Puketāpapa 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.
Support existing local community groups such as the Friends of Wairaki Stream and explore further investment in pest control initiatives.
Support investment in research to understand natural areas and develop best practices in promoting healthy local ecosystems.
Work with communities to develop management plans for areas experiencing frequent illegal rubbish dumping.
Increase urban green spaces that encourage biodiversity, provide community amenity and create climate-resilient blue-green flood corridors.
Support funding of local community groups and initiatives that care for and raise awareness for our waterways, mountains and parks.
Address illegal dumping through advocating for more support, increasing waste minimisation and reuse programmes and educational resources.
Manage Auckland's water using an integrated approach, including infrastructure investment and conservation.
Support effective natural pest control within a diverse population of beneficial insects, birds and other predators that prey on pests.
Support effective waste minimisation and management to meet Auckland growth and mitigate impacts.
Advocate for investment and environmental protection of the Manukau Harbour and its surrounds.
Fund and support coordination between local community groups that are taking care of our environment such as "Friends of" groups.
Support initiatives that naturalise our environment, improve biodiversity and amenity within our neighbourhoods.
Continue with native plantings near Oakley Creek and Wairaki Stream to improve water quality through natural filtration.
Advocate to part-fund with another local board a pest management contractor who can liaise with and support local environmental groups.
Identify areas that have proportionately less tree cover and support community groups to plant native plants and trees.
Continue the work that has already been done in Puketāpapa to improve pathways, cycleways and access to parks and reserves.
Promote eco-friendly initiatives in the community, including walking school buses and native tree planting programmes.
Protect access to off-leash play space for furry friends and their responsible owners at Monte Cecilia.
Extend initiatives to improve awareness and control of noxious weeds such as moth plant and woolly nightshade.
Support improvements to wildlife habitat pathways and native planting of streams.
Support the growth of pest control management in Mount Roskill.
Support existing local community groups such as the Friends of Wairaki Stream and explore further investment in pest control initiatives.
Support investment in research to understand natural areas and develop best practices in promoting healthy local ecosystems.
Work with communities to develop management plans for areas experiencing frequent illegal rubbish dumping.
Increase urban green spaces that encourage biodiversity, provide community amenity and create climate-resilient blue-green flood corridors.
Support funding of local community groups and initiatives that care for and raise awareness for our waterways, mountains and parks.
Address illegal dumping through advocating for more support, increasing waste minimisation and reuse programmes and educational resources.
Manage Auckland's water using an integrated approach, including infrastructure investment and conservation.
Support effective natural pest control within a diverse population of beneficial insects, birds and other predators that prey on pests.
Support effective waste minimisation and management to meet Auckland growth and mitigate impacts.
Advocate for investment and environmental protection of the Manukau Harbour and its surrounds.
Fund and support coordination between local community groups that are taking care of our environment such as "Friends of" groups.
Support initiatives that naturalise our environment, improve biodiversity and amenity within our neighbourhoods.
Continue with native plantings near Oakley Creek and Wairaki Stream to improve water quality through natural filtration.
Advocate to part-fund with another local board a pest management contractor who can liaise with and support local environmental groups.
Identify areas that have proportionately less tree cover and support community groups to plant native plants and trees.
Continue the work that has already been done in Puketāpapa to improve pathways, cycleways and access to parks and reserves.
Promote eco-friendly initiatives in the community, including walking school buses and native tree planting programmes.
Protect access to off-leash play space for furry friends and their responsible owners at Monte Cecilia.
Extend initiatives to improve awareness and control of noxious weeds such as moth plant and woolly nightshade.
Support improvements to wildlife habitat pathways and native planting of streams.
Support the growth of pest control management in Mount Roskill.
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