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Wednesday, 21 July 2021, 4:50 pm The Tree Council has today lodged an appeal in the Environment Court against the decision to grant consent for tree removal and earthworks to enable Watercare’s Huia Water Treatment Plant to be built on Manuka Road in Titirangi. The broad community campaign collaborating on the case to date also includes Forest & Bird, Titirangi Residents & Ratepayers Association, Waitakere Ranges Protection Society, Titirangi Protection Group and Save Our Kauri Trust. The community team brought a total of 10 expert witnesses to the recent 3 day hearing. This hearing was en...

Kauri conservationists fear bureaucracy will suck up new funding from Budget 2021. Over the Waitākere forest canopy it's not hard to see the damage kauri dieback has done. Photo: RNZ / Dan Cook A total of $28 million has been allocated for a National Pest Management Plan to fight kauri dieback. Government departments started working on the plan in 2017 but it is still incomplete. The pathogen is threatening kauri with extinction and it is not known exactly how far it has spread. Northland Regional councillor Jack Craw said he was grateful the funding was allocated but it was "manifestly ina...

Concerns about road safety and speed limit reviews were among issues aired at a road hui.

NRC/Supplied Nursery coordinator Matthew Mabbitt releases the Pauesia nigrovaria wasps, in the hope they will establish in the nursery and eventually spread. Fortunately, the tiny host-specific wasp The Northland Regional Council has released 30 mated females of the tiny wasps at its poplar and willow nursery in Mata, south of Whangārei. It’s hoped they will establish and spread. The wasp lays eggs in the aphids to hatch and consume their host, before emerging as an adult, leaving their now mummified nursery behind, said councillor Jack Craw​, who is chairman of the council’s biose...

Northland biosecurity: Wasps recruited to kill Northland's willow aphids 27 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM 3 minutes to read Tiny parasitic wasps are released into willows by Northland Regional Council nursery coordinator Matthew Mabbitt at the NRC's Mata poplar and willow nursery near Whangārei. Tiny parasitic wasps are released into willows by Northland Regional Council nursery coordinator Matthew Mabbitt at the NRC's Mata poplar and willow nursery near Whangārei. Northern Advocate One of the released Pauesia nigrovaria wasps with a ballpoint pen nib for scale. SUP270421NADwasps4.JPG The target pest;...