Tag: Global Warming
Bracing for El Niño
ire brigades across the country are bracing for an extremely dry El Niño summer and with it the elevated risk of wildfires, as local...
Chickens and the laws of physics
Last week I had family to stay – my twenty-something nephew and his friend, blown in from England after their exams. They landed in...
Sea temperatures up to 2.5 degrees above December norms
While we’ve all been basking in this year’s balmy ocean temperatures, warming waters around Waiheke and wider Hauraki Gulf are also a cause for...
Social cohesion taking a beating
Since our governing parliamentary circles seem to have abandoned any semblance of civility, respect for dissenting MPs views (however strong their mandates from the...
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...
How will island adapt to a rising sea?
Plans for how Waiheke will address the risks to infrastructure from rising sea levels and flooding are now open for community feedback.
Auckland Council is...
