This report is the culmination of the Environmental Defence Society’s multi-year oceans policy work. Numerous reports and papers reach the same conclusions: Our oceans management system is not up to the job of managing the oceans well and we need to urgently fix it. In this final report, EDS proposes...
The Adaptation Gap is growing wider as we fail to implement the recommendations of the 2022 National Adaptation Plan. There is limited evidence that our attempts to implement the Plan are driving adaptation to climate change at the scale or pace needed. The Plan identified a number of critical Risks...
Climate breakdown and biodiversity loss are beginning to affect increasing numbers of people on a daily basis, affecting our physical and mental health, the food we eat and the places we live. David Spratt, Research Director, Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration, Australia talks about these issues. Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83930401332?pwd=JMiIwIR4iqBHWcvgiY9F2AUz1dFJdD.1 Meeting ID:...
Bird of the Year is Forest & Bird’s new book celebrating two decades of Aotearoa New Zealand’s Bird of the Year competition, featuring the colour, charm, and spirited chaos of Bird of the Year. It pays tribute to the birds that have captured the hearts of people across the motu....
Bird of the Year is Forest & Bird’s new book celebrating two decades of Aotearoa New Zealand’s Bird of the Year competition, featuring its colour, charm, and spirited chaos. It pays tribute to the birds that have captured the hearts of people across the motu. Doors open at 6:00pm, formalities...
The Changing Face of Auckland: a personal perspective on the city’s past by Richard Wolfe The series will finish with an illustrated talk by author and curator Richard Wolfe as he provides a personal perspective on the changing face of Auckland City. Wolfe has written and co-authored 38 books covering...
The Lost Neighbourhoods of Central Auckland by Tania Mace Tania Mace will provide a glimpse into the history of three lost central Auckland neighbourhoods during the city’s first century – Chancery Street, Greys Avenue and Princes Street – and the people who made them home. Mace is a freelance historian and...
The Lingering of His Majesty’s Theatre in the Auckland Imagination by Douglas Lloyd Jenkins Any talk of heritage or demolition in Auckland will spiral back to the demolition of His Majesty’s Theatre in 1988. Why does this single event resonate so strongly in the imagination of Aucklanders? Join writer and...
The annual general meeting of Friends of Regional Parks will be on Sunday 8 June at Ferndale House in Mt Albert. All members and supporters are invited. Guest speakers are: Councillor Ken Turner, Chair, Parks Committee: A Vision for Auckland Parks Scott De Silva, Manager of Regional Parks: What’s happening...
The annual general meeting of the Mission Bay Kohimarama Residents Association is on Tuesday 10 June. The meeting will be held in the re-opened community space in Tagalad Reserve. Speakers will be: Brooke van Velden – MP for Tamaki Desley Simpson – Orakei Councillor and Deputy Mayor Scott Milne –...