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Wellingtonians disgusted at bizarre attacks: 'It feels so wasteful'
9 Oct 2020Wellington's environment and conservation efforts are under siege after a spate of malicious or ignorant attacks, including a hole cut in a sanctuary's fence and paint dumped down the drain.
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Labour pledges stronger protections against kauri dieback if re-elected
9 Oct 2020Labour is pledging to defend kauri trees from dieback by using the Biosecurity Act's strongest form of protection - a National Pest Management Plan.
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Renewable energy's role in combating climate change
The Detail - New Zealand is not far off achieving 100 percent renewable energy, but is it the best bet for combating climate change?
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Arrests as Extinction Rebellion protesters block entrance to coal mine
28 Sep 2020Police have arrrested 10 Extinction Rebellion protesters who had blocked the entrance to Bathurst's coal mine at Coalgate, Canterbury.
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Clean energy coal boiler replacement fund rolls out to more schools
24 Sep 2020Government funding to switch coal boilers to clean energy is being rolled out to another 18 schools.
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'Lack of responsibility' as geese run amok near Rotorua lakefront
22 Sep 2020Take a gander - a group of unrepentant undesirables are causing disruption near Rotorua's lakefront, holding up traffic and defecating on footpaths.
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Dead animals, chainsaws, guns found in Chch recycling
23 Sep 2020Nearly half of Christchurch's recycling is going to landfill because it is contaminated with waste, and more than $1 million being spent on the operation.
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Delays to repair Napier pipe seeping sewage into the ocean
23 Sep 2020The extension was requested earlier this month, because the Covid-19 restrictions in Auckland meant contractors and equipment couldn't come on time.
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Council approves plan to flip carbon footprint
22 Sep 2020It will cost $540 million to transform Greater Wellington Regional Council into a carbon positive organisation.
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Fishers in two minds over Green Party fishing policy
21 Sep 2020Commercial and recreational fishers are welcoming some aspects of the Green Party marine policy, but say care must be taken and more data is needed on fishery stocks.
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Green Party wants to protect 30 percent of NZ oceans
20 Sep 2020The Green Party wants at least 30 percent of New Zealand's oceans to be protected by 2030.
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Litter still tangled in the banks of Mangaore Stream
20 Sep 2020Shredded plastic seen tangled in the banks of a stream in the Manawatū may be coming from an old landfill, but the district council says it won't know for sure until summer.
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'Urban food growing' important for climate and communities - Greens
19 Sep 2020Councils should be encouraged to leave room for community gardens in new subdivisions, Green Party co-leader James Shaw says.
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'The worst campaign environment that I've been involved in'
17 Sep 2020Campaign season is often a time of hugs, hongi and handshakes, where voters cram into packed halls while listening to the big election promises, but Covid-19 means limited gatherings and social…
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Tourism operator fearful over 'languishing' fund process
17 Sep 2020A South Island tourism operator says he could have prevented redundancies if wasn't for delays to a nature-based job creation scheme.
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Planners seek help with protecting West Coast's notable trees
14 Sep 2020Now is the time for Coasters to speak up if they'd like to see a favourite old tree saved from the chainsaw.
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Plant opponents kick up stink over hearing charge
13 Sep 2020Opponents of an application to renew consents for an oil and gas drilling waste processing operation in Taranaki say they are being asked to pay an "extortionate" amount for an independent hearing.
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Global warming in PNG: 'More houses are going to be in danger now'
12 Sep 2020Global warming is being blamed for the king tides that have washed away houses in a village on Papua New Guinea's south coast.
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Study records one of highest rat densities on mainland
7 Sep 2020Researchers are utilising a kind of tag-and-release programme on rats in Fiordland to estimate their numbers and improve conservation efforts.
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Predator Free 2050: $7.5m funding boost for Wellington programme
7 Sep 2020Predator Free Wellington says a $7.6 million funding boost should see rats, stoats and weasels banished from the city twice as fast as originally planned.
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Darfield, Christchurch, Cook Strait, Kaikōura: A decade of earthquakes
2 Sep 2020Our Changing World - In this earthquake special, three GNS Science seismologists from GeoNet recollect their experience of the Big Ones and talk about the lessons learned. Audio
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Microplastic research reveals impact reaches underground food chains
Researchers in China say the contaminant has significant impacts on some of the "tiny critters" that live in the dirt.
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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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