by Cimino | 28 Jul 2017 | Regional parks
Coastal trail and the river-mouth ferry The urge to walk the coastline is as old as humankind. Within three years, the 4500-kilometre England Coast Path will be opened, initiated in 2014 under a Conservative – Liberal Democrat government. Aotearoa is geographically...
by Cimino | 23 Jun 2017 | Events, Local board, Warkworth, Warkworth Town Hall Talk
By 2019, many of the decisions about the new Warkworth could be being made in its old town hall. The Local Government Commission is currently considering reorganisation options for the Auckland region, including an alternative proposal made by Mahurangi Action and, 38...
by Dr Ronald Locker | 23 Jun 2017 | Part 5 A Maritime Community
Jade River: A History of the Mahurangi Ronald H Locker First published 2001. Published online 2014– This online edition is a work in progress… Contents Part 5 A maritime community Pages 146–147in printed edition Early end to 1800s Mahurangi boatbuilding This...
by Cimino | 12 Jun 2017 | Energy bridging, Global-warming and population, Moratorium on population, Nuclear power, Sea-level rise
Not all agree it’s a bad thing Trump’s made good on his campaign promise to pull the United States out of Paris. One climate researcher argues that the Trump circus could do less damage outside of the tent, than in it. But regardless, a bad-tempered bull elephant...
by Dr Ronald Locker | 21 May 2017 | Buffalo, Part 3 Pioneer Pākehā
Jade River: A History of the Mahurangi Ronald H Locker First published 2001. Published online 2014– This online edition is a work in progress… Contents Part 3 Pioneer Pākehā Pages 46–57in printed edition Gordon Browne and his spar station Gordon Davis Browne was both...
by Cimino | 18 May 2017 | Regional parks, Rivermouth ferry
The principal objective of the Mahurangi Coastal Trail is to provide primary access to Te Muri. Based on vehicle countsfor 2013–2014, Wenderholm Regional Park receives an estimated 225 362 visitors per year, and Mahurangi Regional Park 59 595. It is probable then,...
by Cimino | 22 Apr 2017 | Māori representation, Online, STV
The first requirement of a voting system is to reflect voters’ preferences. First-past-the-postfirst-past-the-post is probably better described as single-round-winner-takes-all, given that the ‘post’ is the close of voting, and not a majority of votes cast does one...
by Cimino | 7 Apr 2017 | Local, Representation
Representing hundreds and thousands On average, each of Auckland region’s part-time local board politicians represents 9500 people. But a report prepared for Auckland Council argues for the number of local boards and local board members to be halved, which would...
by Cimino | 9 Mar 2017 | Part 5 A Maritime Community
Jade River: A History of the Mahurangi Ronald H Locker First published 2001. Published online 2014– This online edition is a work in progress… Contents Part 5 A maritime community Pages 169–174in printed edition Mahurangi’s elegant punt On the Mahurangi, getting to...
