Why is sunscreen so expensive in NZ?
We all know to slip slop and slap, but sunscreen is expensive especially when compared to Australia.
Climate action needed now
"John Mauro said the council and community needed courage and ambition to make better progress, but there was a trend towards "show-ponying"." - Stuff
Community planting day a success
Another fantastic community planting day, this time at Ōhuiarangi / Pigeon Mountain. Great turnout with families, the Scouts and other groups helping out too.
Our environment needs action at all levels
There’s definitely an appetite to do more for the environment. Over the weekend we had a number of events focused on the environment with Howick holding its first Ecoday event on Saturday, followed by tree planting with Macleans College and then Bucklands Beach clean up on Sunday with the Howick Youth Council.
We've planted a million trees Auckland!
It was a stunning day for tree planting in Mangemangeroa Reserve on Sunday 16 June when I joined Howick Youth Council who had organised tree planting with support from Friends of Mangemangeroa Reserve.
Cockle Bay Domain restored by community
On Saturday the weather was perfect for community planting day at Cockle Bay Domain as volunteers planted around 300 natives.
Point View Drive clean up a community effort
On Friday I wore my new gumboots to help fundraise for youth mental health. Today I wore them as part of a community effort to clean up Point View Drive.
Macleans Park has new friends
Great first meeting of the Friends of Macleans Park, a new community group to reduce the pests and weeds in the park while replanting and improving the natural environment.
Is freedom camping free enough?
On Monday evening I attended the public meeting on the proposed Freedom Camping Bylaw.
The short version is that freedom camping is legal everywhere NZ unless expressly prohibited. This is governed by the Freedom Camping Act 2011 (from Parliament) and some of the rules are out of the hands of the council.
Stickers no solution to illegal dumping.
While I applaud Auckland Councils efforts to investigate and prosecute illegal dumping, putting a sticker on them is not the solution.
Rising sea levels are putting our infrastructure at risk
Local Government NZ has released a report that shows the massive risk to infrastructure from climate change. This is great leadership from Local Government NZ - the risk to infrastructure from Climate Change is very real and we must be planning for it now.