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Environment 20 Oct 2020

Auckland Council's farms featured on Country Calendar

With about 400 cattle and 5500 ewes, council farms nearly 1500 hectares of coastal pastures across 19 regional parks, making us one of the biggest urban farmers in the region.

Environment 20 Oct 2020

2020 Mayoral Conservation Awards open for environmental champions

Nominations for this year’s Mayoral Conservation Awards are now open, recognising the contribution of groups and Aucklanders to care for and restore our city’s environment.

Waste 13 Oct 2020

Ian Maxwell gets scrappy in Papakura

Auckland Council's Director Executive Programmes has been getting first-hand experience of food scraps collections in Papakura.

Environment 13 Oct 2020

Helensville heroes working towards zero waste

This community recycling initiative is at the cutting edge of international innovation around waste reduction.

Parks / Outdoors 9 Oct 2020

Auckland Botanic Gardens blossoming with ideas for families

Auckland Botanic Gardens has got you covered with bunches of ideas to stop the weeds of boredom and discontent from appearing.

Kauri dieback 6 Oct 2020

Protect our Kauri during Labour Weekend

Stephen Bell, Western Principal Ranger encourages people to explore the region but to keep kauri protection top of mind this weekend.

Environment 6 Oct 2020

Enjoy the outdoors and take care of our kauri this weekend

The weather’s looking perfect for the long weekend, perfect enough to draw many thousands of Aucklanders and visitors into the great outdoors.

Environment 6 Oct 2020

Deconstruction: a blueprint for zero waste

The TROW Group have helped to repurpose 471 tonnes of materials from five major Auckland Council projects.