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Burning ship coats 'tourist paradise' beach in oil
28 May 2021Sri Lankan and Indian naval boats are struggling to put out the eight-day blaze on the X-Press Pearl.
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Bid to restore Lake Horowhenua with new wetland project
27 May 2021The government has agreed to buy a dairy farm next to Lake Horowhenua to construct a wetland and help restore the polluted lake.
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Australian court says mine approvals must consider climate harm
An Australian court ruled the country's environment minister has an obligation to children to consider the harm caused by climate change as part of her decision-making in approving the expansion of a…
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Composting plant's application declined over effects of discharges
26 May 2021A controversial composting and worm farming operation in North Taranaki - which has been linked to health problems and environmental damage - has had its application to renew its resource consents…
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Department of Conservation director-general to step down
25 May 2021Department of Conservation's director-general Lou Sanson is leaving the role after eight years.
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Climate group 'a bit pissed off' by Budget's lack of emissions focus
21 May 2021Climate action groups say their low expectations for spending to tackle climate change in yesterday's Budget were well and truly borne out.
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Climate activists hold low expectations for budget's climate focus
19 May 2021Climate activists are laying out their climate wishlists but are bracing themselves for disappointment from tomorrow's Budget.
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Govt's climate change actions falling short - activists
17 May 2021Climate activists are calling the government's climate change proposals woefully out of step with the scale of the efforts needed.
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Iwi to get say on DOC proposed changes for treaty compliance
12 May 2021Iwi consultation on changes needed to bring the Department of Conservation's policies in line with the Treaty of Waitangi, as per its legislation, is going ahead.
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Fishing, diving and spearfishing to be banned in Mōtītī Protection Area
9 May 2021A new marine protection area has been confirmed near Mōtītī Island, off the Bay of Plenty coast.
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Otago's 'massive wave' of rabbits an ecological nightmare
7 May 2021The Detail - Once again rabbits are on the verge of causing an ecological disaster in parts of New Zealand that will cost the country hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Cutting methane gas 'crucial for climate fight'
Reducing emissions of methane gas is vital for tackling climate change in the short-term, a major UN report says. Audio
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Significant natural area inspections to begin on West Coast
7 May 2021Field inspections will begin on the West Coast this winter to decide if significant natural areas (SNAs) spotted by researchers using maps, are in fact worth protecting.
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Pakiri locals fight plans to take their sand for Auckland beaches
The fate of Pakiri's sand is again at the centre of a fight between sand mining companies who want to ship it to Auckland, and locals who want to keep it on their beach. Farah Hancock reports.
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Tiwai Point eyed up for hydrogen production
5 May 2021An Australian billionaire is looking at using the aluminium smelter site at Tiwai Point near Bluff for environmentally friendly hydrogen production.
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Twenty million trees for NZ's biggest harbour restoration project
4 May 2021More than 20 million native trees and other plants will be planted around New Zealand's biggest harbour in the ground-breaking $200 million Kaipara Moana Remediation project.
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The pony and the albatross chick: A tale of plastic peril
3 May 2021A Royal albatross chick has had a lucky escape after a plastic toy pony was served up for its dinner.
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Pūkaha Forest gifted to NZ for 'everyone to enjoy'
1 May 2021The Pūkaha Forest in northern Wairarapa was officially gifted to the nation by Rangitane today.
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New Zealand's glaciers melting faster, thinning by 1.5m a year
29 Apr 2021New Zealand's glaciers are thinning seven times faster than they were 20 years ago, a study has found. Audio
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New Zealand tourists welcome on West Coast, dogs not so much
23 Apr 2021A surge of New Zealand visitors to the West Coast has been a boon to communities, but the increased presence of dogs poses a problem for the wildlife-rich region.
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Helen Clark on her Climate Aotearoa book: 'Time for action'
21 Apr 2021In five years, Helen Clark wants to see Huntly power station no longer burning coal, a ban on fossil-fuel-powered cars into New Zealand, and agriculture paying for its emissions. Audio
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Mayor unclear on why council didn't withdraw support before consent hearing
13 Apr 2021New Plymouth District Council is at a loss to explain the timing of its flip-flop over its support for a composting plant which has stockpiled 20,000 tonnes of contaminated waste.
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Council no longer supporting controversial composter
12 Apr 2021New Plymouth District Council is ditching its support for a Remediation NZ, which has stockpiled 20,000 tonnes of contaminated waste at its Uruti site.
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Penguins protected, say Waiheke marina developers
11 Apr 2021Developers of a planned marina on Waiheke Island have hit back at claims construction would disrupt Kororā little blue penguins.
