Environmental Art Project is an investigation of the line between Rural/Natural Environments and Urban/Suburban Environments. My aim is discover the frictions and happenings within this environment and to create an art-form from that will narrate this.
Wai-a-te-ao is named after a person called Te Ao, and is now called Motion's Creek. It starts at Te Uru Karaka (Basque Park) and flows under the motorway, goes behind Motat here it's connected to Western Springs, and then comes out beside Meola Reef. Western Springs had clean, clear spring water, and eels lived in the river. After the Pākehā people came the area was part of a piece of land owned by a Scottish person called William Motion, which is why the creek is called Motion's Creek. As Auckland City grew they bought William Motion's flour mill and 120 acres including the creek because Auckland needed fresh water.
Mr Banks is accusing this Council of deliberately dumping 'human waste' on the beaches of Auckland by delaying storm water work.
This is simple scaremongering.
We are spending huge amounts on stormwater management (and consequently improving sewer overflows)
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The false assertion seems to come from a mischievous misreading of reports.
Incidentally, this fiscally and environmentally sensible approach was supported by C + R!
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