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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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Waikato greenhouse gas production highest in New Zealand
23 Jul 2020Waikato was the biggest producer of greenhouse gases in the country in 2018, new data from Statistics New Zealand shows.
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EV industry group member 'disappointed' after govt disbands it
23 Jul 2020The Electric Vehicles Leadership Group was formed in 2016 and wasstacked with industry representatives and experts.
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Kiwis called on to help track southern right whales' migration patterns
23 Jul 2020Scientists are asking for the public's help in tracking Tohorā or southern right whales as they return to New Zealand waters.
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Civil Defence makes 'good progress' on visiting cut-off Northland residents
22 Jul 2020Civil Defence has made contact with residents in difficult to reach remote districts cut off by the flooding in Northland.
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Green Party candidate arrested during tree felling protest
21 Jul 2020Green Party candidate and activist Steve Abel and five other people were arrested today while protesting the felling of native trees in central Auckland.
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Northland weather woes: climate change the likely cause - researcher
New Zealand should brace for more droughts followed by heavy rain, like what has been seen in the Far North, Professor James Renwick from Victoria University says. Audio
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Environmental cost of Porirua housing plan raises concerns
20 Jul 2020A proposal to build 2000 houses over two decades on a rolling hillscape in Porirua is desperately needed, but at what cost to the environment? Audio
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Tolaga Bay farmers 'horrified' by forest slash after heavy rain
20 Jul 2020Tairāwhiti locals are preparing for a second storm after a deluge of weekend rain flooded a highway and sent forest slash tumbling towards beaches.
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Mataura urges toxic waste's immediate removal by government
20 Jul 2020The government is being called on to move potentially toxic waste from a disused Southland paper mill which flooded over the weekend, and exact payment from mining giant Rio Tinto later.
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Govt puts $2.5m towards Rotorua wetland restoration and jobs
16 Jul 2020It is the first project in the government's scheme to create nature-based jobs to help with Covid-19 recovery. Audio
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Rubbish spill with 'toxic chemicals' at sacred river remains unsolved
8 Jul 2020A former Department of Conservation ranger and Ngāti Porou descendant fears rubbish from an old landfill near the Awatere River on the East Cape could find its way out to the sea if a solution isn't…
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Stoat breakthrough could be the key to eradication
17 Jul 2020The Detail - New Zealand scientist Dr Andrew Veale has mapped the stoat genome - a global breakthrough which may hold the key to eradicating the pest.
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The Himalayan tahr battle: Why DOC is stuck in the middle
15 Jul 2020The Detail - The first court case may be over, but commentators say New Zealand's plan to deal with Himalayan tahr needs a refresh to avoid more butting heads in the future.
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Apology after 'They Are Us' slogan used in tahr lobby video
14 Jul 2020The Tahr Foundation says it was "completely unaware" the phrase was often used in reference to the Christchurch mosque attacks.
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Labour policy would put forestry decisions in council hands
The Labour Party will get tough on forestry conversions if it wins the next election, it says.
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Smog causes an estimated 49,000 deaths in Beijing, Shanghai in 2020 - tracker
9 Jul 2020Air pollution has caused an estimated 49,000 deaths in the cities of Beijing and Shanghai alone since the start of this year, according to a "clean air counter" launched by environmental groups.
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Tahr and deer numbers ‘out of control’ on West Coast
9 Jul 2020Both tahr and deer numbers are now spiralling out of control in Westland, according to Conservation Authority member, Dr Gerry McSweeney.
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Move to outlaw moa bone, extinct species sales wins Conservation Board backing
10 Jul 2020The West Coast Tai Poutini Conservation Board is backing a move by the government to ban the sale of moa bones.
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