Draft RPMP open for submissions
Now that Forestry has been brought into the Te Arai fold, Auckland Council has opened up for submissions on the draft Regional Park Management Plan (RPMP). This plan covers all of Auckland’s parks. and Te Arai is the most north east of all of them….
Online AGM
SAVE Te Arai will be having their online AGM at 7pm Tuesday 30th of November. We have been attempting to schedule and reschedule a more conventional AGM for the last few months but Covid has thwarted all efforts, and with a large proportion of our…
Submissions against MORE sand mining at Te Arai close 10 Dec 2021
With the ongoing offshore sand mining (OS) resource consent application still ongoing (and recently transferred from Kaipara Ltd to McCallum Brothers Limited), McCallum Brothers Limited have lodges two more RC applications for Inshore (IS) and Midshore (MS) mining. The info for these public notified applications…
Huge changes to Forestry
While the rest of us have been coming to grips with the repercussions of the Delta strain of Covid 19 there has been a lot of movement down in Forestry. For those based in Northland and haven’t visited for a while please brace yourself for…
Keep an eye out for the Fairy Terns
Breeding season for our shorebirds is coming around again. The DOC and AC Park Rangers have been busy with a small army of volunteers, erecting fences around nesting areas and signage to help educate and guide the public along Te Arai beach and the DOC…
Submissions open for Regional Park Management Plan review
UPDATE*** Submissions are now open until Monday 26th October – submit yours today so you don’t get sidetracked over Labour Weekend.*** Due to Auckland Council being council all the hard work that those put in submission on the Te Arai Park plan review was shelved…
Submissions on offshore dredging open 8 May 2020
Submissions have opened from the public in response to Kaipara Limited’s resource consent application to continue to remove sand from both norht and south of Te Arai Point for the next 20 years CLICK HERE to go to the Auckland Council portal to view all…
Near end of a species
The developer of a luxury golf course north of Auckland is harming the rare bird on its logo, conservationists claim. David Williams reports. read more here
Open cast mine planned for Te Arai Point
We have received this info from Lake Road Preservation Society which outlines the issues facing Te Arai from a vast expansion of the existing mine at Lake Road, please take the time to view their video and sign the petition: Open Cast Mine planned for…
Auckland Council Environment and Community Committee meeting October 2017
It has been a while since our last update but rest assured our crew of volunteers have not been resting on our laurels, there has been countless hours of emails, meetings and phone calls with council working towards better outcomes for the community and the…
