Tag: cockle bay
Cockle doodle don’t: Poachers anger local residents
A local woman has persuaded a group of alleged cockle poachers, to return the molluscs to the ocean after confronting them on Cockle Bay...
Jami-Lee Ross:Listening to Cockle Bay’s Brian
About a year ago local man Brian approached me, perplexed about why, over many years, no government department or minister has taken seriously the...
Beach protection unites Nash & Ross
Keen observers of New Zealand politics may know how unusual it is for an opposition Member of Parliament to work on a policy matter...
28 schools to put on their dancing shoes
The Howick and Pakuranga Dance Festival is being held once again this year at Somerville Intermediate from August 5-8 at 6.30pm.
The first two days...
Smoke testing begins in the fight against sewage overflow
Smoke testing has begun in Cockle Bay in a bid to reduce wastewater overflows.
This comes after local residents’ cries for help to stop sewage...
Seventy apartments threaten native species
Cockle Bay residents say they are not giving up the fight to stop the development of more than 70 apartments in the neighbourhood.
At this...
Anti-drone missile system at school
Students at a local primary school have been trying to take down a pesky drone which has been buzzing the school.
Cockle Bay Primary School's...
New plan to manage erosion at Cockle Bay
A revised plan to repair erosion damage at Cockle Bay is the result of input from local residents, concerned about wave reflection and sand...
Community rallies in storm cleanup
The community rallied together to clean up local beaches after the area was hit by the first storm of the year.
Much of east Auckland's...
Storm ravages east Auckland
The cleanup is continuing in east Auckland after last week's stormy weather battered the region.