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Activists block fertiliser trucks leaving Richmond plant
31 Aug 2020Police are at the scene of a fertiliser plant in the Tasman where protesters have locked themselves to the gates.
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Fight to protect Hamilton's rare bats heads to Environment Court
31 Aug 2020Environmentalists worried a population of bats could be pushed to extinction by a housing development are taking their fight to court.
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The murky depths of water reform
26 Aug 2020The Detail - Councils are wary about signing up to the Three Waters programme, aimed at improving drinking water, wastewater and stormwater.
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Golf resort owner fined $86k for wastewater discharge
26 Aug 2020A former golf course owner in Auckland has been slapped with a $86,000 fine for discharging wastewater into a creek.
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Three farmers fined a total of $116k for effluent discharge
They were prosecuted under the Resource Management Act by the Waikato Regional Council in the Hamilton District Court.
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More than 100 wastewater treatment plants breaching consent
24 Aug 2020New Zealanders flush toilets millions of times each day, and most of them lead to treatment plants that are not complying with their conditions for treating wastewater.
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'It will kill the wildlife, wetlands will be stuffed, it'll just annihilate them'
21 Aug 2020A Taranaki couple are vowing to fight to the bitter end to stay in their home which is in the path of the province's biggest roading project in generations. Audio
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Expert warns controversial plant needs testing for dioxin contamination
20 Aug 2020The land that a controversial chemical plant in New Plymouth is built on should be thoroughly tested for contamination before it is ever used again, according to an expert.
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Why a new product stewardship scheme isn't just rubbish
14 Aug 2020The Detail - Reduce, re-use, recycle is taking on a new and more formal meaning with the government's product stewardship scheme.
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Plan to phase out hard-to-recycle PVC, polystrene and single-use plastics
12 Aug 2020Plastic cotton buds, sushi trays, straws and tableware are all on the chopping block as part of the latest government plan to reduce waste.
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Kiwi roaming in backyards? Minister launches biodiversity strategy
10 Aug 2020The biodiversity strategy - Te Mana o te Taiao - sets out goals for protecting and restoring nature.
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Lockdown climate benefits not lasting, scientists warn
8 Aug 2020Reduced emissions during lockdown will not produce lasting benefits without further action, a leading climate change policy expert says.
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Environmental group 'incredibly disappointed' about mining permit
7 Aug 2020An environmental group said a permit granted this week to a mining company in the south Coromandel showed the government had failed its promise there would be no new mines on Department of…
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Project to restore water quality 'not about farmer bashing'
4 Aug 2020Farmers are concerned about receiving fair treatment during a multimillion-dollar project to clean up a Marlborough catchment.
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Climate change risks and opportunities outlined in government report
3 Aug 2020The country's first national climate change risk assessment has identified 10 significant areas that need to be urgently addressed by the government in the next six years.
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James Shaw on national climate change risk assessment: 'Forewarned is forearmed'
3 Aug 2020The first national climate change risk assessment provides a specific snapshot of the risk, and now New Zealand must respond, Climate Change Minister James Shaw says. Video
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Study on eco-friendly alternatives to forestry blocks gets backing
27 Jul 2020Marine farmers, forestry harvesters and Marlborough Sounds residents have asked for a study on how unwanted pine forests could be turned into nature blocks to stop sediment clogging seabeds.
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New Zealand's largest ever wind turbines appear in Taranaki
31 Jul 2020The largest wind turbines ever erected in New Zealand are beginning to appear on the South Taranaki landscape between Waverley and Patea.
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Panel suggests repeal and replace for Resource Management Act
29 Jul 2020Rather than trying to amend the Resource Management Act, an independent review panel says it's best to repeal it and start again.
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Hawke's Bay to float setting up a climate mitigation unit
29 Jul 2020A climate mitigation unit could be set up at Hawke's Bay Regional Council if the community agree, but there is disagreement around the council table.
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Flatmates with flippers: kororā make for unruly tenants
28 Jul 2020Afternoons - Penguins as housemates are charming but have a few bad habits, a Kāpiti Coast couple who have a nest below their dinner table says. Audio
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Students call for climate action restart after Covid-19
26 Jul 2020New Zealand's success eliminating Covid-19 should be a springboard to reboot climate action, a group of Christchurch teens say - and they've already started the dirty work - with tree planting.
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'Horrifying' 1.3bn tonnes of plastic pollution expected by 2040
24 Jul 2020About 1.3 billion tonnes of discarded plastic will litter the land and sea by 2040 unless worldwide action is taken, a new study estimates.
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Marlborough's plan to honour its mighty Wairau River
20 Jul 2020The banks along Marlborough's Wairau River are set to be transformed into a regional park, to honour the river as a taonga for Māori, while securing its future as a major regional resource.
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