Upper Harbour Local Board
Environment
Local governments play a central role in protecting the environment, reducing waste and safeguarding biodiversity. The worsening state of New Zealand’s lakes and rivers is a major challenge for local councils, which work with regional councils in the management of water resources in their area.
Environment
Local governments play a central role in protecting the environment, reducing waste and safeguarding biodiversity. The worsening state of New Zealand’s lakes and rivers is a major challenge for local councils, which work with regional councils in the management of water resources in their area.
Continue to develop our local Urban Ngahere (Forest) Strategy and fund local initiatives to plant and retain more trees on public land.
Create a sustainable and pest-free open space network by implementing actions from the Upper Harbour Open Space Network Plan.
Work with business to reduce single-use plastic at source by encouraging the uptake of other packaging methods.
Continue to support our volunteer lead environmental projects across Upper Harbour in Whenuapai, Herald Island, Paremoremo and Hobsonville.
Continue to support volunteer-led pest eradication initiatives and implementation of the Pest Free Strategy for Upper Harbour.
Continue to put systems in place to monitor the health of our waterways and fund student education programmes to promote early awareness.
Undertake further examination of water storage capability in Auckland without new dams. Seek greater efficiency in water storage.
Review current water practices leading to waste with a view to reduce household consumption.
Create policy to reduce indiscriminate collateral damage to fishing stocks in Auckland's two harbours.
Waste minimization through recycling and repurpose waste.
Natural ways for pest control to avoid excess use of chemicals.
Clean waterways.
Support the planting of more native bush, plants, trees in our community parks, reserves, and other greenspaces for our community.
Support and commit more funding to help local groups helping with trapping and pest control to protect our local birdlife.
Work to have all or as many new homes built in Upper Harbour built with water tanks to collect rain fall for home use or emergencies.
Commit to stronger, robust quicker effective, supportive council biodiversity, and efficient, improved enforcement and supported compliance.
Increase environmental incident response and improve its efficiency, reliability and effectiveness with a stronger degree of consistency.
Reduce pollution and minimization of pollution with a definite scheduled improvement and a monitored, enhanced programme.
Work with volunteers to protect and enhance ecological projects in the Upper Harbour, including the North West Wildlink and Rail Trail.
Proactively identify areas of public space that can be enhanced with planting, including retiring hard to maintain open space.
Formalise safe paths and trails that allow people to learn to love our natural environment while protecting it from damage.
Put enough waste collection points (rubbish bins inorganic waste drop-offs, wet n green garbage) plus suitable frequency of collection.
Enforce stricter (zero tolerance) policing around illegal waste disposal and unscrupulous dumping, especially in residential areas.
Encourage qualified locals to join pest control programmes. Organise wokshops to reduce/eliminate pest population.
Support evidence-based community projects to protect, restore and enhance ecological systems, biodiversity, water quality, and control pests.
Support community-based resource recovery, product stewardship, and recycling initiatives to educate people and reduce waste to landfill (WMMP).
Prioritise action to protect and restore habitats and ecosystems and ensure clean air and water, healthy land, soils, wetlands, coastal areas.
Fund community groups to restore and protect nature and eradicate pests in their communities. Ensure this is done strategically.
Lobby the governing body to include biodiversity in their Open Space Acquisition Policy. It currently doesn't and outcomes can be improved.
Protect our harbour from rubbish and sediment through targeted education, enforcement and planting.
Support initiatives to protect, educate, restore the health and wellbeing of our people and water.
Partner with community groups and volunteers to plant natives, pest control and protect indigenous biodiversity.
Promote waste minimisation schemes to support regeneration and recycling.
Totally against Three Waters.
Continue pest control procedures and frequent community litter clean ups in areas including parks etc.
Better reuse of recycled waste, ie plastic aggregate in concrete.
Continue to develop our local Urban Ngahere (Forest) Strategy and fund local initiatives to plant and retain more trees on public land.
Create a sustainable and pest-free open space network by implementing actions from the Upper Harbour Open Space Network Plan.
Work with business to reduce single-use plastic at source by encouraging the uptake of other packaging methods.
Continue to support our volunteer lead environmental projects across Upper Harbour in Whenuapai, Herald Island, Paremoremo and Hobsonville.
Continue to support volunteer-led pest eradication initiatives and implementation of the Pest Free Strategy for Upper Harbour.
Continue to put systems in place to monitor the health of our waterways and fund student education programmes to promote early awareness.
Undertake further examination of water storage capability in Auckland without new dams. Seek greater efficiency in water storage.
Review current water practices leading to waste with a view to reduce household consumption.
Create policy to reduce indiscriminate collateral damage to fishing stocks in Auckland's two harbours.
Waste minimization through recycling and repurpose waste.
Natural ways for pest control to avoid excess use of chemicals.
Clean waterways.
Support the planting of more native bush, plants, trees in our community parks, reserves, and other greenspaces for our community.
Support and commit more funding to help local groups helping with trapping and pest control to protect our local birdlife.
Work to have all or as many new homes built in Upper Harbour built with water tanks to collect rain fall for home use or emergencies.
Commit to stronger, robust quicker effective, supportive council biodiversity, and efficient, improved enforcement and supported compliance.
Increase environmental incident response and improve its efficiency, reliability and effectiveness with a stronger degree of consistency.
Reduce pollution and minimization of pollution with a definite scheduled improvement and a monitored, enhanced programme.
Work with volunteers to protect and enhance ecological projects in the Upper Harbour, including the North West Wildlink and Rail Trail.
Proactively identify areas of public space that can be enhanced with planting, including retiring hard to maintain open space.
Formalise safe paths and trails that allow people to learn to love our natural environment while protecting it from damage.
Put enough waste collection points (rubbish bins inorganic waste drop-offs, wet n green garbage) plus suitable frequency of collection.
Enforce stricter (zero tolerance) policing around illegal waste disposal and unscrupulous dumping, especially in residential areas.
Encourage qualified locals to join pest control programmes. Organise wokshops to reduce/eliminate pest population.
Support evidence-based community projects to protect, restore and enhance ecological systems, biodiversity, water quality, and control pests.
Support community-based resource recovery, product stewardship, and recycling initiatives to educate people and reduce waste to landfill (WMMP).
Prioritise action to protect and restore habitats and ecosystems and ensure clean air and water, healthy land, soils, wetlands, coastal areas.
Fund community groups to restore and protect nature and eradicate pests in their communities. Ensure this is done strategically.
Lobby the governing body to include biodiversity in their Open Space Acquisition Policy. It currently doesn't and outcomes can be improved.
Protect our harbour from rubbish and sediment through targeted education, enforcement and planting.
Support initiatives to protect, educate, restore the health and wellbeing of our people and water.
Partner with community groups and volunteers to plant natives, pest control and protect indigenous biodiversity.
Promote waste minimisation schemes to support regeneration and recycling.
Totally against Three Waters.
Continue pest control procedures and frequent community litter clean ups in areas including parks etc.
Better reuse of recycled waste, ie plastic aggregate in concrete.
Mayor
Compare the mayoral candidates in your area
Local council
Compare the candidates for your city or district council
Regional council
Compare the candidates for your regional council
Local board
Compare the candidates for your local or community board
