Canon Oceania 2023 Environment Grant now open

Canon Oceania has launched its biggest ever grants programme, with $25,000 worth of funding and product on offer to environmental groups, community organisations, and schools around New Zealand.  The winning recipient will receive $5,000 ($2,500 cash, $2,500 product) and also has an opportunity to win a Content Development Package valued...

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Preventing seabird bycatch

The Ministry for Primary Industries is reviewing the rules for preventing seabird bycatch in the surface longline fishery.  Some of the species inadvertently captured are already threatened or at risk of extinction. There are proven techniques fishers can use to reduce the number of seabirds caught. Forest and Bird have a...

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Support for native bees

John Kinder House, with support from the Auckland Botanic Gardens, has become a botanical pollinator sanctuary for bees and other pollinating insects, to ensure the continuation of plant populations. Native bees are some of the visitors to the garden around the house. There are 28 species of native bees in...

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New site for Erebus memorial

The Ministry of Culture and Heritage is now seeking a new site for the Erebus memorial instead of Sir Dove-Myer Robinson Park. “It’s been a team effort to defend a taonga that could not defend itself,” Dame Naida said. “No one opposes a memorial to those lost at Erebus. The...

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Corban’s Estate NZ Heritage listing event

A listing recognition event was held last month for Corban’s Winery and Mt Lebanon Vineyards (Former), now a Category I historic place.  Founded in 1902 by winemaking pioneers from Lebanon, it has  outstanding significance for demonstrating the key contribution of migrants from outside northern Europe in the development of this...

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Feedback on Auckland Council’s Annual Budget

41,146 Aucklanders had their say on Auckland Council’s proposed Annual Budget 2023/2024, the largest amount of feedback received for any public consultation by the council. The feedback will now be considered by the Governing Body and local boards as they work through final budget decisions. The full regional feedback report...

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Plant natives, remove pest plants and animals

Help save Tāmaki Makaurau’s backyard birdsong by planting native plants in your backyard to create a secure environment for our native birds to move around in. Find out about planting natives in your backyard. Add diversity with native plants. See more. Clear your backyard of pest plants, particularly moth plant,...

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Ban bottom trawling

Yesterday, hundreds of people gathered at Mission Bay to call for an end to bottom trawling in the Hauraki Gulf – Tīkapa Moana. There were people on yachts, dinghies, waka, kayaks and paddleboards and on the beach. The Hauraki Gulf is a national treasure. Once abundant, the gulf has been...

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