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Annual Garden Bird Survey takes off around NZ
29 Jun 2020New Zealanders with an eagle eye took to their gardens for the Annual Garden Bird Survey over the weekend. Audio
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Conservation Board to resume meetings after rift with Ngāi Tahu
18 Jun 2020The West Coast Tai Poutini Conservation Board will hold its first formal meeting this year after a months-long stand-off with Poutini Ngāi Tahu.
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Changes to fishing restrictions in key dolphin habitats
24 Jun 2020The government is beefing up fishing restrictions in key dolphin habitats as part of a plan to protect endangered Māui and Hector's dolphins.
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Arctic Circle sees scorching 38C day, may be region's all-time high
The Arctic is believed to be warming twice as fast as the global average.
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Auckland water shortage: Extra 200m litres from Waikato River 'absolutely essential'
22 Jun 2020Auckland Council is urging the government to fast track its request to take an extra 200 million litres of water a day from the Waikato River.
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Antarctic lost sea ice twice the size of Spain - research
21 Jun 2020Part of the Antarctic has lost more than one million square kilometres of sea ice over the past five years, new research shows.
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Rare protected falcon shot dead in Gisborne
20 Jun 2020The Department of Conservation is investigating after a kārearea was shot dead in central Gisborne.
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How NZ became the world's albatross capital
19 Jun 2020The world's only mainland royal albatross breeding colony, in Otago, came about because of the threat of war, but the birds now face their own existential threat. Video
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West Coast council opposes air quality changes over coal heating
12 Jun 2020West Coast communities who rely on coal to heat their homes will suffer if tougher government rules for air quality go ahead, the regional council says.
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Couple on a mission picked up 1280kg of rubbish during lockdown
11 Jun 2020Kawerau residents on a mission to clean up the town they love walked the streets during lockdown, collecting everything from fridges to used nappies.
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How battling climate change helped the Marshall Islands fight Covid-19
9 Jun 2020The Marshall Islands have avoided Covid-19 because we know from experience with climate change the best response is early, bold action, the Foreign Minister and Environment Minister write.
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Residents seek better monitoring of coastline as landfill rubbish spreads
14 Jun 2020West Coast residents say plastic waste is becoming strewn along their beaches, because councils haven't monitored a landfill near Fox Glacier that spilled into floodwater last March. Video
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Rangitoto channel dredging: Move to reject submissions 'extraordinarily undemocratic'
12 Jun 2020Iwi and environmentalists opposed to a proposal to dredge the Rangitoto shipping channel are outraged Auckland Council wants to reject half of the submissions against it.
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Christchurch households' rogue rubbish habit causes a stink
10 Jun 2020A campaign to stop Christchurch households from using their recycling bins to dump their smelly non-recyclable waste, is so far failing to change peoples' behaviour.
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Calls for sightings of possibly entangled orca
10 Jun 2020The Department of Conservation is calling on the public to report any orca sightings along the North Island's east coast.
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Birds find a 'home' in recovery centre during lockdown
5 Jun 2020While Covid-19 slowed the country to a standstill, one rehab centre continued to be as busy as ever.
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Air quality monitoring hits top gear in Central Otago town
5 Jun 2020Air quality sensors have been set up every 100 metres in Arrowtown, in what is believed to be the world's densest air monitoring network.
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Call for government to ban plastic drink bottles
4 Jun 2020Greenpeace is calling on the government to make New Zealand the first country in the world to ban plastic drink bottles. Audio
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Scientists reignite spat over dolphin plan: 'Statisticians call that polishing turds'
3 Jun 2020Marine scientists are again butting heads over a plan to protect endangered Māui and Hector's dolphins.
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Government pushes ahead with landmark freshwater reform
28 May 2020The government is pushing ahead with its landmark freshwater reforms that will introduce tough new rules to clean up the country's waterways.
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Newest breeding pair of takahē released into ecosanctuary
29 May 2020Two young takahē have been released into Orokonui Ecosanctuary near Dunedin.
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Covid-19 could revive single-use plastics - agribusiness head
11 May 2020The Covid-19 crisis could be a big setback to progress on eliminating plastics, a rural expert has warned.
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Okarito gecko species rediscovered decades later
25 May 2020DOC rangers have found the Okarito gecko, a lizard species last encountered decades ago, on the West Coast.
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Kakī population soars under predator control
23 May 2020The world's rarest wading bird is coming back from the brink of extinction.
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