by Cimino | 16 Apr 2014 | Motorway
The best strategy might have been to support the proposal in full. That way, the Pūhoi–Warkworth motorway board of inquiry might have been more receptive to the opportunity for a large-scale trial of open-ground indigenous plants. Realistically, it was the only impact...
by Cimino | 9 Apr 2014 | Nuclear power
Forty years ago this year, Band Aid released a single that in its first week became the fastest selling track in all time in the United Kingdom. Co-written by Bob Geldof, Do They Know it’s Christmas went on to sell more than three million copies, and led to the...
by Cimino | 26 Mar 2014 | Motorway
I’s not, in fact, the harbour’s biggest threat since deforestation. The proposed Pūhoi–Warkworth motorway is only the biggest proximate threat. The biggest threat of course—the existential threat—is rampant global warming. The entire litany of miseries in store from...
by Mahurangi Action | 28 Feb 2014 | Regional governance
Formed in 1974 as Friends of the Mahurangi, Mahurangi Action Incorporated is a community interest group that, from its inception, has been primarily concerned with protection, enhancement and enjoyment of the outstanding natural landscape that is the Mahurangi...
by Mahu. Action et al | 28 Feb 2014 | Dredging, Warkworth
Mahurangi River Town Basins, Landings and Navigation Plan Submission on the proposed Auckland Unitary Plan Lodged today by: Mahurangi Action Incorporated Mahurangi River Restoration Trust The Jane Gifford Society, and the Warkworth Riverbank Enhancement Group The...
by Cimino | 26 Feb 2014 | Regional parks
Wrong for Mahurangi but right for Aotea – Great Barrier Ron was wrong about two important Mahurangi issues. At the time he wrote Jade River : A History of the Mahurangi, Dr Ronald Locker dismissed sedimentation as a serious threat to the health of the harbour, despite...
by Cimino | 21 Feb 2014 | Regional parks
Corrected 25 February 2014 Last year’s was a low-tide walk, and wade, with the odd wallow. Partly to demonstrate that the Pūhoi River can be readily be crossed at low tide, and partly to avoid the need to arrange for craft to ferry folk across, the Mahurangi Coastal...
by James E Hansen | 21 Feb 2014 | Nuclear power, Science
Draft opinion piece Do scientists have a duty to expose popular misconceptions? Renewable energy, nuclear power and Galileo Contents Introduction Carbon math Energy math Economic growth, energy intensity and carbon intensity Slowing carbon emissions growth China–US...
by Cimino | 28 Jan 2014 | Regatta 2014, Results
Updated 30 January 2014 Results of the 2014 Mahurangi Regatta, to hand: A-Class Trophy Line honours Ranger 1st W Leslie Trophy Rainbow 2nd Thelma 3rd Frances 4th Waitangi 5th Ranger 6th Iorangi 7th Tawera 8th Fidelis 9th Achernar 10th Moana 11th Rawene 12th Northerner...
by Mahurangi Action | 20 Jan 2014 | Regatta 2014
Event date Saturday 25 January 2014 High tide 02:13 (0.87 m above mean level of sea) Low tide 08:18 (-0.84 m) High tide 14:29 (0.96 m) Low tide 20:50 (-1.01 m) Mahurangi Regatta Generally held at Sullivans Bay* *In the event of strong easterly wind, sailing entries...
