Tupuna Maunga Authority - Latest News [Page 2]
Tūpuna Maunga Authority Decides To Appeal Court Of Appeal Decision
Wednesday, 30 March 2022, 4:36 pm | Tupuna Maunga Authority
The Tūpuna Maunga Authority has sought leave to appeal to the Supreme Court to appeal the decision of the Court of Appeal in Norman v Tūpuna Maunga Authority on vegetation management at Ōwairaka / Te Ahi-kā-a-Rakataura / Mount Albert. Paul ... More >>
Tūpuna Maunga Authority Considers Implications Of Court Decision On Ōwairaka/Mount Albert Native Vegetation Restoration
Thursday, 3 March 2022, 6:19 pm | Tupuna Maunga Authority
Today, the Court of Appeal granted the appeal opposing the Tūpuna Maunga Authority’s integrated native vegetation restoration programme. In doing so, it overturned the High Court’s decision rejecting the appeal. The Authority will take advice and ... More >>
Guy Fawkes 2021 - Time Again To Protect The Tūpuna Maunga
Tuesday, 26 October 2021, 1:21 pm | Tupuna Maunga Authority
The Tūpuna Maunga o Tāmaki Makaurau have provided safe haven for us all during the 2021 Covid-19 lockdowns (as they did last year), and now it’s our turn to protect these precious taonga. The Maunga will be closed to the public in the evenings during ... More >>
End Of Fireworks At The Warehouse Welcomed By Tūpuna Maunga Authority
Monday, 24 May 2021, 5:15 pm | Tupuna Maunga Authority
The Tūpuna Maunga Authority welcomes the decision by The Warehouse to cease the sale of fireworks, announced today. Last year, the Authority closed all the Tūpuna Maunga to public access for the week of Guy Fawkes to protect them from fires, with ... More >>
Major Track Upgrades Begin On Māngere Mountain
Monday, 10 May 2021, 2:36 pm | Tupuna Maunga Authority
Significant track enhancements are about to begin on Te Pane o Mataoho / Te Ara Pueru / Māngere Mountain. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2105/98b88572553f63588c77.jpeg" width="720" height="478"> Artist Impression – part of ... More >>
Tūpuna Maunga Authority Visitor Centre Wins Gold At International Design Awards
Tuesday, 30 March 2021, 12:38 pm | Tupuna Maunga Authority
The Tūpuna Maunga Authority’s ‘Te Ipu Kōrero o Maungawhau / Maungawhau Visitor Experience Centre’ has won a coveted gold award at the prestigious IDA International Design Awards. The awards ‘recognise, celebrate and ... More >>
Tūpuna Maunga Authority Welcomes Ōwairaka / Mount Albert Decision
Wednesday, 23 December 2020, 9:46 am | Tupuna Maunga Authority
The High Court has today declined to make any of the orders sought by applicants who have protested against the Maunga Authority’s restoration plan. The High Court has found all of the Authority’s decision-making processes to be lawful. The High ... More >>
EVENT: Love Your Maunga Ki Maungauika
Monday, 7 December 2020, 11:41 am | Tupuna Maunga Authority
Cup race viewing and a celebration of Maungauika/North Head through art and hikoi <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2012/a591e037b3a52c0328a0.jpeg" width="720" height="483"> During the weekend of Cup races ... More >>
Guy Fawkes: Maunga Closures A Success, Though Fireworks Risk Ever-Present
Monday, 9 November 2020, 4:30 pm | Tupuna Maunga Authority
The Tūpuna Maunga Authority thanks the people of Tāmaki Makaurau for the overwhelming support in protecting the iconic Maunga during the 2020 Guy Fawkes season. From 2-8 November, the Maunga were closed to the public each evening with the support of Mana ... More >>
Upgrades On The Way For Maungauika / North Head Track Network
Monday, 2 November 2020, 4:46 pm | Tupuna Maunga Authority
Since formally taking over management of Maungauika / North Head in Devonport from the Department of Conservation (DOC) in 2019, the Tūpuna Maunga Authority has undertaken a comprehensive assessment of the condition of tracks, staircases and fences across ... More >>
Guy Fawkes: Fireworks Risk Prompts Auckland Maunga Closures
Thursday, 29 October 2020, 4:27 pm | Tupuna Maunga Authority
The Auckland Maunga have been besieged by serious fires caused by fireworks over the last 12 months, prompting the Tūpuna Maunga Authority to take stronger action to protect them. Fourteen Maunga administered by the Authority will be closed to ... More >>
New Boardwalk The Next Step In Preservation Of Maungawhau Mt Eden
Monday, 31 August 2020, 10:57 am | Tupuna Maunga Authority
One of the most iconic and culturally important landmarks in Tāmaki Makaurau has a new feature, and it’s a game changer in more ways than one. This week the Tūpuna Maunga Authority is celebrating the opening of a new visitor boardwalk around the ... More >>
Tūpuna Maunga Authority Disappointed With Failure To Protect Taonga From Fireworks
Wednesday, 19 August 2020, 5:31 pm | Tupuna Maunga Authority
The iconic Tūpuna Maunga of Auckland and other important landscapes remain at risk from further blazes caused by fireworks as a consequence of the parliamentary governance and administration select committee’s failure to ban the private sale of fireworks. ... More >>
Maungauika Coastal Track Remains Closed Following Second Cliff Collapse
Wednesday, 29 July 2020, 5:18 pm | Tupuna Maunga Authority
Maungauika coastal track remains closed following second cliff collapseAnother section of cliff face has fallen above the coastal track at the base of Maungauika / North Head in Devonport, blocking the path and causing damage to railings. The slip was ... More >>
Protestor Encampment At Ōwairaka / Mt Albert Removed Following COVID-19 Lockdown Breaches
Wednesday, 15 April 2020, 3:43 pm | Tupuna Maunga Authority
An illegal encampment of tents and marquees on the Ōwairaka / Te Ahi-kā-a-Rakataura / Mt Albert Maunga has attracted breaches of the Covid-19 level 4 lockdown rules and has been removed. The encampment was set up by a group protesting the Tūpuna ... More >>
Tūpuna Maunga Authority Sick Of Watching Auckland Burn; Ban Fireworks Sales
Wednesday, 8 April 2020, 2:19 pm | Tupuna Maunga Authority
The Tūpuna Maunga Authority is calling for a total ban on the private sale of fireworks following the latest fire at Maungarei / Mt Wellington on Tuesday 7 April. Fire and Emergency crew in attendance advised Authority management they received reports of ... More >>
Atarau Event At Maungauika / North Head, Devonport Cancelled
Wednesday, 18 March 2020, 11:29 am | Tupuna Maunga Authority
Atarau, a two-day art, light and sound event scheduled for this weekend 21-22 March at Maungauika / North Head in Devonport has been cancelled. Auckland-based event organisers Social Ritual made the decision as a precautionary measure to reduce risk ... More >>
Stardome gains long-term security
Thursday, 23 January 2020, 3:58 pm | Tupuna Maunga Authority
The Tūpuna Maunga Authority is pleased to confirm that the popular Stardome Observatory and Planetarium has been granted a long term lease at Auckland’s Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill through to 2034. Maungakiekie is one of the Tūpuna Maunga (ancestral ... More >>
Maintenance of Maungauika / North Head tunnels underway
Friday, 20 December 2019, 4:46 pm | Tupuna Maunga Authority
Work is underway at Maungauika / North Head in Devonport to maintain parts of the historic defence tunnels. The work includes reinforcing some of the original iron struts within the concrete structures and giving additional strength to lintels above ... More >>
Māngere Mountain fire
Wednesday, 11 December 2019, 12:26 pm | Tupuna Maunga Authority
The Tūpuna Maunga Authority is working closely with Fire and Emergency New Zealand to understand the cause of today’s fire on Te Pane o Mataoho / Te Ara Pueru / Māngere Mountain. More >>
