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Inglewood board says yes to wildlife centre
15 Feb 2022A multimillion-dollar wildlife centre and kiwi viewing house in Inglewood is a step closer, with the community board recommending New Plymouth District Council buy land for it.
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Thousands of litres of oil from factory fire removed from Canterbury rivers
11 Feb 2022"...tay away from visibly oiled areas. Residual oil is likely to remain in the Cam/Ruataniwha [River] and Kaiapoi River upstream from the Williams Street bridge in Kaiapoi for the next few weeks."
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Central Blenheim park goes without glyphosate weedkiller for 18 months
8 Feb 2022Blenheim's Seymour Square has been glyphosate-free for 18 months after councillors challenged staff to decrease its use in Marlborough parks.
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Marlborough's landfill accounts for three quarters of council's emissions
9 Feb 2022The biggest contributor to carbon emissions in Marlborough is its landfill site, with more than 34,000 tonnes emitted in 2020.
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NZ to attend UN environment assembly session
6 Feb 2022New Zealand will be taking part in commemorating 50 years of the United Nations Environment Programme this year, with a delegation possibly travelling to Kenya for the event.
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Floating carpet of dead fish found off French coast
5 Feb 2022Dutch-owned trawler FV Margiris, the world's second-biggest fishing vessel, shed more than 100,000 dead fish into the Atlantic Ocean off France.
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Is it time for council to throw South Auckland some shade?
5 Feb 2022To many it might be a leafy paradise, but for those in the south of the city, Auckland can seem more like a barren, concrete-covered desert. However, as Justin Latif reports, new council funding may…
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Lake with clearest water in world under threat
2 Feb 2022Nelson's Rotomairewhenua/Blue Lake, which has the clearest water in the world, is facing a threat from an invasive diatom that blooms into a slimy, clinging algae-like substance.
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'It's future thinking': Regional council weighs viability of key flood protection scheme
2 Feb 2022An Otago scheme aimed at keeping floodwaters at bay is under review with climate change looming as a potential challenge.
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Earth has more tree species than we thought
2 Feb 2022There are 14 percent more tree species than previously thought, according to what researchers are calling the first "scientifically credible" estimate.
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Great Barrier Reef preservation work gets $1bn funding boost
28 Jan 2022The funding brings the Australian government's investment in water quality, reef management and research up to $3 billion, its biggest ever spend on the reef.
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Covid-19 will dominate, but NZ must also face 'triple planetary crisis'
25 Jan 2022Opinion: As the government prepares to deal with a looming Omicron outbreak, this won't be the only major issue it will have to tackle this year, Nathan Cooper writes.
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Mayor fears 'ticking time bomb' after controversial plant shuts
26 Jan 2022The government is being asked to step in and force a multi-national agri-chemical business to clean up its New Plymouth production site.
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NZ scientists develop system to disinfect PPE
24 Jan 2022A group of Kiwi scientists have developed a potential solution to the more than 25,000 tonnes of Covid-19-related plastic waste that has polluted the oceans in the past two years.
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Climate: Sponges could be the main reef organisms in the future
18 Jan 2022Analysis - Sponges can survive low oxygen and warming waters. They could be the main reef organisms in the future.
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Mature lowland forest lost in Wānaka fire - DOC
19 Jan 2022A popular Wānaka lake and track were spared during a devastating fire earlier this month.
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Pāua fishing in Kaikōura: Public urged to gather 'for a feed, not the freezer'
18 Jan 2022Members of the Kaikōura community are concerned its pāua fishery is being stripped by the huge demand from the public.
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Plastics in seas could outweigh global fish population by 2040 - report
18 Jan 2022Pollution from plastics is a global emergency in need of a robust UN treaty, according to a report from the Environmental Investigation Agency.
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Toxic algae found at fourth Southland river
17 Jan 2022People are being urged to be vigilant after toxic algae was discovered in a fourth Southland river.
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Recording raises hopes of spotting elusive bird
13 Jan 2022A recording from the Heaphy Track in Kahurangi National Park is being analysed to determine if it is the South Island kōkako. Audio
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Canterbury holds on to 50-year record of highest temperature
12 Jan 2022New Zealand had the hottest national average temperature last year, but the single highest temperature recorded in the country remains unbeaten.
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Warmer ocean temperatures clear indication climate change continuing - academic
11 Jan 2022An honorary academic wants New Zealand to cut emissions, after research found the world's oceans were hotter than ever before in 2021.
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Scientists call for a moratorium on climate change research
11 Jan 2022Opinion - What should climate scientists do in the face of ever rising emissions? They could continue providing more evidence, join climate activists - or stop work in protest against government…
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'It came up and bit me': Oamaru teen tells of shark attack
11 Jan 2022Oamaru teenager Alvira Repia-King is on the mend after being attacked by a shark at Friendly Bay on Sunday afternoon.
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