| | Title | Disaster predicted. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times Advertiser, 22 May 1997; pp.1,4 | | Description | East Coast Bays Coastal Protection Society claim an ecological disaster is waiting to happen along the North Shore coastline. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Earthworks under way. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times, 5th March 2010; p.5 | | Description | Earthworks have begun on land in Long Bay that will ultimately provide accommodation for 6000 people in 2500 houses. The council has granted Long Bay Communities Ltd a consent for preliminary earthworks. Mayor Andrew Williams and Todd Property Group managing director Evan Davies turned the first sod. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Long Bay consent granted. | | Source of Article | Albany & East Coast Bays News, 20 February 2010; p.1 | | Description | Long Bay Communities Limited now has permission to start earthworks at Long Bay in preparation for residential housing. Preliminary earthworks will allow for the future extension of Beach Road, towards the southern side of the Awaruku Stream and for the construction of a stormwater wetland. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Red tape delay a threat to health. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times Advertiser, 24 July 1997; p. 1 | | Description | Editorial by Ivan Dunn on the delay on releasing the full and official report on the stream pollution of North Shore streams. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Sewage spill prompts inquiry. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times Advertiser, 10 December 1993; p. 5 | | Description | An intensive investigation of the sewer catchment behind Long Bay will be carried out following a five-hour sewage spill caused by concrete blocks in a manhole. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Shore stream pollution high. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times Advertiser, 15 May 1997; pp.1,4 | | Description | Awaruku Stream and Vaughans Stream at Long Bay were both highly polluted this summer, in relatively dry weather. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Torbay manhole spouts sewage. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times Advertiser, 10 September 1996; p. 1 | | Description | Raw sewage floods out of a manhole and down into Awaruku Creek which runs into Long Bay during heavy rain. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Tourist shocked. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times Advertiser, 25 November 1993; p. 1 | | Description | English tourist Lucy Gibson and a friend, Katrina Starrs suffered vomiting, diarrhoea, dizziness and severe headaches after swimming at the beach 11 hours after the sewage overflow was detected. Gibson thought she could swim carefree in New Zealand. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Warning from Long Bay study. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times Advertiser, 06 April 1999; p. 5 | | Description | Birkenhead resident Sze-Wang Leung has finished has Master of Science thesis on the quality of five streams in the Long Bay area. His research suggests that development of the Long Bay catchment area should be postponed and pollution problems fixed before it's too late. Mr Leung studied Deep Creek, Awaruku Creek, Okura Estuary, Vaughans Creek and Awanohi Creek. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Warning signs go up at Wairau Creek. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times Advertiser, 23 December 1999; p. 4 | | Description | The first permanent warning signs may pollution may go up at Wairau Creek, which was polluted for 67 days last year. Vaughans Creek and Awaruku Stream also have very high bacterial counts. Castor Bay was polluted on 15 days in 1998. The next most polluted beach was Milford Beach, followed by Waiake Beach and Thorne's Bay. More stormwater discharges into the sea than sewer overflows, but sewer overflows cause 80 per cent of the pollution problems. | | View full record |
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