Handbrake on local cycling initiatives
The current funding squeeze at Auckland Transport could see Waiheke’s Bike Hub forced to reduce its service and operating hours, but it is unlikely...
No anchoring – Palm Beach and Onetangi to get controlled area notice?
Around 60 people gathered at a public meeting held at Onetangi Hall on Wednesday 23 October to gauge public appetite for a controlled area...
What a ‘splendid’ hour of fishing in the Hauraki Gulf once looked like
If this photograph once seemed amazing, now it is shocking. If the caption was once jaunty, it is now nauseating. It hasn’t, as meme...
Uniting against commercial fishing in gulf
Opponents of a government amendment to the proposed Hauraki Gulf/Tīkapa Moana Marine Protection Bill gathered at Oneroa Beach on Sunday.
The protest, organised by Forest...
Amendment backtracks on commercial fishing ban in Gulf
The Hauraki Gulf is a delicate ecosystem, home to the critically endangered Bryde’s whale, biologically important fish species and at-risk seabirds.
The Hauraki Gulf Forum...
Time to get your gear on
Cycle Action Waiheke is celebrating the arrival of spring with a warm-up for upcoming Biketober month. Waiheke’s ‘Best Day of the Year Ride’ will...
Extra costs only account for a third of petrol price gap
Waiheke fuel is more expensive than petrol on Stewart Island for the first time, as the Commerce Commission releases the findings of its recent...
The adaptation game
Aware as I am of many of the labyrinthine inner workings of the behemoth that is Auckland Council, I have, over the years, had...