The Karioi Project is calling on dog owners to keep their animals under control in coastal nesting areas after a devastating week for the grey faced petrel. Also known as the Oi, four adult birds have been killed in the middle of breeding season by roaming dogs on our beach.
They’re asking all dog owners to:
- Keep dogs inside or securely contained on your property at all times
- Always use a lead near the coast and conservation land
- Spread the word to help others understand the impact
The Raglan wastewater pump was temporarily halted over the weekend after a slip in the sand bank at Ngarunui Beach broke the wastewater pipe where it heads out to sea. It would appear that some treated wastewater ran down the beach before the council was alerted and the pumps were stopped. Workers have made a temporary repair but council says it will be a couple of weeks before a permanent fix is made. Watercare will be back on site once the permanent fix has been designed - this will need to include a realignment of the pipe within the embankment and beach as the existing pipe position had become fully exposed and unsupported.
Gabion rock has been delivered to the site after contractors raised concerns about the stability of the newly exposed sand bank.
Raglan’s biennial Art to Wear show is on this Saturday and once again tickets are sold out. Fans of the popular event will be reduced to begging online or perhaps, might be consoled by the Take A Second Look exhibition at the Old School Arts centre where the best outfits will be on show for a week from next Monday.
Additional communities on the West Coast have committed to doing a paddle out this Sunday on World Ocean Day to protest against seabed mining. Originally the paddle out was planned for two locations but other communities on the coast quickly joined the party when they heard the news with the latest communities to join being from Muriwai and the Wellington coast.