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The Hauraki Gulf is suffering from extensive environmental degradation due to a variety of factors, according to a report released this week. The report was produced  by The Hauraki Gulf Forum – a joint committee of the Auckland and Waikato councils, government departments and tangata whenua– which reports every three years on the state of [...]

Mike Lee, Hauraki Gulf conservationist and chairman of the Auckland Regional Council, laments the slow progress towards establishing the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park. You can read the article in full here. An excerpt: “The Hauraki Gulf Marine Park Act was passed through Parliament in February 2000, but despite the cross-the-board support of all the major [...]