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Luke Kirkness: We need to be smarter with how we reduce and reuse water
14 Apr, 2021 10:00 PM
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The School Strike for Climate Change in Tauranga.
OPINION:
We re in hot water with the environment.
We all know the outlook is bleak, something NZME science reporter Jamie Morton is driving home stronger than ever this week. As Morton pointed out, the best-case scenario is global warming stops somewhere between 2050 and 2070.
The worst case is that, by 2100, New Zealand temperatures end up more than 3C above present and sea levels rise one metre or even higher.
The best-case scenario is that global warming stops somewhere between 2050 and 2070. Photo / George Novak
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Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 12:58 pm
There are just three months left for community groups to
apply for a portion of this year’s Bay of Plenty Regional
Council Environmental Enhancement funding, with grants of up
to $25,000 per project available.
Overall the Regional
Council has $300,000 available to environmental community
groups in the Bay of Plenty through the fund, which supports
local projects that aim to enhance, preserve or protect the
region s natural or historic character.
He Matapuna
Akoranga a Hawea Vercoe (Hawea Vercoe Memorial Fund) grants
are also funded through the EEF to help Kura Kaupapa Māori,
Kohanga Reo and bi-lingual schools in the region with
The debate over the wards has caused controversy after an initial vote on the issue earlier this month was not in favour of establishing a ward in time for the 2022 elections. Councillors voted to push the issue out in favour of public consultation. However, days later the council back-peddled following a meeting between Hamilton Mayor Paula Southgate and Waikato-Tainui representatives. The mayor and five councillors then said they would revoke that decision at Thursday’s meeting.
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Hamilton Mayor Paula Southgate has back-peddled after initially voting against installing a Māori ward at the time she said she couldn t support the introduction of Maori wards without first consulting the wider public (file photo).