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Featuring Your Gig Is Showing with the organisers of The Last Stand Music Festival in Waitakere and Rainy Day Projects with Finn. Thanks to The Auckland Art Gallery!

He's no overnight sensation having been introduced to athletics at the age of two but 21-year-old Lex Revell-Lewis has revved up another gear during the month of Februaryposting personal bests for the 100m, 200m and his premier event the 400m over which he seeks to break a national record set before he was born. The Waitakere wonder tells his story so far on the eve of the 2025 NZ Track and Field Championships. 

There's concerns the India-New Zealand relationship could be strained by the high number of student visa rejections. Immigration NZ figures show applications between October 1 2023 and May 6 2024 for student visas by Indian nationals had an approval rate of 47 percent. The Immigration Minister has claimed it's not 'blanked geographic discrimination', but rather concern surrounding more high-risk applicants out of India. Waitakere Indian Association President Sunil Kaushal doesn't believe this argument.  "India is a diverse land, we know that there are many talented and skilled people out there who want to further their education - and coming to New Zealand is a great opportunity for that."  LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

About a thousand of New Zealand's rarest whitebait species have been released into streams in Auckland's Waitakere ranges today. Our reporter Lucy Xia was at the Huia catchment today to witness the release.

An elderly couple are believed to have been killed by a ram at their rural West Auckland property. Police believe an elderly man went out to check on the ram and did not return. The ram was shot by police. "Once our staff arrived at the scene they too were confronted and approached by the ram" - the police said West Coast farmer and Federated Farmers Vice chair of meat and Wool Simon Cameron joins out panellists.

A former addict who spent years in jail says prison rehab programs don't work, and investing in more alcohol and drug treatment courts would help cut crime. The specialist courts aim to treat the causes of offending and provides an alternative to jail. They were launched as a pilot program in 2012, initially in Auckland and Waitakere and expanded to Hamilton in 2021. Despite two thirds of prisoners having drug and alchol problems, no further courts have been established.   Rayssa Almeida has the story. 

For City Counselling this week, Producer, Beth, spoke to Counsellor for Waitakere, Shane Henderson, about the Auckland Council's decision not to support the building of a second Waitematā harbour crossing, and spending $7.4 million on recruitment in the past 12 months. She also spoke to musician and surgeon, Doctor Anantha Narayana, of the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at Auckland University about the impact of music during surgery. News team member, Faith, interviewed Professor of Māori Studies at the University of Auckland, Margaret Mutu (Te Rarawa, Ngāti Whātua), about why she believes Te Papa should remove its display of the English version of the Treaty of Waitangi, which claims Māori ceded sovereignty. News and Editorial Director, Jessica Hopkins, talked to Head of Marketing and Communications at Tautiaki Moana, Coastguard New Zealand, Kimberly Waters, about the importance of wearing a lifejacket.  She also spoke to Lecturer at the University of Auckland Law School, Dr Anna Broadmore, about her research into how we can better legally protect people's reproductive choices. 

For City Counselling this week, Producer, Beth, spoke to Counsellor for Waitakere, Shane Henderson, about the Auckland Council's decision not to support the building of a second Waitematā harbour crossing, and spending $7.4 million on recruitment in the past 12 months. She also spoke to musician and surgeon, Doctor Anantha Narayana, of the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at Auckland University about the impact of music during surgery. News team member, Faith, interviewed Professor of Māori Studies at the University of Auckland, Margaret Mutu (Te Rarawa, Ngāti Whātua), about why she believes Te Papa should remove its display of the English version of the Treaty of Waitangi, which claims Māori ceded sovereignty. News and Editorial Director, Jessica Hopkins, talked to Head of Marketing and Communications at Tautiaki Moana, Coastguard New Zealand, Kimberly Waters, about the importance of wearing a lifejacket.  She also spoke to Lecturer at the University of Auckland Law School, Dr Anna Broadmore, about her research into how we can better legally protect people's reproductive choices. 

An Auckland food scrap collection service has saved nine million kilograms of organic food waste from landfill, with the scraps converted into renewable energy and liquid fertiliser at New Zealand's only anaerobic digestion facility. The first food scraps begin in Waitakere in April - with 440,000 bins delivered to residents so far. Parul Sood is Auckland Council's waste solutions general manager.

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West Auckland homeowners are frustrated with the long wait for flood resilience work, with many fearful for the future of their homes. West Auckland was one of the most severely damaged areas in the January floods, with 347 properties stickered in Waitakere, 121 of which were red stickered, meaning they're unfit to live in. The group West Auckland is Flooding says the $2 billion Government and Council cost-sharing deal to repair damage and to mitigate flood risk is a big step forward. But its chair says there is little security for Category 1 and 2 owners - who face a long wait for the resilience work to keep their homes safe in the next big storm. The group's Chair, Lyall Carter, spoke to Corin Dann

In Auckland, about 400 properties won't be rebuilt and owners will be bought out by the Government. But homeowners have to wait until June 12th to find out how their houses have been categorised. Shane Henderson is an Auckland councillor for Waitakere, an area heavily-damaged by the Auckland Anniversary floods. He spoke to Corin Dann.

For many of New Zealand's top track and field athletes today marks the start of the last meet of the summer. After several years without international competitors, the start list for this week's Sir Graeme Douglas International in Waitakere is stacked with quality athletes - many of them looking ahead to the World Championships. We're joined by sports reporter Felicity Reid.

Sprinter Zoe Hobbs has run sub-11 seconds for the 100 metres twice in two weeks- times which elevate her to a world-class competitor. Today she's back in action at the Sir Graeme Douglas International meet in Waitakere. The 25-year-old told sports reporter Felicity Reid she's surprised herself with her early season form.  

It's been a stormy night in the north of the country with thunderstorms peppered parts of Auckland, the Coromandel and Northland. Coromandel soaked up the most rainfall - about 80 millimetres - while the MetService said Warkworth and Waitakere were among the harder hit areas closer to Auckland. Right now there is an area of rain between Auckland and Kaitaia, with thunderstorms expected to impact that region through the morning. Fire and Emergency are reporting it fielded about 60 111 calls from Auckland and Northland overnight. Forty-five roads across Auckland remain closed today as a result of slips and flood damage with Auckland Transport saying they have been working around the clock to get them reopened. Last night the South Eastern highway was closed, as is a section of Great north Road. Buses are operating, but there are delays for many as they have needed to take alternative routes. Trains are not be running today with rail replacement buses operating on all lines,. There are a number of slips along the rail network with the eastern, western and southern likely to provide a reduced timetable on Wednesday. Near Auckland, State Highway 2 is closed from Pokeno to Mangatarata, and between Mangatawhiri and Maramarua. State Highway 1 is blocked between Brynderwyn and Waipu. Up North, State Highway 1 is closed near Mangamuka Gorge and near Ruakaka. In Waitomo, a slip has blocked State Highway 37 between Hangatiki and Waitomo Caves - there's no detour because of flooding. In Coromandel, State Highway 25 is closed between Waiomu and Tapu, and Coromandel and Whitianga, while State Highway 25A is blocked from Kopu to Hikuai  Ken Cooper is running the FENZ Region coordination centre in Auckland.  He spoke to Kim Hill.

Full Show Highlights December 12, 2022. Ben Searle as co-host for today. Join the Whānau on Instagram, Facebook & Tik Tok.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Sky Sport Breakers have crashed back down to earth after a thrashing from South East Melbourne Phoenix. The Phoenix scored 38 as they cruised to a 99-77 victory in Trusts Arena at in Waitakere last night. Meanwhile, it's a big weekend of sports ahead for New Zealand, but there might be a few dampeners on the weekend's entertainment. The Black Caps will hope to kick off their T20 World Cup against Australia provided the rain holds off, the Kiwis play Jamaica in the Rugby League World Cup, the Black Ferns take on Scotland, the NPC Final between Wellington and Canterbury, and the Silver Ferns are off to Australia for the next round of the Constellation Cup. But by far the biggest event that is happening this weekend is the FIFA Women's World Cup, where the world's footballing eyes will set on Eden Park to see who defending champions the United States and the Football Ferns will take on in the group stages next year. Sportstalk host D'Arcy Waldegrave joined Andrew Dickens. LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Black Ferns have secured two wins from two games at the Rugby World Cup and booked a place in the quarterfinals with a game in hand. The defending champions beat Wales 56-12 in Waitakere yesterday - scoring nine tries to two - in front of a significantly smaller crowd than the week before. Scotland are the next team in the Black Ferns sights as the home side head to Northland for the first time in the tournament this week. Felicity Reid reports.

Last week the Tāmaki Makaurau local elections concluded, seeing an overall shift to the centre right exemplified by the landslide win of Wayne Brown.  This was largely due to an overrepresentation of older, upper-class people in the vote, a symptom of incredibly low voter turnouts across the board.  Many people criticised the accessibility of local election voting, with minister for local democracy Nania Mahuta being one of many who didn't receive their papers in the mail. In our regular City Counselling segment, we've had a chat with Shane Henderson, who has recently been re-elected to the Waitakere ward seat about the elections and his upcoming goals.   

All of Auckland's western dams are full after the country's wettest July on record.

Geoff Richards lives in Auckland, New Zealand and for many years has been a member of the Christadelphian Church or ecclesia at Waitakere. Geoff is a Physician who specializes in substance abuse and addiction and he joins Wilderness Conversations.

A fluffy ginger gang of serial killers is terrorising wildlife in the Waitakere ranges. The feral cats were first spotted in the Whatipū scientific reserve in 2016 but seem to have grown in number and are killing native birds. Wayne McKenzie has been out trying to trap the cats. He talks to Lisa Owen. 

Three hundred kauri saplings grown from seeds from the Waitakere property of Colin McCahon have been made available to the public as part of the Kauri Ora project, supported by local iwi Te Kawerau a Maki.

The Mayor phones up for his weekly kōrero, touching on reopening of some Waitakere tracks, a general update on Kauri dieback, and high density housing zones.   

The Mayor phones up for his weekly kōrero, touching on reopening of some Waitakere tracks, a general update on Kauri dieback, and high density housing zones.   

Thunderstorms and lightning have lashed Northland and Auckland this morning causing widespread disruption, including power outages, school closures, property damage and flooding. A severe thunderstorm warning is in effect for the Rodney, Gulf, Kaipara, Auckland City, Waitakere, Franklin and Albany areas. More than 4000 lightning strikes were recorded in the Auckland and lower Northland regions, with more than 700 in the space of five minutes earlier this morning. According to NIWA records, Auckland recorded its second wettest hour on record this morning. Lynn speaks with Met Service meteorologist, Lewis Ferris.

Night time for Waitakere-based author Annette Lees, is magical and beguiling. It transforms the senses and the landscape. But most of us miss out on it most the time. It's when the nocturnal world comes alive with night birds, singing insects, dancing moths, native fish, all under a canopy of stars. And, says Annette, who's been an outdoor enthusiast since childhood, it's the perfect time to go tramping. She has, she says "a lifetime of night walking memories". After Dark - Walking into the Nights of Aotearoa is Annette's latest book.

We're joined now on #PacificDays by Amiria Fletcher, Manager, WAVES Trust and Michael Alofa, Specialist Advisor, Auckland Council. to talanoa about the White Ribbon Campaign Waitakere.  If you're feeling unsafe at home in your bubble you can reach out for help. Call 111 if you need help right now. Go to www.waves.org.nz for a list of services that can support you if you are experiencing violence, or if you need some support to change your behaviour. And for children and young people you can call 0800 WHAT'S UP (0800 942 8787) to talk to a trained counsellor. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Homes have been flooded and people have had to be rescued from their cars after widespread flooding across parts of Auckland overnight. About 50 people in west Auckland have evacuated their homes overnight after heavy rain caused rivers to rise rapidly. Waitakere Ward councillor Shane Henderson spoke to Corin Dann.

Emergency services closed roads in Kumeu, Ranui, and Henderson Valley after a heavy storm and flooding swept rocks and debris onto Auckland roads overnight. Reporter Sarah Robson was in West Auckland trying to navigate the closures. After being stalled in Waitakere, she spoke to Susie Ferguson while making her way up State Highway 16 to see how far she could get before hitting closures.

For Donna Kerridge the Waitakere ranges are the 'lungs' of Auckland and it needs to be looked after, as a practitioner of Rongoā Māori she says everyone needs to be responsible for the taiao.

For Donna Kerridge the Waitakere ranges are the 'lungs' of Auckland and it needs to be looked after, as a practitioner of Rongoā Māori she says everyone needs to be responsible for the taiao.

A man has been ordered to pay $5,700 after he was found guilty of flouting kauri dieback rules at an Auckland regional park. Robert Armitstead was sentenced today at the Waitakere District Court by Judge Lisa Tremewan. Reporter Kate Gregan was there.

In this episode we talk about Danny's time at Leeds playing with Rio Ferdinand, Harry Kewell, Mark Viduka and Jonathan Woodgate, his Champions League debut against Barcelona at the Nou Camp infront of 90,000 people, playing against Man United at Old Trafford, why Ole Gunnar Solsjkaer is the smartest player he's ever seen, the nine groin operations across three seasons that killed his dreams of playing at the top level and his coaching influences and philosophies.

The firedot lichen, Caloplaca allanii, is found only on the Waitakere coastline West of Auckland on old volcanic rocks near the ocean's spray. It is one of six Nationally Critical lichens in Aotearoa.

Flo Wilson is a composer, performer and sonic artist based in Tāmaki Makaurau/ Auckland, Aotearoa/ New Zealand. Her work ranges from constructing a performance, to exploring spatial sound across various mediums including within her production and in sound installations. She is known for creating music which uses multi-layered voices to interweave with field recordings, creating immersive, lush compositions. In particular she is curious about the relationships between people and technology; how technology can extend, reduce and manipulate our modes of being. She has exhibited sound installations in the USA, Australia and New Zealand, had her thesis published in the Australian Computer Music Conference and released her debut EP '(Please) Keep Breathing' in 2017. She holds a degree from the New Zealand School of Music, with first class honours in sonic arts. This mix is dedicated to Flo's dear friend, the late, great Reuben Samuel Winter (Totems, Milk) and journeys from the concert hall to the club, and then back to the bush. 0'00: Salina Fisher – Kintsugi (performed by the NZ Trio) 04'31: Hasji – kohuki gorge [NOA] 06'18: DJ Plead – X5 [SUMAC] 11'26: Totems – Workin Wit [Buzzy Point] 14'33: DJ Lag – Ice Drop [Goon Club All Stars] 19'23: mHz – Form B [Self] 24'41: The Bug – You [Hyperdub] 28'02: Flo Wilson – (Please) Keep Breathing [mf/mp] 34'02: lau.ra – Don't Waste My Time feat. JessB [Needwant] 36'50: Lil Silva – Quest [Night Slugs] 41'05: bb gurl – msn ur luv (Club Mix) feat. AP & Tei [Self] 43'26: Moon Holiday – Rid U [Self] 47'22: Doss – Puppy [LuckyMe] 51'00: Logic1000 – I Won't Forget [Therapy] 55'06: CORIN – Maria's Dream [Bedouin] 58'09: Skymning – RELENTLESS [unreleased] 62'12:Spiritual Exit – Painless [Self] 68'55: Flo Wilson – Field recording in Titirangi, Waitakere ranges (Feb, 2021)

Alison Ballance revisits a 2013 feature on kauri dieback disease and talks to Nick Waipara to find out how the northern kauri forests are coping with the disease in 2021.

Alison Ballance revisits a 2013 feature on kauri dieback disease and talks to Nick Waipara to find out how the northern kauri forests are coping with the disease in 2021.

Alison Ballance revisits a 2013 feature on kauri dieback disease and talks to Nick Waipara to find out how the northern kauri forests are coping with the disease in 2021.

From Going West's second year in 1997, master storyteller Maurice Shadbolt, celebrates the near forgotten lives from New Zealand's history, and talks of his path to writing history to life, particularly in the context of his novel The Season of the Jew. Shadbolt, is a major New Zealand writer with an international reputation. He published numerous books and won every major New Zealand literary prize, some multiple times, and sometimes to the chagrin of other writers. His most renowned work is his trilogy on the New Zealand Land Wars. The first book The Season of the Jew, is a semi-fictionalized account of the story of the Māori leader Te Kooti, told from the perspective of one of his pursuers. It explores issues of racism and injustice and is told as a romping read. Shadbolt was one of the few writers of his time to feel at home with the myths, stories, and legends of his own country, and championed bringing those stories to life and to a broad readership. His home in Titirangi, at 35 Arapito Road, where much of his work was written, is soon to become a writers' residence and form part of the West Auckland literary landscape, thanks to the mahi of the Shadbolt House Trust, the Waitakere Local Board, and the Waitakere and Auckland Councils. Tino pai rawa atu!

The country's biggest District Health Board can't cope with the demand for elective surgery and has decided to do operations on the weekend in a bid to keep up. Operations are regularly being called off at Waitematā's North Shore and Waitakere hospitals and at its elective surgery centre because of a shortage of nurses. It's another example of a whole health system under strain. Health Correspondent Rowan Quinn reports.  

Cora-Allan Wickliffe is a multidisciplinary artist of Māori and Niue descent, originally from Waitakere. She is a founding member of BC COLLECTIVE and is a maker of Hiapo (Niuean Barkcloth).  Cora is currently on a residency here in Wellington which is a partnership between Te Whare Hēra and Mana Moana – a curated artist led collaboration between Māori and Pacifica visual artists, musicians, writers and choreographers to produce short art films. Te Whare Hēra thanks our partners Wellington City Council and Toi Rauwhārangi / College of Creative Arts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Phoenix notch up a fifth point for the season against the Wanderers, will the replacement players keep their positions for the midweek Victory game? Team Wellington all but confirm second place on the table, and can Waitakere keep Eastern Suburbs out of the semifinals?

In the last ten years, the value of property has doubled in some areas of New Zealand. Figures released by Realestate.co.nz show between 2011 and 2020 the asking prices for properties went up by more than 100 percent. The biggest increase was for the small Bay of Plenty district of Kawerau, where the average asking price went up 132 percent. But strong rises were also seen in Central Hawke's Bay, Hamilton, Waitakere, and Central Otago. Māni Dunlop speaks to the chief executive of Realestate.co.nz, Sarah Wood.

Cora-Allan Wickliffe is a multidisciplinary artist of Māori and Niue descent, originally from Waitakere. In recent years her practice has focused on her efforts to revive the art form of Hiapo, prior to this she completed her Masters in Visual Art and Design in Performance from AUT (2013), also receiving a AUT Postgraduate Dean’s award for her research.  She is the Curator and Exhibitions Manager at the Corban Estate Arts Centre, is a founding member of BC COLLECTIVE and is a maker of Hiapo (Niuean Barkcloth). She has exhibited her work throughout Aotearoa and internationally including Australia, Niue, England and Canada.  Her work is a part of major collections including The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Auckland War Memorial Museum and the Wallace Arts Trust. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

King Softy runs INDEX:Records alongside Madame Zhou. The Berlin-based artist, who hails from the Waitakere ranges, comes correct with a selection that parallels the breadth of music that the label embraces. *Tracklist* Peder Mannerfelt - Psychopomp [Self] Valentina Magaletti & Hulian Sartorius - Tre Porte [Marionette] Shonen Bat - Expect Frozen Revolution [Comic Sans] Andria - Komina [Phase Group] Cryptobitch - Emotet (d.Monica) [Self] Ike - Seven & Seventeen (GOD69 Remix) [INDEX] Flaty - Thread [Soda Gong] Dj Frankie - Nuclear Threat [Radio Mars] Herron - Losing Spirit [Peder Mannerfelt] Significant Other - Mike’s Gone Back To Manchester [Oscilla Sound] Yak - Wide Eye [R&S] Pugilist - Untitled [Nous'klaer] INVT - PYOO [Self] Ike - Kiwami Formed [INDEX] Low End Activist - Broken Biscuits [Seagrave] Richard Holhburn - Spin Kicks to Infinity [Cross Street] Happa - One Three Five [Whities] Zoë Mc Pherson - Tenace (dogs road) [SFX] NWO - Elliptical Axiz [Céad] Neil Landstrumm - Mumbai [Self] Perko - Luna [Numbers] Ike Zwanikken - Im Fremden Raum [Storage Media] Matmos - Excerpt Four [Thrill Jockey] Peder Mannerfelt - Once I Was Found [Self] King Softy - Chopped & Screwed [unreleased]

A war of words has broken out over claims newborn babies from two Māori families were to be uplifted from an Auckland Hospital. A Māori trust and a senior health board member say they stopped Oranga Tamariki taking two babies into state care at Waitakere Hospital on Friday morning. Dozens of people gathered at the hospital after news of the alleged uplifts got out - but never eventuated. And late on Friday afternoon Oranga Tamariki said that's because the babies were never going to be taken into care and claims that they were are incorrect. Amy Williams filed this report.

Health worker unions are furious Worksafe is refusing to investigate how seven Waitakere Hospital nurses were infected with Covid-19. Worksafe says the Waitemataa DHB has already investigated and made changes. But unions representing nurses, doctors and almost every other staff member at the hospital say the decision is unacceptable. They plan to take up the issue with Ministers and to try to have the decision overturned. A spokesperson for the union which represents junior doctors, Deborah Powell, told RNZ health correspondent Rowan Quinn an external investigation is needed.

Macca is one of New Zealand Football’s great characters: Passionate, outspoken, laid-back and always up for a laugh.

Affiliate Owner of CrossFit Waitakere, Wife, Mother, and Artist are some of the hats that Genice now wears.

The nurses organisation is calling for Worksafe to investigate how seven nurses caught Covid-19 at Waitakere Hospital. They caught the virus after infected residents from St Margarets rest home were moved to the hospital. A review into how the first three nurses caught the disease- has found the hospital was ill prepared for the patients and staff were using broken or poorly fitting protective clothing. RNZ's Health Correspondent Rowan Quinn reports.

Sue Berman caught up with Dena Jacob - Poukokiri Rangahau Māori in Waitakere, to talk about the current exhibition Wai 262 The Flora and Fauna Claim. The exhibition runs till 29 February 2020 on level 2 of the Waitakere Central Library. The exhibition brings awareness to Te Tiriti o Waitangi by exploring images of native flora and fauna drawn from manuscripts that date back to 1845. Dena explains the Wa1 262 claim was a Waitangi Tribunal claim lodged in 1991. It was one of the largest and most complex in the Tribunal's history. It was a contemporary claim and focused mainly on the Crown's existing laws, policies and practices. A video and book resources support this exhibition. Wai 262 : the indigenous flora and fauna claim - DVD https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2652755 Ko Aotearoa tēnei. Te taumata tuarua : a report into claims concerning New Zealand law and policy affecting Māori culture and identity https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2625910 References to exhibition content: Illustrations to "Adventure in New Zealand" by Edward Jerningham Wakefield, 1845 https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1965359 The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror in the years 1839-1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross / by Joseph Dalton Hooker https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1943567

Doris De Pont – Well known in Aotearoa as an influential fashion designer, originally trained as a social anthropologist, which taught her about patterns and models of behavior through different societies and how they express themselves. Fast track a few decades and her unique insights on how she views her surrounds have culminated in an exquisite visual collection of us as Moana people, expressed through fashion and adornment. Too often we envisage dystopia. We’re conditioned to see the negative. De Pont has visualized a version of utopia in 'Moana Currents: Dressing Aotearoa now' and it is beautiful to see. The show was co-curated with fashion journalist Dan Ahwa and is on display at Te Uru Contemporary Gallery, Waitakere until December 1st. We talk in-depth about this exhibition in relation to who we are, now, as people of the Moana. Special Thanks to Doris De Pont and Liquid Studios.

Today on the 135 we have the privilege to host two members of the West Auckland Licensing Trusts Action Group who are fighting to initiate change and lift the Waitakere and Portage Licencing Trust Monopoly on alcohol and gambling over West Auckland. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/backofthe135/message

Doris De Pont – Well known in Aotearoa as an influential fashion designer, originally trained as a social anthropologist, which taught her about patterns and models of behavior through different societies and how they express themselves. Fast track a few decades and her unique insights on how she views her surrounds have culminated in an exquisite visual collection of us as Moana people, expressed through fashion and adornment. Too often we envisage dystopia. We're conditioned to see the negative. De Pont has visualized a version of utopia in 'Moana Currents: Dressing Aotearoa now' and it is beautiful to see. The show was co-curated with fashion journalist Dan Ahwa and is on display at Te Uru Contemporary Gallery, Waitakere until December 1st. We talk in-depth about this exhibition in relation to who we are, now, as people of the Moana. Special Thanks to Doris De Pont and Liquid Studios. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/art-ache/message

More than 14,000 New Zealand homes were flipped within six months of purchase during the last property market boom.But that represented less than 3 per cent of total sales, new research by OneRoof shows.National and Labour politicians blamed "flippers" for pushing up house prices, and introduced legislation to quash property speculation.But data published in today's OneRoof Property Report shows house-flipping in New Zealand was not as prevalent as popularly believed.Of the 647,133 homes sold between 2013 and 2018, OneRoof and its data partner Valocity identified 14,588 that were bought and then resold within six months.In Auckland, of the 193,698 properties sold between 2013 and 2018, 6631 (3.4 per cent) were flipped within six months.One Roof property writer Catherine Smith told Kate Hawkesby during that period just under 650,000 homes were sold."In a classic flipping situation, which is what developers, real estate agents would tell you, is within six months, there were less than 15,000 properties that were flipped over."She says they can't find any data that says speculators were one of the drivers of the market."Most astonishing thing I got was a little Treasury paper, which was a recommendation to the Minister, which said we don't have empirical evidence that this was happening'."Despite this, politicians blamed speculators for pushing up prices and brought in legislation to quash it.The research showed that, between 2013 and 2018, 25 per cent of residential sales (165,098) were bought and then resold within five years. The median holding period for houses in New Zealand since the year 2000 is 3.45 years, and 9 per cent of those resale properties were flipped with six months.According to the data, the "flip capital" of the country was not Auckland, but Wellington. Fourteen per cent of total resales (properties bought and resold within five years) in the capital between 2013 and 2018 were within six months. In Auckland, the figure was 12 per cent. Six-month flipping in Hamilton and Tauranga sat at the national average of 9 per cent.Valocity valuation director James Wilson said nationally, the average gain on resale properties was $155,000.In Auckland, where property values have risen 45 per cent since 2013, the difference between initial sale prices and the resale prices varied from 21 per cent in Franklin to 25 per cent in the Central City and 26 per cent in Waitakere.In Hamilton the difference was 22 per cent, and in Tauranga it was 21 per cent. The difference dropped to 14 per cent in Christchurch, 12 per cent in Invercargill and 11 per cent in Gisborne.Wilson said the data raised questions about the National Government's decision to introduce the bright test in 2015, which taxed gain on non-family homes bought and sold within two years.The policy targeted speculators and was extended to five years by Labour last year.Former Property Institute CEO and OneRoof property commentator Ashley Church said the bright line test was unnecessary as professional resellers already paid tax on their gains and investors were taxed on rental income."To label investors as 'speculators' is wrong," he said. "Property investors provide an important and tangible public service [as landlords] yet the Government seems to be doing everything it can to get investors out of the market and discouraging others from entering it."Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford said the Government needed responsible property investors who were committed to providing high quality, long-term service to tenants, rather than making a "quick buck"."A number of our policy changes have been designed to prevent a repeat of the destructive speculative frenzy that saw house prices double and the worst homelessness in generations." 

What they say they are doing - nobody can complain. But, what they are actually planning and what it means when you understand their point of view and their goals - you see that it is completely different than the ‘catch phrases’ they are using - especially when ‘they’ bring it forward to the peoples attention. The whole gamut of Roy’s interview is that corporations and the elite, are in lockstep with big ‘global’ governance aim - to lure us, “we the people” - into ‘agreements.’ Agenda 21 which was in 9 parts has now morphed to Agenda 2030 - of 13 points - since 1992 and its signing by 178 countries at the Earth Summit (United Nations Conference on Environment and Development) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is being overseen by the  UN, other multilateral organizations, and individual governments around the world - that can be enacted at local, national, and global levels. So essentially the agenda is looking at our planet earth and the whole biosphere to see what measures can be taken to stop pollution, the destruction of habitat, the halting of species extinction and the uncontrolled exploitation and extraction of non renewable resources everywhere. This includes the rampant use of bio-technology and dealing with radioactive waste. So who could argue that these all need to be urgently addressed for the future of all children and grandchildren?   Agenda 21 also focuses on population growth, poverty, health and the disenfranchisement of the poor. Indigenous peoples, women, NGO’s and their place in this Agenda, plus multinational corporations, farmers and communities from villages all the way up to now what we call super cities of the world. Finally where does science fit into this mix? The Document Agenda 21 is a 350-page document divided into 40 chapters that have been grouped into 4 sections:[citation needed] Section I: Social and Economic Dimensions is directed toward combating poverty, especially in developing countries, changing consumption patterns, promoting health, achieving a more sustainable population, and sustainable settlement in decision making.[citation needed] Section II: Conservation and Management of Resources for Development includes atmospheric protection, combating deforestation, protecting fragile environments, conservation of biological diversity (biodiversity), control of pollution and the management of biotechnology, and radioactive wastes. Section III: Strengthening the Role of Major Groups includes the roles of children and youth, women, NGOs, local authorities, business and industry, and workers; and strengthening the role of indigenous peoples, their communities, and farmers.[citation needed] Section IV: Means of Implementation includes science, technology transfer, education, international institutions, and financial mechanisms.[citation needed] The interview starts with Roy immediately stating that this is not a people friendly agenda. That it is a depopulation agenda - he does not mince words. He emphatically states that the wording is so compelling that any ordinary person would only want to countenance such sentiment.  It reads well and sounds good - it appeals to common sense - but look at the deeper levels of it. Who is calling the shots? So I ask him, what is it that he thinks/sees is problematic? The word Sustainable The big one he says is the word Sustainable - it is a word that can conjure up many different meanings. A sustainable business is just one that is able to continue doing business for as long as it takes. Which every business  wants to do anyway. You can have sustainable forests or a fishery, that you keep maintaining at a certain rate or level - but it’s only maintaining - where it needs to be regenerated - where it needs to be cherished as nature - not just using it as a resource. The word sustainability has been superseded by the word Regeneration - as regeneration means to put back more. That there is an eternal component to it. Regeneration has an optimism and can also be seen as a sacred act. Of replenishing nature, of giving back whole heartedly. However Agenda 21 does not talk in terms of regeneration of the biosphere. Energy and Energy Production. Energy production today involves the largest planetary change that we have upon us and we are being held hostage by vested interests of the massive fossil fuel and oil cartel. They do not and will not budge an inch, from their extractive and polluting industrial ways.  They are controlling the agenda. Big Oil & Fossil Fuel Thwart & Constrain - new energy systems.   It is known that from leading edge physics and its point of view, you can receive more energy out than you put into a system - yet the status quo says - oh, the 'perpetual motion machine' - and they scoff and demonise this in total - including the inventors as well - there is a constant refusal to acknowledge that this is possible (listen to Alvin Crosby’s interview of two weeks ago, where he proved that it’s attainable with water). So yes, ordinary everyday physics proves it’s possible. The whole universe is structured as 'an over unity device’ - the sun continues to put out endless amounts of energy. How can this be? So the whole science and the physics is showing us, that there are other equations. See The Thrive Movie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OibqdwHyZxk 3 minute trailer. This tells us exceptionally clearly what the challenge is. Roy states there are numerous desktop type ‘energy machines’ being produced - however he says the challenge is around scaling them up to be able to service the greater population. Yet, when someone does find the ‘over unity’ toroidal donut equation and produces a viable unit - they then go and patent it - because they inherently know that it’s very difficult to find that ‘unique mathematical combination.’ But, what invariably happens, that there at the patents office - this 'key global - nodal point’ - sitting in a very strategic ‘location’ are officials that are tasked to scrutinise all such 'gifts to humanity’ - where it then is essentially suppressed - usually with such hefty fees etc - and this has been happening since the 1930’s. Yet, the Deep State for want of a far better word - control the narrative and the agenda - that is ... ‘don’t subvert or compete with the status quo!’ Roy mentions magnets and magnetism saying the energy behind what is magnetic - is a science that we know so little about - actions and reactions and forces and energies and that it is a ‘complete science’ - which we have in essence ignored. It works in tandem with gravity, electricity, it works into generation and yet magnetism is not taught! Nikola Tesla is mentioned and his quote “The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence. Invisible Forces Roy says that this is a very important point - as it is invisible forces that are taking humanities lives away as of right now - in this era. That science does not study and research the invisible is fraught with danger and in fact what we may think as toys are in actuality - weapons. With Roy emphasising that we have to learn and study these invisible forces and like every other thing in the universe, energy can be used for good or used for bad. He says we have had these invisible systems suppressed from our knowing. Yet covertly, ‘the powers that be’ are researching and advancing these technologies in secret and they are using them to help consolidate their power whilst using these technologies against us. With Agenda 21 and Agenda 2030 he asserts that inside these ’nice goals’ - and the ‘catch phrases’ they say - is how all their newly acquired advantages, are used against us. Though not mentioned in this interview - the plan to deploy 5 G wireless - was not the subject of Roy’s interview, he knows a huge amount about it - however he  had too many other subjects he wanted to speak to. Microwaves are detrimental to biological beings. He firmly said - that microwaves are not good for humans - end of story. No matter what level, what intensity, what frequency - microwaves are not good for human beings! We today are immersed in them. ‘We are living in a microwave oven’ and now we have wifi all over us - with the addition of satellites above - following us … there are so many things that are impacting our life. All being on the invisible platform of vibratory and frequency impact - on our consciousness and our health. Look at today’s increasing health statistics. Walter Russell -  unknown genius. Another one of the invisibles comes up with Fukushima in Japan and the continuous belching into the Pacific Ocean of nuclear radiation still today. Roy mentions that Walter Russell and his wife Tao wrote a book in the 1950s called ‘Atomic Suicide’ about the impact of radiation and playing with the hidden building blocks of the Universe. In this book Walter Russell a poly math - stated that nuclear energy is wrong! That it creates a danger at every level that it is used. Listen He mentions that ‘nuclear situations’ can appear where matter disassociates and starts to fall apart - because all of nature is based on balance - the dynamics of the atom - the electron and the neutron inside the atom etc. So the imperative is recognising that our science is running far ahead of our collective consciousness and this is why we today are in the disconnected un-peaceful situation we have on earth. Because ‘we’ the ordinary person doing life, have been separated away from the decision making process - and for some time. Quote: Nikola Tesla to Walter Russell “lock up this (Cosmic) knowledge in a safe for 1,000 years until man is ready for it.” www.Philosophy.org With other facets of the Agenda 21 It was George Herbert Bush, ex head of the CIA who was Vice President of the US for 8 years and President for 4 years who initiated this document and signed off on it. Then Roy says that it was Margaret Evans, Mayor of Hamilton here in NZ who signed it and adopted it to make Hamilton a model city for Agenda 21. He says that via the UN they have been altering, changing and controlling Hamilton from that time. It’s a model - an example city. Waitakere also signed it with Bob Harvey being the mayor - listen to my interview of him here: https://www.planetaudio.org.nz/archive/green-planet/bob-harvey-the-eco-city/5997 Roy said that they were lured by the wording by the ‘catchphrases’ in the document as to something good - but Roy says look at Hamilton as a result. There are no 4 lane roads - there are traffic islands everywhere - they are called ‘Margaret’ islands - named after the Mayor - because there are so many - parking is restricted … Hamilton is such a difficult city to pass through (I agree I bypass it) - Roy maintains that with the way the traffic is controlled - it slows down our ability to be productive humans.       Listen He says this is happening globally - this is Agenda 21 - they slow down our ability to be productive humans. He says that Transit NZ is influenced by Hamilton Council.    Listen He talks about our best food produced in NZ is exported - and he said that is true of every nation that is under the control of the globalist government. Many to most of the globalist governments export their own food and import somebody else’s food production. Clipping the ticket WHY? Because they get to ‘clip the ticket’ - plus they get to control the food chain as well as accelerate the prices. He said if we did not sell all of our food overseas and instead ate the best (being high quality export grade) and then just sold the balance - 'they’ would not be able to control our food chain regime. That cheeses can be traded between Britain and Holland and yet they are basically the same type of cheese. (Remember the term Coals to Newcastle) - But, as you can readily see, the standard of food in NZ supermarkets now has become so low - it is as if we are buying 2nd or 3rd grade food, whilst for example in the UK, superb apples can be sold that are juicy and crisp and like kiwifruit - have no blemishes. Meanwhile NZers ever since Sue Kedgely left Parliament have had no champion of quality food standards. Dumbing us down Roy says, that part of the Agenda is that it dumbs us down - that we become subservient. (and eventually we become homogenised) … easier to control.. Marginalised … Roy goes on that those who we elect, our Government Representatives,  Members of Parliament - are just as much a victim as you and I. They are drinking sanitised water, eating food that has glyphosate in it, they are being impacted by wifi and a variety of invisibles …they are just as susceptible to the deception as you and I. He says the MPs have to be very special and a very focused individual, as well as exceptional capable at protecting themselves to be able to stand up to this barrage coming at them from all quarters - just to be able to survive. An example. Goal number 11 from Agenda 2030 Now that can mean a lot says Roy! Which means ban all gun ownership of private citizens (Globally). Which means only obedient government officers can have or use them. And he says it could enslave a class of people as impoverished. Which mean criminalise those living in rural areas. And institute protected areas … where the Government claims that it is owned by the people - but, they do not allow people to live there. Force humans into densely populated tightly packed controlled cities … Where they are under surveillance 24/7/365 and they are subjected to easy manipulation by the authorities (Tim - says but I want to go out and be - in nature and regenerate) - Roy says we are of the earth and if she is our mother then we need to be in harmony with her … and cities restrict us. He says this is another aspect of the invisible attack. That cities have become wifi and microwave hot spots and as such having an imbalanced vibratory rate, that our psychic balance is totally thrown out as there is no quietness and stillness due to so little nature. Like stands of dense bush and many trees with birdlife. Food Codes and Irradiation. Other subject covered is that irradiated food is coming into the country - that irradiation degrades its nutrition, plus only having tiny labels to tell us it’s irradiated by Caesium 137. Labels on food is coded - as it is easier to hide what is in food and how it has been treated. Note that no supermarket has a large sign on the wall somewhere, telling us the numbers and what they mean and as a result most NZers seem to not care or even question … Why do we in NZ still have no labels regarding GMO. What was it that watered down Steffan Browning’s Food Labelling Bill that went through Parliament? Depopulation being the ultimate goal. The fertility of the earth is what is being attacked … Note - the falling fertility levels … Yet, the Chinese have worked out a way to make deserts fertile. There are ways if there is the will to regenerate and grow green spaces.    Changing Dietary Needs - having less meat. He says the catchphrase ‘that there are too many people on earth’ - can be countered, if we slowed down eating meat and started eating less and less - there would be no difficulty in our population surviving and thriving. Scientific research says that is very doable - ‘but, the will to stop eating meat is lacking.’ Cannabis is mentioned as it is used now for many herbal cures. That using cannabis in agriculture can lead to far healthier products and wholesome soil as well as sequesting Co2 down from the atmosphere. Loving Care and our Relationship with Existence. This whole conversation then morphs to what is it to be human and Roy talks of the wonderful virtues than can flow forth from a loving caring, compassionate human to one that when we awaken to our potential as a living, soul based humanity - we can live in joy once we courageously open up to our divine inheritance. Roy goes on to speak so eloquently of us as a family of humanity that can support and work together with other kin and it does not have anything to do with race, colour, gender of wealth - just a firm commitment to the truth and then making a connection to the light behind each others eyes. He talks about our heart - our inner self, our consciousness - we have to make this leap of faith …it’s about our being and our extension to God. That the spiritual perspective has to override the material perspective because the spiritual perspective is on the eternal platform and the physical perspective is on the material platform. And the eternal is superior in every decision . This was a very full-on interview of a committed and very focussed communicator Roy Harlow www.RushFM.co.nz

Four points from two games away from home - the pod debate whether that's a fair reflection of the two games that were played. The pod preview a bumper weekend of football in Wellington, a double header at Westpac this weekend and the TeeDubs hosting Waitakere.

Four points from two games away from home - the pod debate whether that's a fair reflection of the two games that were played. The pod preview a bumper weekend of football in Wellington, a double header at Westpac this weekend and the TeeDubs hosting Waitakere.

Kia Ora Whanau. When Nancy Jiang was five, she moved with her parents from China to New Zealand. One of her first memories was noticing the other children in her street and at school tearing about in bare feet. Nancy immediately thought “I want to do that” and quickly adapted to the largely barefoot childhood that many New Zealand children enjoy. Nancy’s burgeoning love of running started at school during PE and cross country, she joined her local Waitakere city athletic club and applied herself diligently to training in her early teenage years. This put Nancy at odds with her grandparents and parents, who perhaps took a more traditional view of the path that a young Chinese woman should take. “Chinese people don’t run” they told her, “what, you think you are going to represent New Zealand?”. Nancy’s family clearly wanted her to focus on academic achievement first, and so she did, giving running away for several years whilst she attended university. Fast forward university and Nancy is living in Hamilton and has started to run socially and completes her first marathon as a bet with a coworker to see who could run it the fastest. Needless to say, Nancy won the bet. Several years of marathons followed this, before Nancy finally found herself in France, nursing a few “niggles” (as she tells it) and curious as to just how one runs up mountains….. It seems off-road running suits Nancy, as he has recently came 5th at the 57 km OCC in France (part of the UTMB festival) and has just returned from Europe where she placed 15th at the world mountain running champs. We have the pleasure of being the first to speak with Nancy regarding her running and it was a total blast.. Enjoy!!

Huia Hamon is a singer, artist and mother who runs Kog studios with her partner. The couples home is tucked away in Waitakere and on most days is a hive of music and creativity. Te Ahi Kaa pays a visit.

Huia Hamon is a singer, artist and mother who runs Kog studios with her partner. The couples home is tucked away in Waitakere and on most days is a hive of music and creativity. Te Ahi Kaa pays a visit.

To have our venerable forest giant die before us is making us realise that even far from all other countries on our planet - that we too can be affected by something that is microscopic and beneath our feet that can destroy a living treasure that can live to 2,000 years of age. It’s called Kauri dieback. Kauri dieback is the deadly kauri disease caused by Phytophthora taxon Agathis. Following DNA studies, this fungus-like disease was formally identified in 2008 as a distinct and previously undescribed species of Phytophthora. Kauri dieback is specific to New Zealand kauri and can kill trees of all ages. Microscopic spores in the soil infect kauri roots and damage the tissues that carry nutrients within the tree. Infected trees show a range of symptoms including yellowing of foliage, loss of leaves, canopy thinning, dead branches and lesions that bleed gum at the base of the trunk. Nearly all infected kauri die. In the past 10 years, kauri dieback has killed thousands of kauri in New Zealand. Kauri is NZ’s canary in the coal mine with this organism and there are hundreds of different phytophthora around our planet. The potato famine in Ireland was cause by a phytophthora and there is one in Australia called cinnamomi that is devastating forests in South West Australia. Mels states that NZ authorities are not yet serious about this and our inaction is enabling this disease to spread Because ecologists call kauri a key stone species - it is just not one species - as it changes the soil type underneath a kauri forest over the millennia to something called pod sol - which is a very leached soil type and they do this to support themselves and support other organisms that like to live with kauri (symbiosis) and kauri becomes surrounded by its friends. Up to 17 different species that can survive alongside kauri. And this symbiotic relations is totally unique globally and if we loose our kauri, we will loose all these other organisms that depend on kauri as well. Thus she says it is not much to stretch this - that if no action is taken we could have extinction right throughout Northland. As this die off is doubling every 5 years. Monitoring Report faults foot traffic for spreading it. In August of 2017, the Auckland Council released a monitoring report showing that the places with the most foot traffic, particularly Piha and the Cascades and especially Piha have a risk of kauri going extinct in the next 5 years. Because the spread now is so large and has increased so much that if it doubles again - that in the next 5 years there will be no kauri in Piha. The Auckland Council report - states quite clearly and in stark terms that if we do not change the management of our kauri forests in the Wairakere ranges - we risk losing all of the kauri. The problem - These spores are carried by foot born human traffic and also mountain bikes that are then used in other areas of the forest.  These tiny spores in the soil and mud, cling to our shoes or bike tires and the spread becomes easy. It’s a bio security crisis affecting all of the kauri in New Zealand. The range of Kauri in NZ is less than point 1% of what is was originally. Before people settled in New Zealand, forest containing kauri covered much of the Coromandel Peninsula and northern areas throughout North Auckland. Today, the remaining 7,455 hectares of mature kauri forest is scattered in remnant patches. Drastic Action Required There are up to a million visitors walking the Waitakere Park annually. Mels states the if we do not do something drastic as the management has been sporadic and patchy and wife we do nothing - we will lose our kauri. Shoe cleaning stations are on many /most tracks to disinfect their shoes & boots, but unfortunately many people are not doing this small practice - the cleaning stations are quite rudimentary and people are spraying their muddy soles thinking it is a magical spray. But as a somewhat benign spray it is not killing this organism. It needs to be a really, really good clean of your shoes and then a spray … and due to the condition of many of the tracks - mud is going to be moved around and deposited along these tracks and this is the crux of the problem. The tracks in the Waitakere ranges Mels says are in an exceptionally poor state. For up to 20 years very little attention. She mentions that where stands of kauri are there are strategic scrub and spray stations - that the imperative is to use them every single time you came to one. Not just once scrub and spray before going into the forest or one when you are leaving the forest.  Because these ‘stations’ are strategically placed around all the different kauri and if you do not scrub and spray  - you will just spread the contaminated mud to where the healthy kauri’s are - and there lies the problem - people are too unconscious to make a real effort, hence the rapid increase of this dieback. Visitors are not using scrub and spray stations Some of the Auckland council sites have been monitored for compliance - however it has been estimated that of the one million visitors year only 20% are scrubbing and spraying. This translates to 800,000 people wandering around with this disease of their feet - causing this problem to rapidly spread. Rats, possums birds and pigs are being blamed for moving this disease around but the monitoring has proved that it is always along the tracks that pass by kauri is where all the die off it happening. Auckland Council has completed 2 major surveys of the Waitakere ranges in 2011 &2016  and clearly find that it is human foot traffic that is going up to trees, as these are the trees that are dying off.  Trees that hide away from the tracks seem to be doing very well. 22,744 trees have been surveyed by helicopter and locked in by GPS and survey teams have checked each tree to do a health analysis. Note it is not known how long it takes from infection until symptoms are expressed. The Tree Council fb page  - check the map - it’s like a cancer spreading along the tracks. The Hillary Trail is badly infected … The Cascades are bad too - over 20,000 people a day in summer - Piha has a lots people too.  Very popular with runners too - hence this all adds to the infection along these tracks. Pigs, rats, birds and possums are not to blame. That she says it is not the pig, rats, birds and possums that are the cause as we would see are far more even distribution of across kauri and all over the ranges - but this is not so, as this contamination is happening all along the track network. These animals do not exclusively use the track network like humans do.   This makes it clear that it is a human problem. The surveys show that 75% of trees infected lie within 50 metres of a track . Pigs are a problem, and need to be sorted but not the major cause by any stretch. But they are less than 25% of the problem and we humans are 75% of the problem and this is what we need to sort out. Mels says that we humans need to own this and get it sorted. Accept responsibility for it and stop making excuses and take action. She says that we would not see the doubling of the disease if it was only animals doing it. The Hunua’s are another Auckland Council area forest that has no kauri dieback - so the imperative is to make sure that this dieback does not happen there - It has been surveyed exactly like the Waiitakere ranges - and the Tree Council is confident that there is no infection in the Hunua’s. The Coromandel has a tiny number of infection sites - Northland has some infection but has not been surveyed like Auckland council have done, thus we do not know the scale of it, but it’s in Waipoua Forest and Trounson Park and on Great Barrier island too.   Infection of other forests - Mels says is a matter of time, not if … Maori have said enough! This is what Te Kawerau e Maki the local iwi (tribe)  - the mana whena for the Waitakere’s have said - Enough!    Saying we need to get humans out of the forest and let it heal and for us to take action. This is the forest they are kaitiaki of - that they are the guardians  - to lose the kauri the Te Kawerau e maki - lose who they are … They want a ‘rahui’ placed on the whole Waitakere area Rahui is a closure and an exclusion of people from their normal activities - to let natural systems heal and regenerate - wanting us to respect the forest for this process to take place. They will be doing this very soon. Having asked the Auckland Council to do this under the sanction of a controlled area notice under the BioSecurity Act. Anyone found inside this exclusion zone woods be in breach of the BioSecurity Act. Thus is backed by the Tree Council, Forest & Bird Society and the Friends of Regional Parks and the Waitakere Protection Society. They have all said this is what Auckland Council needs to do. Mels say that Auckland Council must get in and move this whole initiative forward and if not the NZ Government may see fit to come in over the top of the Council - and force it to implement the closure, and then Auckland Council will lose all control over this process.  Listen Stating this is a national crisis for this toanga - treasure  this keynote species that is unique that grows for up to 2,000 years  - it is estimated . She says it is not about spoiling every ones fun or a killjoy or exaggerating the scale of the problem  - this is a critical time - it’s about the survival of a giant mega flora species. She wants the tracks to be brought online again once the tracks have been upgraded so as to not facilitate the spread of the disease - this way we can get people back into the Waitakere to once again to bathe in the magnificence of the cool shade and beauty that the Waitakere forest harbour. We must remember that is was only in 2007 that Kauri dieback was first noticed Education Education of New Zealanders is important. Because she does not want people to.be closed out forever it’s just a necessity now .. a temporary closure.  To then rebuild the tracks and make them safe bio security wise. Myrtle Rust another very recent problem in NZ. Myrtle rust is mentioned too as an airborne disease and this now has been found in various areas of NZ -   A great danger to NZ Christmas tree the pohutukawa. If seen -  don’t touch, just photo and call the appropriate bio security authorities or Auckland Council. There is another fungal disease in Hawaii  discovered in 2014 - called the Ohi  which lives in the soil, causing leaves to turn black and fall off killing a tree in s matter of weeks. They find that human movement is the cause of spreading this disease. They say that NZ pohutukawa tree could be at risk. It has affected about 75,000 acres of forest on the big Island of Hawaii and has now spread to Tahiti. Mels says we have to future proof our forests  - infrastructure that has to last another 50 years has to be planned for and put in place. Call to Future Proof our Forests This disease in some ways is an opportunity for humans to step up and wisely future proof our forests, our infrastructure and tracks, our biodiversity and get on top of biosecurity at every entry point in NZ. She says one of the reasons she came to live NZ was to walk and hang out in NZ bush and forests  and show them to friends and overseas visitors Mels say that this disease may find other hosts other than kauri and we are finding that tanekaha is being affected - so this is why the urgency for NZers, Councils and the National Government to get in and educates the masses to support a major action to save what we cherish. Kauri root system is shallow, sensitive and close to the surface making it vulnerable - listen Mels then tells of the biological story of the roots and how a forest giant of a kauri succumbs to these tiny microorganisms cause starvation to the colossus above. That Kauri cannot evolve fast enough due to the rapid appearance of this disease to build up its own immunity once again Germination of seeds that then grow around the base of the Kauri as in a nursery - that may stay very small for 30 years or more - when a nearby tree dies and falls then the seedling take off and grow in the space provided to fill that gap. Kauri does not keep its seeds for long - it instead has a ‘live’ nursery that stays within the umbrella of the above foliage - but with this disease the seedlings cannot withstand it and they die - so there is no generation alive to take off and grow when the parent kauri dies. She wants urgent Council action - before summer of December 2017-18 as there will be 100’s of thousands of people tramping more disease around Get behind the rahui. Auckland Council is to spend $51.48 million on kauri die back over the next 10 years Waitakere Forests are in many ways the ‘Jewel in the Crown of Auckland.’ She says that after the rahui - this process of opening new tracks etc can happen in stages - this is not a bad news story. Incrementally open tracks once the fundamentals are in place. Mels spell sit out -  the strategy the mindfulness to get it right - with the education and championed by the Auckland Council in symphony with Maori. Mels states we need all the firepower of NZ’s science - as we do not know what else this disease infects and how to actually destroy and eliminate it. These 2 fundamental questions have not even been started in the last 9 years  - Mels socks it to the scientific ineptitude in dismissing the urgency of what is attacking our venerated kauri - under the NZ Government’s MPI - the Ministry of Primary Industries. Investment is needed into our future. She lets it rip in the end. www.KauriRescue.org.nz

Over its 80 year history, surf lifesavers patrolling Karekare beach have saved over 2000 lives. The beach near the Waitakere ranges is beautiful but like so many others in New Zealand is potentially dangerous. Long-time surf lifesaver,and former Mayor of Waitakere City Sir Bob Harvey has explored the Karekare Surf Lifesaving Club archives and interviewed current and former lifeguards for a book to mark the anniversary: Voices From The Surf. One of those is Matt Wade who joined back in 1996. He's been a patrol captain, on the management committee, edited the club magazine and been part of the surf canoe squad.

Three years ago, John Donovan built a demonstration log house on his property in Waitakere. The images in a recent newspaper article caught my attention, as did the mention of 'eco' and 'efficient'. So I tracked John down to get his thoughts on sustainable building with logs. And we talked about pyramids...

Listen HEREor here ***NOTE: I AM NO LONGER AFFILIATED WITH OR SUPPORT TAVSHere are some photos of Tuainekore at the stall at Waitakere (we had SUCH a GREAT DAY):Here is the link to that awful status update I ranted and raved about for an hour lol: https://www.facebook.com/abolitionistapproach/posts/686541261365631

This week there's surprise in the netball world after a former captain of Australia was appointed assistant coach to the Silver Ferns. We talk to Vicky Wilson about her new job in the enemy camp. We catch up with the Olympic kayak champion Lisa Carrington who's made a good start to her international season in Hungary. The V8 Supercars race in the United States for the first time, New Zealand driver Fabian Coulthard fills us in on the Austin, Texas track. A consortium takes the license to run the Auckland Blues, the Rugby Union Chief Executive Steve Tew has the details, and it's the final of the Oceania champions league between Waitakere United and Auckland City. We hear from the Waitakere goal Keeper Danny Robinson ahead of New Zealand football's toughest local derby.

This week there's surprise in the netball world after a former captain of Australia was appointed assistant coach to the Silver Ferns. We talk to Vicky Wilson about her new job in the enemy camp. We catch up with the Olympic kayak champion Lisa Carrington who's made a good start to her international season in Hungary. The V8 Supercars race in the United States for the first time, New Zealand driver Fabian Coulthard fills us in on the Austin, Texas track. A consortium takes the license to run the Auckland Blues, the Rugby Union Chief Executive Steve Tew has the details, and it's the final of the Oceania champions league between Waitakere United and Auckland City. We hear from the Waitakere goal Keeper Danny Robinson ahead of New Zealand football's toughest local derby.

Listen to a very lucid and eye opening critique on the state of Auckland, our new SupercityMels Barton is the editor of the Glen Eden Guardian, Secretary of the Titirangi Ratepayers Assoc, Trustee of the Ecomatters Environment Trust, and the Weed Free Trust, the Secretary of the Friends of Regional Parks, the National Coordinator of Sea Week, plus President of GAG (the Grassroots Action Group), Mels has her finger on many pulses.Find out how the elected council representatives are being totally overloaded with information and data, then expected to vote on issues that they do not have the necessary time to research. For example, having to attend a council meeting in two days time, but given a 500 page dossier to read and fully understand.Note, that where once our democratic process was to vote in a full council who managed the ongoing affairs of the city, today Auckland appears to have a two tier system that operates with a corporate model embedded in all aspects of council, and that elected council members are often dependent on council staff for information, who may have mixed loyalties with how the business of council is run. The message being heard is the urgent need for transparency in all aspects of the democratic process,  ‘if we the people are to have our elected servants serve our express wishes for self governance, these servant have to be seen to be acting on behalf of the wishes of the people.’ Be it at local or at a national level. An insightful interview, that ends with very good news that trees and stands of trees in the Auckland regional council areas, plus Waitakere and the Northshore have been saved from the axe.From 1 January 2012, following the National government’s 2009 changes to the Resource Management Act, the only way to protect trees on private land was to have them scheduled (listed in the District Plan), a very prolonged and labour intensive practice.Fortunately, the above changes have been overturned by our Judicial system who have recognized the short sightedness of this hurried 2009 legislation.www.gag.net.nz

From Brisbane Australia, New Zealander Graeme Sait is an Author/Educator. Graeme Sait, is the co-founder of Qld Company, Nutri-Tech Solutions (NTS), a recognised world leader in sustainable agriculture/horticulture. He is a sought after, global keynote speaker, plus the founder of Radiance, a 6 day Wellness Festival that attracts crowds in excess of 12,000. He has many years of researching health and wellbeing and the benefits of all the correct foods especially fats and oils to teas, herbal remedies plus soil health agricultural systems and biological farming etc. Learn of the profound interdependence of soil microflora of bacteria and fungi that is crucial to plant growth, healthy soil (and sequesting Co2 from the atmosphere). Just like the micro flora in our gut and digestive system, when we are free of chemical additives, everything flourishes and comes back into balance. Graeme will be in Auckland on Friday the 27th at Earthsong in Waitakere and on Waiheke Island, Saturday the 28th sharing with us his extensive knowledge on the link between soil, health and nutrition.