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Article – Susan Botting – Local Democracy Reporter More than 20 million trees and other natives will be planted around New Zealands biggest harbour in the groundbreaking $200 million dollar Kaipara Moana Remediation project. Ruawai on the shores of Kaipara Harbour Alan Wilcox, a senior manager for … More than 20 million trees and other natives will be planted around New Zealand’s biggest harbour in the groundbreaking $200 million dollar Kaipara Moana Remediation project. Ruawai on the shores of Kaipara Harbour Alan Wilcox, a senior manager for the Kaipara Moana Remediation interim ma...

Ruawai on the shores of Kaipara Harbour Alan Wilcox, a senior manager for the Kaipara Moana Remediation interim management unit, said planting the trees was the foundation of a new intergenerational approach. First plantings are planned this month. They will be the start of New Zealand’s biggest harbour restoration programme — across 6000 square kilometres of land with more than 8000km of waterways. Tame Te Rangi, chairman of the governing body Kaipara Moana Remediation joint committee, said it was positive to see the community working towards improving the health of the harbour. He said ...

Murdered British backpacker Grace Millane's family backs new UK law banning rough sex defence 3 May, 2021 07:28 PM 3 minutes to read Almost every move made by Grace Millane's killer was tracked on CCTV. Video / Supplied NZ Herald The family of murdered British backpacker Grace Millane is backing the introduction of a new law that will see the ban of a rough sex defence being used for murder. The new law is set to come into effect in England and Wales this year. It comes just over two years after Millane was killed during a Tinder date while on a trip in Auckland in December 2018. The date hap...

'As low as I've seen': Aucklanders urged to continue saving water as shortage continues Newshub 3 hrs ago © Newshub. Watch: Aucklanders urged to continue saving water as shortage continues. New Zealand's lack of rain is in no way helping Auckland's water shortage problem. Dams around the city are only around half-filled with some restrictions on use still in place, and Aucklanders are being urged to continue saving water. The bare land at a dam in Auckland's Waitakere Ranges shows just how dry the situation is. It's somewhat of a Sunday drive tourist attraction for out-of-towners. When J...

When John visited a few years ago, the water was overflowing. "It would be coming from over there and just flowing over the wall and trickling down, but with all of it trickling down it was quite a stream," he says. For locals who see it all the time, the change is also obvious. "Sad to see the low levels in it. I have to say certainly it's as low as I've seen it, ever," local Robyn says. Water restrictions began for Auckland last May to try to combat a historic drought. One year on, the city is still experiencing a water shortage.