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Scoop
2 hours ago
- General
- Scoop
Auckland Council Notifies Plan Change 113 Notable Trees
Press Release – The Tree Council After more than three years of work finding and assessing amazing trees around the region The Tree Council is delighted that Auckland Council has just publicly notified Plan Change 113. This plan change proposes adding 174 new individual trees and 29 new groups of trees to Schedule 10 Notable Trees of the Auckland Unitary Plan. The Tree Council is responsible for nominating 118 of the individual trees and 9 of the groups of trees included in the plan change. We nominated over 260 trees in total. We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to all those members and supporters who suggested the locations of trees for us to assess for nomination. We would never have known about most of these trees if it wasn't for you. Plan Change 113 is open for submissions now. PLEASE take a few minutes to make a submission to say that you support the plan change in its entirety. There are bound to be landowners opposing trees on their properties being scheduled. So it is important that there is support from the public for protecting these trees. You can find the details of PC113 here: We will be reviewing the details of the plan change over the next couple of weeks and deciding whether we have additional trees we want to nominate as part of our submission. Please make a submission by filling in the online submission form at: or emailing your submission to unitaryplan@ The deadline is 23 June 2025. Anne Street Trees Petition The Devonport-Takapuna Local Board recently voted to remove two rare umbrella trees from the road reserve in Anne Street, Devonport at the request of local residents who claim they are causing flooding of the street. The Tree Council has requested that Auckland Council publicly notifies the consent application for the removal so that evidence and submissions can be presented to counter this view. Without public notification there is no opportunity for anyone to have a say or for any decision to be appealed. The more public interest there is in the case, the more likely it is to be publicly notified. Please sign this petition calling for public notification of the consent and share with your networks: These trees are Umbrella Trees (were Schefflera pueckleri now Heptapleurum calyptratum) and there are only three other locations in the Auckland Region in which they are known. They are not a pest species but a rare and valuable living asset. They do not cause flooding. Removing these trees will not prevent Anne Street from flooding. It is a flat, flood prone floodplain who's stormwater drain is prone to backing up when the tide is in. This is the cause of the flooding, not the trees. Arbor Day Planting Event The Tree Council is partnering with EcoMatters Environment Trust and the New Zealand Arboricultural Association (NZ ARB) to provide a tree planting opportunity for members and supporters for Arbor Day on Saturday 7 June 2024. The event will take place from 10am – noon in New Lynn, Auckland and will be followed by a free BBQ. Pre-registration is required for attendees so that we know how many plants & how much equipment & food will be needed. Please click this link to register. You will be given details of the location once you have registered. The site is somewhat challenging so a reasonable standard of fitness is required. You will need to wear closed footwear (gumboots or similar), wet weather gear & gardening gloves are recommended. Many thanks to the Whau Local Board and Auckland Council Parks for supporting the restoration of this public land and providing the funding for the work.
Scoop
2 hours ago
- General
- Scoop
Auckland Council Notifies Plan Change 113 Notable Trees
Press Release – The Tree Council The Tree Council partners with EcoMatters Environment Trust and the New Zealand Arboricultural Association (NZ ARB) for a tree planting event on Arbor Day, Saturday 7 June 2024, from 10 am to noon in New Lynn, Auckland, with pre-registration required. After more than three years of work finding and assessing amazing trees around the region The Tree Council is delighted that Auckland Council has just publicly notified Plan Change 113. This plan change proposes adding 174 new individual trees and 29 new groups of trees to Schedule 10 Notable Trees of the Auckland Unitary Plan. The Tree Council is responsible for nominating 118 of the individual trees and 9 of the groups of trees included in the plan change. We nominated over 260 trees in total. We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to all those members and supporters who suggested the locations of trees for us to assess for nomination. We would never have known about most of these trees if it wasn't for you. Plan Change 113 is open for submissions now. PLEASE take a few minutes to make a submission to say that you support the plan change in its entirety. There are bound to be landowners opposing trees on their properties being scheduled. So it is important that there is support from the public for protecting these trees. You can find the details of PC113 here: We will be reviewing the details of the plan change over the next couple of weeks and deciding whether we have additional trees we want to nominate as part of our submission. Please make a submission by filling in the online submission form at: or emailing your submission to unitaryplan@ The deadline is 23 June 2025. Anne Street Trees Petition The Devonport-Takapuna Local Board recently voted to remove two rare umbrella trees from the road reserve in Anne Street, Devonport at the request of local residents who claim they are causing flooding of the street. The Tree Council has requested that Auckland Council publicly notifies the consent application for the removal so that evidence and submissions can be presented to counter this view. Without public notification there is no opportunity for anyone to have a say or for any decision to be appealed. The more public interest there is in the case, the more likely it is to be publicly notified. Please sign this petition calling for public notification of the consent and share with your networks: These trees are Umbrella Trees (were Schefflera pueckleri now Heptapleurum calyptratum) and there are only three other locations in the Auckland Region in which they are known. They are not a pest species but a rare and valuable living asset. They do not cause flooding. Removing these trees will not prevent Anne Street from flooding. It is a flat, flood prone floodplain who's stormwater drain is prone to backing up when the tide is in. This is the cause of the flooding, not the trees. Arbor Day Planting Event The Tree Council is partnering with EcoMatters Environment Trust and the New Zealand Arboricultural Association (NZ ARB) to provide a tree planting opportunity for members and supporters for Arbor Day on Saturday 7 June 2024. The event will take place from 10am – noon in New Lynn, Auckland and will be followed by a free BBQ. Pre-registration is required for attendees so that we know how many plants & how much equipment & food will be needed. Please click this link to register. You will be given details of the location once you have registered. The site is somewhat challenging so a reasonable standard of fitness is required. You will need to wear closed footwear (gumboots or similar), wet weather gear & gardening gloves are recommended. Many thanks to the Whau Local Board and Auckland Council Parks for supporting the restoration of this public land and providing the funding for the work.
Scoop
3 hours ago
- General
- Scoop
Auckland Council Notifies Plan Change 113 Notable Trees
After more than three years of work finding and assessing amazing trees around the region The Tree Council is delighted that Auckland Council has just publicly notified Plan Change 113. This plan change proposes adding 174 new individual trees and 29 new groups of trees to Schedule 10 Notable Trees of the Auckland Unitary Plan. The Tree Council is responsible for nominating 118 of the individual trees and 9 of the groups of trees included in the plan change. We nominated over 260 trees in total. We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to all those members and supporters who suggested the locations of trees for us to assess for nomination. We would never have known about most of these trees if it wasn't for you. Plan Change 113 is open for submissions now. PLEASE take a few minutes to make a submission to say that you support the plan change in its entirety. There are bound to be landowners opposing trees on their properties being scheduled. So it is important that there is support from the public for protecting these trees. You can find the details of PC113 here: We will be reviewing the details of the plan change over the next couple of weeks and deciding whether we have additional trees we want to nominate as part of our submission. Please make a submission by filling in the online submission form at: or emailing your submission to unitaryplan@ The deadline is 23 June 2025. Anne Street Trees Petition The Devonport-Takapuna Local Board recently voted to remove two rare umbrella trees from the road reserve in Anne Street, Devonport at the request of local residents who claim they are causing flooding of the street. The Tree Council has requested that Auckland Council publicly notifies the consent application for the removal so that evidence and submissions can be presented to counter this view. Without public notification there is no opportunity for anyone to have a say or for any decision to be appealed. The more public interest there is in the case, the more likely it is to be publicly notified. Please sign this petition calling for public notification of the consent and share with your networks: These trees are Umbrella Trees (were Schefflera pueckleri now Heptapleurum calyptratum) and there are only three other locations in the Auckland Region in which they are known. They are not a pest species but a rare and valuable living asset. They do not cause flooding. Removing these trees will not prevent Anne Street from flooding. It is a flat, flood prone floodplain who's stormwater drain is prone to backing up when the tide is in. This is the cause of the flooding, not the trees. Arbor Day Planting Event The Tree Council is partnering with EcoMatters Environment Trust and the New Zealand Arboricultural Association (NZ ARB) to provide a tree planting opportunity for members and supporters for Arbor Day on Saturday 7 June 2024. The event will take place from 10am - noon in New Lynn, Auckland and will be followed by a free BBQ. Pre-registration is required for attendees so that we know how many plants & how much equipment & food will be needed. Please click this link to register. You will be given details of the location once you have registered. The site is somewhat challenging so a reasonable standard of fitness is required. You will need to wear closed footwear (gumboots or similar), wet weather gear & gardening gloves are recommended. Many thanks to the Whau Local Board and Auckland Council Parks for supporting the restoration of this public land and providing the funding for the work.
The Spinoff
3 days ago
- Health
- The Spinoff
The Weekend: Might I suggest a walk?
Madeleine Chapman reflects on the week that was. There's something about a long weekend that somehow makes the week preceding it feel unfathomably long also. For that reason, and because we are entering into the darkest days of the year ahead of winter solstice, I am keeping this short and suggesting one simple tip. Go for a walk. This is not a revolutionary idea, in fact it might just be oldest idea in human history. But as each winter arrives, I understand more and more why my mum would drag me along on her daily walks when I was little. For those who are able to, a walk is the first step (ha) to solving every problem. Part of it is the walking, the movement, the forced breathing. The other part is the air, the space, the sun. Everyone goes through the same cycle when it comes to basic, trite advice such as 'go for a walk'. First, it seems fine and reasonable to try. Then it feels patronising, as if all of my very complex and unique problems could be solved with child's play. And then, after extensive and expensive therapy, the realisation that yes, going for a walk and eating a vegetable is in fact very important and useful in order to survive the dark, dreary days of June. So this long weekend, go for a walk. And while you're walking, listen to the first episode of Fury of the Small, our new narrative Dungeons & Dragons podcast. It's the perfect accompaniment to looking at trees and grass and even if you're unfamiliar with the game, you'll have the joy of listening to people do something they absolutely love and be really good at it. And if you really aren't convinced to walk, read some of our best essayists wax lyrical about their own relationships with walking (and swimming). If ever there was a time to reconnect with ourselves and nature, it's now. In her late 50s, Anna Sophia I discovered long-distance hiking – and woke up to a new life infused with the rhythms of nature. A mental health battle in 2020 led Shona Riddell to embark on an eye-opening journey of wild swimming – the kind that doesn't cease when the weather turns cold. Walking in isolation Dougal Rillstone wrote about walking while In MIQ, and how 'a good walk can save a person, now more than ever'. The art of the plod Anna Rawhiti-Connell finds freedom in being really shit at something, but doing it anyway. In praise of swimming I found peace by taking the plunge with Hinemoana, writes Leonie Hayden. The stories Spinoff readers spent the most time with this week A certain blue British dress inspires Anna Rawhiti-Connell to argue that it's twee to pretend that fashion and politics aren't intertwined Hayden Donnell braves an Auckland Council debate on upzoning to discover councillors trying to sabotage the City Rail Link An even grumpier Hayden Donnell threatens to emit a supersonic howl of despair if the superannuation eligibility age goes up Why is a proposed change to glyphosate (or Roundup) residue levels so controversial? Shanti Mathias explains A 45-year-old tech worker fights 'lifestyle creep' in this week's cost of being Feedback of the week 'On February the 6th I observe Bob Marley's Birthday' 'Super validating response, so undefensive, about the emotional unavailability of kiwis. The culture is emotionally repressed and shame-based, locking people into the most superficial and distancing ways of communicating. The evidence for this is the culture's alcoholism and high suicide rate (according to UNICEF recently the highest teen suicide rate in the OECD). Get thee to a psychotherapist Kiwis! Free yourselves from shame and fear of intimacy.' 'Your friendly festival driver here. My name's spelled with a J, but that's ok. That drive to stage door may have been one of the most thrilling adventures of my career – I won't be forgetting it anytime soon. – Jillian.'
RNZ News
3 days ago
- Business
- RNZ News
Auckland War Memorial Museum to partially reopen after asbestos discovery forced closure
The museum has been closed since 10 May. Photo: 123RF The Auckland War Memorial Museum will partially reopen next week after an extended closure caused by the discovery of asbestos. The museum has been closed since 10 May when asbestos was found in the ceiling of the original 1929 building. After having a revised fire evacuation procedure approved by Fire and Emergency last week, the museum has now been cleared by Worksafe and Auckland Council to reopen on Tuesday. That would make the incoming King's Birthday weekend the fourth weekend in a row missed during the closure. "I had hoped we would get through for the long weekend but it just wasn't possible," chief executive David Reeves said. "People have been working day and night on this and we just decided it was better to be sure that we can start on Tuesday rather than have a false start over the weekend." Reeves estimated the first stage of the reopening would cover about two thirds of the complex. "It's pretty much the whole of the southern end of the building. So the curved end, for people who know the building," he said. "That's our main foyer, the retail shop, the cafe, the Auckland galleries, the education centre, the Weird and Wonderful [exhibit], and most of the war galleries on the top floor." Work to clean the rest of the museum would take a lot longer, Reeves said. "The 1929 part of the building is just architecturally a much more complex building and it's much more complex for us to devise the appropriate cleaning regime, so it will take a little bit longer because we want to do a good job and not have a stop, start of opening and then needing to close again," he said. "The area around the grand foyer, the original 1929 foyer, and all of the galleries that are immediately adjacent to that space... [That] area we know will be a very much longer job, but the rest we're hoping within a month or two, but it really depends what we discover." He said the 24-day closure had dealt a substantial blow to the museum, but it could've been worse. "We are lucky, if any of this is good luck, that we are between our two overseas international touring shows... So it was going to be a quiet period anyway." Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
