Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 19, 2023 4:33:27 GMT 12
MĀORI ECOLOGIST CALLS FOR HALT TO CONCRETING OF TE ATATŪ PENINSULA CREEK
Plans to concrete in one of the last creeks in Auckland’s Te Atatū Peninsula to turn it into a stormwater pipe are being questioned by a community group.
Ageing infrastructure and storms has exposed the urgent need to upgrade the city’s pipes. And Auckland Council was planning the work at a creek on the western side of the peninsula, where it runs beside Matipo Road, pops under the ground and comes back up into Henderson Creek, also known as Te Wai-o-Pareira.
Rivercare community group ecologist Dion Pou said that last little creek had social and cultural importance.....
www.teaonews.co.nz/2023/09/18/maori-ecologist-calls-for-halt-to-concreting-of-te-atatu-peninsula-creek/
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei commemorate 183 years since Auckland land gifting
Plans to concrete in one of the last creeks in Auckland’s Te Atatū Peninsula to turn it into a stormwater pipe are being questioned by a community group.
Ageing infrastructure and storms has exposed the urgent need to upgrade the city’s pipes. And Auckland Council was planning the work at a creek on the western side of the peninsula, where it runs beside Matipo Road, pops under the ground and comes back up into Henderson Creek, also known as Te Wai-o-Pareira.
Rivercare community group ecologist Dion Pou said that last little creek had social and cultural importance.....
www.teaonews.co.nz/2023/09/18/maori-ecologist-calls-for-halt-to-concreting-of-te-atatu-peninsula-creek/
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei commemorate 183 years since Auckland land gifting