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Archive for the ‘Green News’ Category

1611 food wrappers and 462 cigarette butts and more – cleaning up Piha beach

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Sustainable Coatslines 17 September clean up of Piha beach resulted in 317 kgs of rubbish and 9910 items. Organisers say the turn-out was great, with some visitors coming all the way  [ Read More ]

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Plans for dune work available

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11-06-29 Information Flyer – Marine Parade Sth Dune and Walkway Maintenance

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Roadside trees in Piha in need of protection

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Some roadside Pohutukawa trees in Garden Road took a battering recently when a truck moving building materials smashed its way through. Concerned residents who complained to the Auckland Council were told by  [ Read More ]

Rules for groups of trees in urban areas OK says Judge Jackson.

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Judge Jackson in the Environment Court has supported general tree rules for areas of trees or groups of trees in urban areas such as those at Titirangi and the pohutukawa  [ Read More ]

Tackle weeds at Piha

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With a few of the nasties flowering and seeding, it’s a good time to deal to weeds on your property or road frontage. Cotoneaster is currently smothered in bright red  [ Read More ]

Beetles to the rescue

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This is not exactly a Piha story but something I was involved in today 25 March that could be of great benefit to Piha where tradescantia is extremely common in  [ Read More ]

Pohutukawa cut and damaged in house moving

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Auckland Council will be undertaking remedial tree pruning outside the following addresses on Piha Rd and Seaview Rd tomorrow (Friday 25 March 2011):  28 Piha Rd 17 Piha Rd 63 Seaview  [ Read More ]

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Terrible weed enlarging its grip at Piha

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If you have wondered about the showy red climber on both sides of Seaview Road at the Pendrell Road intersection it is a very bad weed called Climbing dock or  [ Read More ]

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A rare native visitor

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Last week I reported on a wander round Piha and one of the things I wondered about was what looked like a very aggressive climbing weed in Glen Esk Road,  [ Read More ]

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Alligator weed at Piha

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Over Christmas noticed Alligator Weed in Garden Road at the Lily Pond. This is a particularly terrible “world’s worst” aquatic weed that flourishes in NZ climate, clogs waterways and spreads easily.  [ Read More ]

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