Council considers request to make temporary aggregate work site permanent
A Downers works depot opposite the Waiheke Community Resource Recovery Park on Ostend Road, has been operating on ‘temporary industrial activity’ consents for seven...
Island’s oldest banded dotterel dies at 25
Waiheke’s oldest banded bird, a dotterel named Gook, has died at the grand old age of 25.
“It’s the end of an era, really,” says...
Group still in bureaucratic limbo after critical support ended
After seven months of stalemate, waiting for a bureaucratic knot to be untied for the restoration of a critical support service, the families of...
All Kiwi kids deserve a future filled with hope
Waiheke resident Liz Greive, founder of Share My Super, writes in the wake of last week’s Stats New Zealand child poverty data that shows...
Auckland Council’s Annual Plan out for consultation
Auckland Council’s draft annual plan for 2026/2027 lays out the mayor and council’s vision for the region over the next year, including $3.9 billion...
Reversal on commercial fishing in protected areas brushed off as ‘PR spin’
National Party and Minister of Conservation Tama Potaka’s campaign manifesto to restrict commercial fishing in the Hauraki Gulf if re-elected cannot be trusted, says...
Rock pool harvesting ban could be extended to Waiheke
Government officials are investigating a potential total ban on rock pool foraging throughout Auckland, including on Waiheke.
Recently, the government imposed a two-year closure on...
Snapshots of seafloor reveal hidden biodiversity in proposed marine reserve
A recent seafloor survey has revealed a vibrant and complex underwater world, with even more biodiversity than expected within the area of the proposed...
