23 Sep 2020
An environmental group is appealing the Ports of Auckland s plans to dredge the Rangitoto shipping channel.Group appeals controversial shipping channel plan
12 Jun 2020
Iwi and environmentalists opposed to a proposal to dredge the Rangitoto shipping channel are outraged Auckland Council wants to reject half of the submissions against it.Rangitoto channel dredging: Move to reject submissions extraordinarily undemocratic
11 Aug 2020
The port s application drew 194 public submissions to the Auckland Council in and 13 in support, but today it was granted consent to deepen Auckland s shipping channel.Ports of Auckland gets green light to deepen shipping channel despite controversy
12 Jun 2020
Iwi and environmentalists opposed to a proposal to dredge the Rangitoto shipping channel are outraged Auckland Council wants to reject half of the submissions against it.Rangitoto channel dredging: Move to reject submissions extraordinarily undemocratic
“Key data from this study provides strong evidence that small vessels, where there are enough of them, directly influence sound levels and are definitely having an impact.” Noise pollution is known to have deadly effects on marine life, such as those which use sound for life-critical behaviours like mate selection and predator warnings. The study, which was published in the
Global Change Biology scientific journal in collaboration with Dr Matthew Pine from the University of Victoria in Canada, saw data gathered from acoustic recording stations at five sites in the Hauraki Gulf. Between February and May 2020, six samples per hour – or 144 samples a day – were gathered and split into lockdown and pre-lockdown categories.
Press Release – University of Auckland As New Zealands first Covid-19 lockdown began on 26 March 2020, the countrys busiest coastal waterway, the Hauraki Gulf, became devoid of almost all non-essential vessels. And noise levels plunged.
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