Regional Parks Management Plan Review

Are the boundaries artificially constrained?

Auckland Council was created 10 years ago ending distinctions between 6 councils (which in turn had inherited land holdings from numerous entities in 1989 amalgamations). Haven't the reforms created opportunities to rationalise some boundaries by joining adjacent parkland or general purpose council land into the regional parks to make some of them bigger and better? It might, for example, create opportunities to make longer or complete walking tracks. Or perhaps to have some facilities, such as parking, just outside the current boundaries.

Stop killing cows in regional parks

Calves are given names and raised like pets at these parks but slaughtered at about 18 months old. There are currently more than 1200 cattle across more than 20 regional parks in Auckland. . The council should stop spending $900,000 of ratepayers money on purchasing additional cattle over the next year. This is ludicrous when the existing cattle could live out their lives in the parks.

Pukekohe hill has very dangerous and overgrown bush walks at the back of the reserve. They are a hazard to public safety at present.

Open all Waitakere tracks and upgrade around Kauri.

More native plants at Long Bay Okura Reserve and Park. The new piece of parkland needs some native trees and flax especially in the gullies.