Protect Te Wai Ōrea

28/11/2025

Resounding NO

📢 Auckland Council has released the results of public consultation on a proposed six-month trial of fortnightly kerbside rubbish collections in parts of Te Atatū Peninsula, Panmure / Tāmaki and Clendon Park / Weymouth.

Between 13-31 October 2025, the council received 5,086 submissions on the proposed trial. Of the submitters who responded to the question of trialling fortnightly rubbish collection in selected areas, 78 per cent of submitters opposed the trial, 4 per cent were unsure, and 18 per cent supported it.

The consultation results will now be considered by the Policy, Planning and Development Committee, which will make a decision on the future of the proposed trial at its next meeting in December 2025.

ℹ️ Read this article to find out important information about the proposal, how it works and next steps here: https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/media-centre/2025/november/consultation-results-released-on-proposed-fortnightly-rubbish-collection-trial/

02/11/2025

Border control neeeded. This is not good. Government fail

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) confirmed the millipede had been found in New Plymouth, and that it was also awaiting samples of a specimen from Nelson.

30/09/2025

Let’s celebrate Auckland Transport getting something right

29/09/2025

Bees can see a colour we can’t a combination of purple and ultraviolet called ‘bee purple’

18/09/2025

12/09/2025

Let’s protect New Zealand’s bats, our only land mammals by protecting their habitat - mature trees.
Here Gael Baldock and Billy Mclean talk about trees and bats
https://youtu.be/vG8yja5-psk
Let’s insist that any mature trees that are felled are left overnight before going in the chipper so that the bats that are not killed in the felling can escape, instead of whole colonies going through the chipper
We have lost 70% of our bat population in the last 10 years from the removal of Tree Protection
Vote GAEL for Waitematā Local Board

07/09/2025

Let’s protect New Zealand’s bats, our only land mammals by protecting their habitat - mature trees.
Here Gael Baldock and Billy Mclean talk about trees and bats
https://youtu.be/vG8yja5-psk
Let’s insist that any mature trees that are felled are left overnight before going in the chipper so that the bats that are not killed in the felling can escape, instead of whole colonies going through the chipper
We have lost 70% of our bat population in the last 10 years from the removal of Tree Protection