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Emissions from dairy farms reach all-time high - Stats NZ
5 Aug 2021Greenhouse gas emissions from dairy farming are at an all-time high, according to Stats NZ, but emissions from the dairy cows themselves continue to drop, according to Ministry for the Environment.
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Why New Zealand is importing coal by the shipload
How can New Zealand be importing massive amounts of coal when we are supposedly on a journey towards 100 percent renewable energy? The answers are complex.
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Waka Kotahi plans to fill in bats' roosts to force them to relocate
2 Aug 2021The Transport Agency plans to fill in roosts of long-tail bats along the route of a proposed bypass on State Highway 3, in an effort to force the critically-endangered mammals to relocate.
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NZ likely to have 'record high' coal imports in 2021 - officials
26 Jul 2021New Zealand is likely to import more coal this year than it has in any other year, in the midst of a government-declared climate emergency.
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New tool aims to give greater oversight to greenhouse gas emissions
26 Jul 2021New Zealanders will soon be able track how much greenhouse gas the country is emitting in almost real time.
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Kāpiti residents' rubbish dumped at controversial landfill
25 Jul 2021A Kāpiti district councillor is warning residents have lost control of their rubbish, with tonnes of it ending up in a controversial landfill.
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Teams 'totally focussed' on reuniting orca with pod
23 Jul 2021Search efforts to find baby orca Toa's pod will ramp up this weekend as crews make the most of a fine weather window.
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Volunteers scoop 30kg of dog poo from Dunedin walkway
19 Jul 2021Volunteers collected an immense amount of dog faeces from the 5km stretch of Dunedin's popular West Harbour walkway. Audio
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Nitrate checks to be carried out in Southland water
17 Jul 2021Greenpeace is carrying out water testing for Southland households this weekend to check their bore water for nitrate contamination.
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NZ imported more than a million tonnes of 'dirty' coal last year
14 Jul 2021In the same year that the government declared a climate emergency, imports of an especially dirty type of coal from Indonesia topped a million tonnes for the first time since 2006.
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Government considers new limits on bottom trawling
11 Jul 2021Environment Minister David Parker says he is open to the idea of phasing out bottom trawling in areas that have not already been trawled.
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Greenpeace calls for government to ban plastic drink bottles
10 Jul 2021While government has announced plans to ban several plastics by 2025, the environmental group says they should go further.
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Race against time to get traps up and protect endangered birds
9 Jul 2021It's all hands on deck in the north Canterbury town of Rangiora as volunteers race to replace 100 traps washed away in last month's floods.
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'I was shocked' - microplastics prevalent in Bay of Plenty shellfish
8 Jul 2021Microplastics have been found in high levels in shellfish across the Bay of Plenty prompting concern for both the marine environment and human health.
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Waste minimisation efforts slow to take hold
7 Jul 2021The Detail - New Zealand has been ranked among the most wasteful countries in the world per capita, our landfills are filling up and it's a struggle to finding new sites.
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Converse mural claims 'disingenuous', scientist says
7 Jul 2021The shoe brand Converse is being accused of misleading people with its global public art campaign, Converse City Forests, in which it claims the murals it's painted are the equivalent of planting more…
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Kōkako boost 'insurance population' on Kāpiti Island
7 Jul 2021The first translocation of kōkako has taken place to predator-free Kāpiti Island for more than a quarter century.
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The booming problem of construction waste
5 Jul 2021The Detail - The building boom is in full force but with it comes an ugly side effect - hundreds of thousands of tonnes of waste.
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Endangered NZ tern seen in Australia for first time
5 Jul 2021Birdwatchers are still marvelling at the unexpected sighting of a black-fronted tern, seen in late June in the New South Wales Hunter region.
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RMA changes: relationship building critical to outcomes - iwi leader
4 Jul 2021Stronger recognition of Māori environmental views in the first draft of the new resource management law won't by itself create the change needed, a Whanganui iwi leader says.
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Marlborough council releases beach vehicle ban bylaw
1 Jul 2021From barriers on the beach to a blanket ban of vehicles, the options for protecting Marlborough's quake-hit east coast have ranged from controversial to more controversial.
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Study looks into rising kea deaths in Southern Alps
30 Jun 2021Research on rising kea deaths in the Southern Alps could help to improve future predator management.
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Water reforms: New entities proposed to take responsibility of infrastructure
30 Jun 2021Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta warned that without the changes communities would either face large bills or infrastructure will continue to degrade.
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Waiheke Island marina: Arrested protester frustrated by charge
29 Jun 2021A small crowd of supporters from the Protect Pūtiki occupation appeared at the Auckland District Court yesterday.
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