RMA reform and the NBA

RMA reform and the NBA

What is the Resource Management Act (RMA) reform and the Natural and Built Environments Act (NBA)? In February 2021, the Government announced it intended to replace the Resource Management Act with three new laws. These would be the: Natural and Built Environments Act...
Waitakere Ranges Bibliography

Waitakere Ranges Bibliography

Much has been written about the Waitakere Ranges over the years, but here is a selection of publications that you might find interesting.Some are now out of print, but many are still available in book shops and most can be borrowed from Auckland Libraries. If you know...
Myrtle Rust

Myrtle Rust

Waitakere Ranges Protection Society president John Edgar said it’s probably just a matter of time until Myrtle rust infects the native forest on Auckland’s west coast. Myrtle rust has been discovered in a Kerikeri nursery. Myrtle rust is a plant pathogen...
New Zealand Dotterels

New Zealand Dotterels

NZ dotterels need your help at North Piha Volunteers wanted A group of nationally vulnerable tuturiwhatu pukunui, or Northern New Zealand dotterels, nested at North Piha last summer. Auckland Council put measures in place to protect the nests and the chicks managed to...