Submissions for the 2023 Auckland Heritage Festival are now open. Theme: Peace, Love and Protest Dates: Saturday 23 September to Sunday 8 October 2023 Inspired by 50 years since anti-nuclear protests were embraced by the nation, this year’s theme explores the events that defined who we were and who we...
The government has dropped their Biofuels Obligation Bill. The most likely outcome of the Bill would have been extra food being burnt as fuel, driving tropical deforestation and increased greenhouse gas emissions. Fuels obtained from organic material can be used to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions. However, they can also...
The Environmental Defence Society has published a report titled Environmental Advocacy in a Future Resource Management System. Authored by EDS Policy Director Dr Greg Severinsen, it investigates how advocacy could be improved as part of the reform process replacing the Resource Management Act. A key recommendation is the creation of...
The Colonial Ammunition Company Shot Tower in Normanby Rd, Mt Eden, a Category I and Category A heritage item, has been demolished. It had stood for 109 years and was the last remaining 20th century tower of its sort in Australasia. The tower was built to produce lead ammunition as...
Civic Trust Auckland is pleased to announce the publication of the book The Partingtons and their Mills by past Board member and past President, Munroe Graham. The book is due to be officially launched in March, but copies are already available for sale, having arrived in the country this month....
The world’s nations have reached a historic agreement to protect the world’s biodiversity. The Kunming-Montreal Global biodiversity framework negotiated at COP15 during December has resulted in countries agreeing to protecting 30% of land and water by 2030. The main points include: Maintaining, enhancing and restoring ecosystems, including halting species extinction...
Twelve grants of up to $25,000 each have been made available through Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga to marae, hapū, whānau and Māori community groups for projects that support the revitalisation of mātauranga Māori relating to ancestral landscapes and Māori built heritage. Six grants are under Ngā Riu o Ngā...
President Zelenskyy, in his address to the New Zealand Parliament on 14 December, urged our country to make a “unique contribution” and take into account the environmental aspect of Ukraine’s Formula for Peace. He said, “There is no true peace where any child can die from a hidden Russian anti-personnel...
ECO turned 50 this year! The Environment and Conservation Organisations of New Zealand is a network of groups that work together to share information, empower each other, support others, and tackle environmental and conservation issues. This year, they have updated their website to make it more user-friendly and effective. You...
25 November marked a milestone in the life of Queen Street, as the upgrades from Mayoral Drive to Shortland Street are complete, and Aucklanders and visitors can experience a more people-friendly, green and spacious street. Auckland Council, in collaboration with Auckland Transport and mana whenua, has converted traffic lanes into...