Paths and trails
Riverpath puts Warkworth in league of its own
Mahurangi imagined in 2029 The following future-imagining does not necessarily reflect the opinions or aspirations of those persons or companies quoted or cited. If measured in leagues, it’d be less than 1.3 of them. While it can take an eternity by road,...
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Unformed-legal-road stopping stopped in its tracks
Forty-four-plus objections in four days, and it was all over. That is, all over for the Pakiri Hill paper-road stopping for the present, as the property holder may yet choose to go another round and slug it out in the Environment Court, but more about that possibility...
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Stop road-stopping 1st order of business for new high-level trails trust
The first meeting was two parts fiesta and one part fiasco. Trails and trails-interested organisations from Pakiri to Pūhoi had gathered to collaborate on creating a rich network of trails, or greenways, to use a term in increasing use in the Auckland region. The...
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Pro forma objection to stop road-stopping proposal
An eagle-eyed local and supporter of the plans by the Big Omaha Trail Trust for a Pakiri to Big Omaha Valley trail, spotted, on the Pakiri Hill, an Auckland Transport notice advising that an unformed paper road was to be stopped and sold, and amalgamated with the...
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Te Whau Coastal Esplanade walkway close to fruition
A cloudless winter’s day in mid-July helped 20 Mahurangi locals get 750 plants in the ground on Te Whau Coastal Esplanade. The planting is the latest in a series of restoration activities achieved by volunteers in the six years since a strategic 2.7-hectare council...
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