Additional time granted for feedback on Airport Location Study
Whangārei District Councillors decided unanimously this morning to extend the consultation period on the Whangārei Airport Location Study by five weeks, to 1 July 2022, and to publish further background reports on the project.
The newly available documents will be available on our consultation page by 1 June 2022. In the meantime, we will also be contacting everyone who has made a submission so far, to provide an opportunity to change or add to their feedback.
New key dates:
✈ Closing date for submissions: 4:30pm on Friday 1 July 2022
☁ Council Hearings: 9:00am on Tuesday 26 July 2022
🌎 Council Briefing (issues and options): 10:30am on Tuesday 9 August 2022
🛩 Decision on selection of preferred option: 1:00pm on Thursday 18 August 2022
Make sure to find out about the four options and have your say on this significant project: Have Your Say.
Some Choice News!
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?
We hope this brings a smile!
Have you got New Zealand's best shed? Show us and win!
Once again, Resene and NZ Gardener are on the hunt for New Zealand’s best shed! Send in the photos and the stories behind your man caves, she sheds, clever upcycled spaces, potty potting sheds and colourful chicken coops. The Resene Shed of the Year 2026 winner receives $1000 Resene ColorShop voucher, a $908 large Vegepod Starter Pack and a one-year subscription to NZ Gardener. To enter, tell us in writing (no more than 500 words) why your garden shed is New Zealand’s best, and send up to five high-quality photos by email to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz. Entries close February 23, 2026.
Share your favourite main crop potato recipe and win a copy of our mag!
Love potatoes? We will give away free copies of the May 2026 issue to readers whose potato recipes are used in our magazine. To be in the running, make sure you email your family's favourite way to enjoy potatoes: mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz, by March 1, 2026.
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