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High cost for stairs I read with concern in Hibiscus Matters, March 15 edition, that Auckland Council is to spend $490,000 repairing the stairs leading to the beach below Pacific Parade in Army Bay. It’s a pity that the Council didn’t get onto this earlier. Initially, it was a minor rockfall that came down on top of the stairs, breaking part of them. This could have been fixed without much fuss or expense, and the rest of the structure could have been saved. It has now deteriorated to a point that it’s a major problem to remedy. However, I accept that the stairs need to be reinstated, but am baffled to know how the figure of just under half a million dollars has been arrived at. It is intimated in the article that climate change is an increasing concern to such structures in coastal regions, and there’s no argument about that. However, a request to Council by several residents to have something done about the rabbit plague on the reserve front along the cliff-to ....
Army Bay last stop for wrecked crane retrieved from water A 25-ton crane was hauled from the sea onto Army Bay beach this month. Photos, Paul Wilkinson The appearance of a large rust-covered crane on Army Bay beach on May 5 was the result of recovery work that began a year ago. The 25-ton mobile crane, valued at around $100,000, was being transported by barge from Opua to Auckland, when the barge rolled over and sank near Tiritiri Matangi Island. It happened the day before last year’s level 4 lockdown, which prevented immediate salvage. The wreck was marked with a buoy and light. ....
SUPPLIED A survey of the sanctuary was expected to find 100 tīeke (North Island saddleback), however only 30 were found. (File photo) Then, in January, thermal camera imaging suggested there were still stoats in the sanctuary, including the mother. On Thursday, the council’s senior ranger at the sanctuary, Matt Maitland, said three more stoats had been captured, including two males and a female. Auckland Council/Supplied Shakespear Regional Park, sitting at the end of the Whangaparāoa peninsula, is New Zealand s most visible and accessible open sanctuary. He believed one more stoat remained at large. The sanctuary’s tīeke (North Island saddleback) population has been “severely impacted” by the stoat outbreak, Maitland said. ....