American writer Bill Bryson said “I see litter as part of a long continuum of anti-social behaviour” and in Dunedin we have our share of anti social people who through either...
Category: Biodiversity, Conservation, Dunedin, Dunedin Amenities Society, Environment, Heritage, Landscape, Lets Get Ugly Tags: Anti Social Behaviour, City Council, Conservation, Dunedin Amenities Society, Dunedin City Council, Environmental education, International Reputation, Keep Dunedin Beautiful, Keep NZ Beautiful, Lets Get Ugly, Litter, New Zealand, Rubbish, State of our Streets, Ugly Dunedin
The recent damage of the sea wall at St Clair Esplanade is a pertinent reminder of the power and ferocity of the ocean and the continuation of an issue that has...
Category: Coastal, Conservation, Dunedin, Dunedin Amenities Society, Environment, Heritage, Landscape, Lets Get Ugly, Local News, New Zealand, Otago Tags: Biodiversity, City Council, Coastal Conservation, Conservation, Dune Environment, Dunedin, Dunedin Amenities Society, Dunedin City Council, Dunedin Coastline, Ecology, Environmental History, Environmental Impact, Lets Get Ugly, New Zealand, Ocean Beach Domain, Recreation, Sand Dunes, St Clair, St Clair Esplanade, St Clair Esplanade - When History Repeats, St Clair Sea Wall, When History Repeats
One of the most famous lines from “The Wizard of Oz” is when Dorothy says to her little dog “Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” That particular line has...
Category: Biodiversity, Coastal, Conservation, Dunedin, Dunedin Amenities Society, Dunedin Heritage, Environment, Landscape, Lets Get Ugly, Local News, New Zealand, Otago Tags: Avian Biodiversity, Biodiversity, City Council, Climate Change, Coastal Conservation, Conservation, Cycleways, Dunedin, Dunedin Amenities Society, Dunedin City Council, Ecology, Environmental Impact, Lets Get Ugly, Local News, New Zealand, Otago Harbour, Otago Peninsula, Otago Peninsula Community Board, Peninsula Road Widening, Public Consultation, Reclamation, Recreational access, Resource Management, Tourism, Ugly Dunedin
The prospect that the public and community groups like the Dunedin Amenities society may lose the ability to be able to submit on major projects under proposed government changes to the Resource...
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The drawn out debate over the use of John Wilson Drive has been centred around people’s rights to access, or more accurately their right to use that access by vehicle. The political...
Category: Coastal, Conservation, Dunedin, Dunedin Amenities Society, Environment, Habitat Restoration, Lets Get Ugly, Local News, New Zealand, Otago Tags: Biodiversity, City Council, Coastal Conservation, Coastal Landscape, Conservation, Dune Ecology, Dune Morphology, Dunedin, Dunedin Amenities Society, Dunedin City Council, Dunes, Ecology, Habitat restoration, John Wilson Drive, JWD, Lawyers Head, Lets Get Ugly, Local News, New Zealand, Ocean Beach Domain, Populism, Sand Dunes, Sustainable Management, Ugly Dunedin
There are parts of Dunedin that let our city down due to litter, vandalism, graffiti and general malaise. One area that has concerned the Society for some time is the abandoned...
Category: Conservation, Dunedin, Dunedin Amenities Society, Dunedin Heritage, Environment, Heritage, Landscape, Lets Get Ugly, Local News, New Zealand, Otago, Recreation, Town Belt, Vandalism Tags: City Council, Community Restoration, Conservation, Dunedin, Dunedin Amenities Society, Dunedin Heritage, Dunedin Town Belt, Good Works, Graffiti, Habitat restoration, heritage, Kaituna, Lets Get Ugly, Local News, New Zealand, Rubbish Dumping, Scenic protection, Taskforce Green, Town Belt, Vandalism
Dunedin City has largely been shaped by its natural environment, with its steep hills and gullies running outwards to the harbour and the wide flat estuarine wetlands of south Dunedin known as...
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The recent Draft Economic Development Strategy undertaken by the Dunedin City Council was an opportunity for the Dunedin Amenities Society to put its views on the economic pathway outlined for the...
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The recent decision by the City Council to restore the portion of Queens Drive above Littlebourne from car park to scenic road within the Town Belt is welcomed by the Dunedin Amenities Society....
Category: Biodiversity, Conservation, Dunedin, Dunedin Amenities Society, Dunedin Heritage, Environment, Heritage, Landscape, Lets Get Ugly, Local News, New Zealand, Otago, Town Belt Tags: Biodiversity, Car parking, City Council, Conservation, Dunedin, Dunedin Amenities Society, Dunedin Heritage, Dunedin Town Belt, Environmental History, Local News, New Zealand, Queens Drive, Town Belt, Transportation Planning
The Dunedin Amenities Society first raised the issue of the alteration to Queens Drive in 2005-2006 after the City Council’s Transportation Planning Department unilaterally altered the road without public consultation in 2004-2005. Since...
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