by Cimino | 13 May 2008 | Brainstorming breakfasts, Warkworth
The topics discussed at the Mahurangi brainstorming breakfasts are many and varied: governance of the region restoration of indigenous forest indigenous forestry reduction of sediment generation; and the opportunities for Warkworth township to play to its strengths....
by Richard Bromley | 30 Apr 2008 | Climate action, Warkworth
No doubt you are aware of climate change. Maybe you have heard of peak oil. But what can you do? Peak oil and climate change will drastically change the way we live. Food, transport and energy costs are predicted to soar. Weather patterns will change. Humankind will...
by Mahurangi Action | 22 Apr 2008 | Regional governance
PDF as lodged Introduction Submission in Brief Submission Detail Background of Submitter Introduction Mahurangi ActionMahurangi Action Incorporated, then known as Friends of the Mahurangi embraces this opportunity to discuss the needs of the Mahurangi in the context...
by Cimino | 16 Apr 2008 | Development design guide, Regional parks
Success after three decades bleatin’ into submission The locals’ vehicle-free concept blew the regional council’s plans for a road bridge across Te Muri out of the estuary. It was 1986 and test drilling in the bed of the estuary had rudely reminded locals that the...
by Cimino | 12 Apr 2008 | Regional governance
Mahurangi ActionThen known as Friends of the Mahurangi’s submission to the Royal Commission on Auckland Governance could be its one opportunity to have its say on the subject. Or not. It all depends on what the government does with the commission’s recommendations,...
by Cimino | 6 Apr 2008 | Regional governance
It seems difficult to credit it now. When the editor’s family moved to Waiwera, in 1959, the local council offices were in Greys Avenue, Auckland. Coming from Te Kūiti, which had its own council offices, this seemed bizarre. But much that is taken for granted about...
