by Jim Dawson | 23 Mar 2009 | Action plan planning
Letter Firstly, you must be congratulated on the excellent online Mahurangi Magazine—it continues to be of interest and relevance. Thank you for allowing us to share it; we love it. You asked for comment on the title Mahurangi Initiative Strategy. Here is my small...
by Cimino | 22 Mar 2009 | Action plan planning
Mahurangi Breakfast Club Fridays 7.30–8.30am Ducks Crossing Café The Auckland Regional Council has signalled its support for the collaborative development of a strategic planfor the Mahurangi. Although the regional council envisages that the plan will be entirely...
by Cimino | 18 Mar 2009 | Warkworth
Sewage brings out the worst in people, and the worst people out. Although that is deliberately trite, sewerage proposals are legendary for eliciting the not-in-my-backyard response. It was easy in 1974. The Warkworth town council imposed a flawed scheme, albeit a...
by Christine Rose | 18 Mar 2009 | Action plan planning
Letter Thanks for the opportunity to attend the Mahurangi Initiative forum. It was a great gathering, very interesting and I echo Marcus Shipton’s comments—a great group of people all positively engaged in the important subjects at hand affecting our beautiful...
by Cimino | 2 Mar 2009 | Brainstorming breakfasts
So much progress is being achieved towards sustainability. Beginning with the international stage, just over a year ago when it dawned that Barack Obama was on the road to making Earth-repairing history, the editor was determined to fully enjoy the phenomenon—sublime!...
by Mike Neil | 27 Feb 2009 | Sedimentation
Letter Is the river getting cleaner? Several times this week I’ve seen small shoals of baby squid, near to where the watering wharf might go. I’ve never seen them before in the river. Do other people normally see them but I have missed them, or is this new? Mike Neil...
by Cimino | 26 Feb 2009 | Action plan planning
A water right application in 1974 served as the rallying call. It precipitated the formation of Friends of the Mahurangi, on 17 December that year. And that its inaugural meeting was held barely a week before Christmas gives a fair indication as to how het up the...
by David J C MacKay | 20 Feb 2009 | Energy bridging, Geothermal energy, Nuclear power, Transport and climate action, Zero-carbon energy
Introduced by Cimino 17 September 2010 Bill Gates puts it as well as anyone: If someone wants an overall view of how energy gets used, where it comes from, and the challenges in switching to new sources, this is the book to read. Sustainable Energy: Without the Hot...
by Cimino | 16 Feb 2009 | Action plan planning, Sedimentation
Four years to the day. When folk meet for the first time as the ‘Mahurangi Initiative Forum’, on 23 February 2009, it will be precisely four years since the Wenderholm meeting that was held to discuss the formation of a Mahurangi catchment trust. At first glance, a...
