Auckland Council’s ‘Let’s Protect Our Environment’ consultation is open now until 8 December 2024 and are inviting Aucklanders to provide feedback.

Have your say on how the region should protect its natural environment and primary production over the next decade from invasive species and new threats.

“The ‘Let’s protect our environment’ consultation will ask what we can do to continue to protect what Aucklanders’ value — like our native species and ecosystems, Māori cultural values, rural primary production, and the safety and wellbeing of our communities and natural habitats.

What will we be asking Aucklanders?

The current plan, which runs until 2030, is still in effect. However, with Auckland’s changing climate and the arrival of new exotic species, we need to start reviewing our current plan now, so the new plan is ready to take effect in 2030.

Before we begin drafting the new plan, we want to know your views about:

• • Achieving pest-free islands and peninsulas in the Auckland region and contributing to a predator-free Aotearoa by 2050
  • Managing exotic caulerpa seaweed and other harmful marine species
  • Reducing the spread and impact of harmful freshwater species like freshwater gold clam
  • Options for cat management to protect threatened native wildlife
  • Addressing the impact of climate change on our natural environment.

Get involved

Have your say and let us know how we can work together and protect Auckland’s environment – the ‘Let’s Protect Our Environment’ consultation is open from 25 October to 8 December 2024.

To have your say, you can:

• • Complete our online feedback form from Friday 25 October
  • Email [email protected] with your completed feedback form
  • Take your completed form to a library with council services
  • Post your completed form to:

Let’s protect our environment

Auckland Council

Free post 190198

Private Bag 92300

Victoria Street West

Auckland 1142

Public feedback, along with input from mana whenua, stakeholders, and technical experts, will help shape the next 10-year plan. When the draft plan is ready in 2027, Aucklanders will again have the chance to provide feedback.