LEGASEA – Fish for the People

LegaSea is a non-profit organisation dedicated to restoring the abundance, biodiversity and health of New Zealand’s marine environment.  Success will be achieved with widespread public support and understanding for policy and fisheries management reform, and by minimising the environmental impacts of fishing. Together we can succeed. Join the team, every person counts. legsea.co.nz

Good news on Fibre Internet!

Media Release: Chorus brings fibre broadband to Omaha Fibre broadband is coming to Omaha and Chorus is holding a public information session to help people better understand how they can get connected and why they should want to. Subject to Covid alert levels being at Level 1, the Chorus team will be on hand at…

UPDATE : Rabbit Control by Council – March 15th

UPDATE: Auckland Council advises that their contractors completed their rabbit eradication on Monday, 15th March.  They reported that 107 rabbits were eliminated, with a larger than expected number noticed at the northern end and quite a few along the beach. Council may also look at grid searching and fumigating the active rabbit warrens in the…

Restore Rodney East Project

Restore Rodney East is a Rodney Local Board funded project, aiming to achieve increased landscape-scale environmental restoration in eastern Rodney, building on the significant biodiversity gains iwi, community groups and landowners have already achieved and increasing the coordination of these efforts at a more regional level. Please read through the information at Restore Rodney East –…

Coastguard Kawau

A reminder about the tremendous marine safety work carried out for our district by the volunteers of Coastguard Kawau – see https://www.coastguard.nz/areas/northern-area/units/kawau/ Established in 1998, the team and their vessel are based at Sandspit and have an operational area of Kawau Bay, Kawau Island, Mahurangi Harbour and extending to Te Arai Point out to Little Barrier…

2021 OBC Annual General Meeting

Come and join us at the Annual General Meeting: AGENDA FOR OMAHA BEACH COMMUNITY ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 10 JANUARY 2021 AT 11.00AM OMAHA BEACH COMMUNITY CENTRE Welcome Apologies Confirmation of minutes of the Annual General Meeting held 12 January 2020 Receipt of the President’s report for 2020 Receipt of the Annual Accounts for the period…