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URGENT! Shoreline Adaptation Plans – what does it mean for Piha/Karekare??

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file:///C:/Users/Sandra/Documents/3rd%20attempt/Documents/Documents/WRLB/da52f4837c2261b34681d48d832423e8_DRAFT_Shoreline_Adaptation_Plan_for_Whatipu_to_South_Head.pdf file:///C:/Users/Sandra/Documents/3rd%20attempt/Documents/Documents/WRLB/5781d3e12e0faa6388a244e7d1464138_Draft_Shoreline_Adaptation_Plan_for_Manukau_North.pdf The Waitakere Ranges Local Board was unhappy about the consultation on the Shoreline Adaptation Plans (SAPs) or the Manukau North Coast and the Whatipu to South Head of  [ Read More ]

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Maps released of landslides from Cyclone Gabrielle

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  Auckland Council’s Recovery Office has just released its geotech GHD report which has done the background work behind the categorising of properties affected by Cyclone Gabrielle. It contains some  [ Read More ]

Categories: Geology, news, Uncategorized

Have your say on Council’s Long Term Plan 2024-2034

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I have put together this submission which addresses the LTP. Feel free to borrow from it. It does contain some non-Waitakere subjects particular on parks, Port of Auckland and airport  [ Read More ]

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Just released – two-year kauri dieback report

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file:///C:/Users/Sandra/Documents/3rd%20attempt/Documents/Documents/regional%20parks/20231220%20Kauri%20dieback%20management%20programme%20annual%20report%2020212022_20222023%20combined.pdf

Fisherman drowns at Anawhata

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https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2023/10/fisherman-dead-after-being-swept-off-rocks-at-anawhata-beach.html

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COMVITA SUPPORTS PIHA THROUGH MĀNUKA PLANTING

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Piha community members turned out on Saturday to the Old Piha Schoolhouse, to make patties that are a tool in restoring land that was damaged in landslides during Cyclone Gabrielle.  [ Read More ]

Categories: Green News, news, Uncategorized

Rescue crews respond to call out for fisherman at Piha

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Ambulance, helicopter and surf club responded to an early morning call on Sunday 8 October and found a fisherman clinging to rocks near the Nun Rock at the south end  [ Read More ]

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Drowning at Piha

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A person is reported as drowned at The Gap, Piha, on 22 September. One report says the person hit his head and fell into the water. Passersby attended to the  [ Read More ]

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Man rescued from Piha cliffs

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A man was successfully rescued from cliffs at the south end of Piha beach after becoming stuck as darkness fell on 10 September. Tasman Lookout Track is closed after damage  [ Read More ]

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Proposed vehicle speed to drop to 30 kph at Piha

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Auckland Transport is reducing speeds all over Auckland and Piha is included. AT proposes that speeds on all roads at Piha are reduced from 50 kph to 30 kph. This  [ Read More ]

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