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Handbrake on local cycling initiatives

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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?

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Aware as I am of many of the labyrinthine inner workings of the behemoth that is Auckland Council, I have, over the years, had...