THE NORTHLINK ferry Hrossey has now been diverted to Scrabster to allow divers to inspect a fouled propeller. The lifeline ferry with 83 passengers and 21 cars on board became partly incapacitated overnight on her scheduled journey from Lerwick to Aberdeen. But due to the north.
Twenty million trees part of wide-ranging Kaipara Harbour restoration project
3 May, 2021 06:00 AM
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The Northern Wairoa River flows past Dargaville Photo / Susan Botting
Susan Botting is the Local Democracy Reporter for Northlandsusan.botting@northernadvocate.co.nz
More than 20 million trees and other natives will be planted around New Zealand s biggest harbour in the groundbreaking $200 million Kaipara Moana Remediation project.
Alan Wilcox, a senior manager for the Kaipara Moana Remediation interim management unit, said planting the 20 million trees was the foundation of a new intergenerational approach.
The first plantings are planned this month. They will be the start of New Zealand s biggest large-scale harbour restoration programme - across 6000sq km of land with more than 8000km of waterways.
Construction on multimillion-dollar Ōpōtiki harbour infrastructure project starts
30 Apr, 2021 02:00 AM
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Aerial veiw of Ōpōtiki Harbour. Photo / File
Rotorua Daily Post
A milestone for Bay of Plenty jobs, businesses and regional economic development is being marked as construction gets under way on the multimillion-dollar Ōpōtiki harbour infrastructure project.
Economic and Regional Development Minister Stuart Nash has joined Whakatōhea iwi, local councils and representatives of the aquaculture and marine industry at a ceremony with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to celebrate the beginning of the harbour construction. We are today celebrating the growth of a community which is now able to move from strength to strength, Nash said.