A project is underway to refurbish the heritage 1908 Māori Hall on 5 Edinburgh St, Auckland Central (just off K Rd) and activate this historic space for community events, to support youth development, the arts, creativity and wellbeing. The Māori Hall has lain derelict since 2008, when it was last...
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...
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...
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 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...