meeting was held on the afternoon of Saturday 23 November at John Kinder House. Our president, Allan Matson, presented his report of the Board’s activities for the year, and the report will be emailed to all on the CTA database. The Board of 2023 was re-elected with...
Bird flu (highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1, or HPAI) is spreading around the world right now. It is a highly contagious virus that can affect any type of bird and also poses risks to mammals. The virus isn’t in New Zealand yet but we must be on the lookout for...
The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition are looking to produce a compilation video entitled “Say No to DSM.” They want lots of people saying “Say NO to deep-sea mining” on video. This is in preparation for when the Metals Company/NORI follow through on their intention to submit an application to mine....
It is almost 35 years to the week since His Majesty’s Theatre was reduced to rubble. The 1902 theatre and arcade were demolished despite the efforts of protesters, who included some Civic Trust Auckland members, one being our patron, Hamish Keith. At one protest, 29 people were arrested, among them...
The ‘Let’s Protect Our Environment’ consultation is open now until 8 December. Have your say on how the region should protect its natural environment and primary production from invasive species and new threats over the next decade. This consultation will ask what we can do to continue to protect things...
The Minister for Conservation Hon Tama Potaka has released proposals to modernise the country’s conservation system. The proposals are set out in two consultation documents and include streamlining the conservation management planning system, revamping the concession systems, providing more flexibility to exchange conservation land and charging for access to conservation...
Our event in the Auckland Heritage Festival for 2024 was a repeat of the event we held in 2023, namely, several tours of the St James Theatre. There were 105 people on the waiting list from 2023, and so we expanded the number of tours to six, with around 30...