Fundraising for Quiet Sky Waitematā Incorporated

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Quiet Sky Waitematā is opposing a private helicopter in Auckland. 4 helicopter movements a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year between 7am and 10pm! That’s what the owners of a Westmere home have applied for on the headland of Coxs Bay.

The proposed flight path crosses roosting birds on the headland and the valuable foraging habitat of Coxs Bay where endangered Oystercatchers, Caspian terns, Banded dotterel, NZ dotterel and Eastern bar tailed godwits feed on the tidal edge. The mudflats from Meola Reef to the Herne Bay coastline host thousands of indigenous birds.

Quiet Sky Waitematā has been recording the endangered birds that forage directly below the proposed helipad. We need your help to fund our case at a hearing where duty commissioners will decide whether to grant approval for this application.

All donations, no matter how small, will go a long way in helping us protect our quiet skies and the rich biodiversity of the Waitematā.

Helicopter landing rights are granted in perpetuity. Once approved they can’t be revoked. They destroy peaceful skies and biodiverse habitats with no way back. They simply must not be granted in the first place.