Will you be affected by these motorway closures?
The NZ Transport Agency advises of the following overnight closures for motorway improvements:
CENTRAL MOTORWAY JUNCTION (CMJ)
SH1 southbound to SH16 eastbound (Port) link, 1 August
SH16 eastbound to SH16 (Port) link, 1 August
SH16 eastbound to SH1 southbound link, 1 August
SOUTHERN MOTORWAY (SH1)
South Eastern Highway (SEART) eastbound link 28 July – 1 August
Princes Street northbound on-ramp, 31 July
Southbound lanes between Manukau off-ramp and Takanini on-ramp, 28 - 31 July
Redoubt Road southbound on-ramp, 28 - 31 July
Hill Road southbound off-ramp, 1 August
Takanini northbound on-ramp, 28 July - 1 August
Bombay northbound on-ramp, 31 July
NORTHWESTERN MOTORWAY (SH16)
Southbound lanes between Brigham Creek Road Roundabout and Lincoln Road on-ramp, 28 July - 1 August
Hobsonville Road southbound on-ramp, 28 July - 1 August
Royal Road southbound on-ramp, 28 July - 1 August
Northbound lanes between Lincoln Road off-ramp and Brigham creek Road Roundabout, 28 July - 1 August
Lincoln Road northbound on-ramp, 28 July - 1 August
Patiki Road northbound on-ramp, 1 August
UPPER HARBOUR MOTORWAY (SH18)
SH18 westbound to SH16 southbound link, 28 July - 1 August
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The Reserve Bank has shared some pretty blunt advice: there’s no such thing as a “safe” job anymore 🛟😑
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DOC is rolling out a new tool to help figure out what to tackle first when it comes to protecting our threatened species and the things putting them at risk.
Why does this matter? As Nikki Macdonald from The Post points out, we’re a country with around 4,400 threatened species. With limited time and funding, conservation has always meant making tough calls about what gets attention first.
For the first time, DOC has put real numbers around what it would take to do everything needed to properly safeguard our unique natural environment. The new BioInvest tool shows the scale of the challenge: 310,177 actions across 28,007 sites.
Now that we can see the full picture, it brings the big question into focus: how much do we, as Kiwis, truly value protecting nature — and what are we prepared to invest to make it happen?
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