The Environment Court has granted resource consent that allows Watercare’s Huia Water Treatment Plant replacement project to proceed. The consent, granted just before Christmas, relates to the earthworks and vegetation removal that’s needed for Watercare .
West Auckland's activism, through such examples as the Arc in the Park sanctuary to the Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area through to the protection of the environment provided by the South Titirangi Neighbourhood Network, provides examples of the sort of activism that may be needed if Aotearoa New Zealand is to deal properly with climate change mitigation.