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Only with nuclear is there time to feed the world
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…
Mahurangi Action motorway condition 36c viii
It’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…
Submission on the proposed Auckland Unitary Plan
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…
Mahurangi River Town Basins, Landings and Navigation Plan
The Mahurangi River Town Basins, Landings and Navigation Plan broadly involves: 1.) Dredging within the Warkworth town basin to restore the ability of visiting boats to remain afloat throughout the tidal cycle; 2.) Dredging parts of the channel of the…
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 Dr Thomas Frank Wyndham Harris having published…
Mahurangi Coastal Trail high-tide Seaweek walk
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 Trail was…
Renewable energy, nuclear power and Galileo
Climate scientists have long warned of potential catastrophic effects of unchecked fossil fuel use. Public awareness of the climate threat has increased. Yet growth of carbon dioxide in the air, the main driver of climate change, has accelerated…
Mahurangi 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...