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Calls for sightings of possibly entangled orca
10 Jun 2020The Department of Conservation is calling on the public to report any orca sightings along the North Island's east coast.
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Birds find a 'home' in recovery centre during lockdown
5 Jun 2020While Covid-19 slowed the country to a standstill, one rehab centre continued to be as busy as ever.
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Air quality monitoring hits top gear in Central Otago town
5 Jun 2020Air quality sensors have been set up every 100 metres in Arrowtown, in what is believed to be the world's densest air monitoring network.
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Call for government to ban plastic drink bottles
4 Jun 2020Greenpeace is calling on the government to make New Zealand the first country in the world to ban plastic drink bottles. Audio
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Scientists reignite spat over dolphin plan: 'Statisticians call that polishing turds'
3 Jun 2020Marine scientists are again butting heads over a plan to protect endangered Māui and Hector's dolphins.
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Government pushes ahead with landmark freshwater reform
28 May 2020The government is pushing ahead with its landmark freshwater reforms that will introduce tough new rules to clean up the country's waterways.
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Newest breeding pair of takahē released into ecosanctuary
29 May 2020Two young takahē have been released into Orokonui Ecosanctuary near Dunedin.
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Covid-19 could revive single-use plastics - agribusiness head
11 May 2020The Covid-19 crisis could be a big setback to progress on eliminating plastics, a rural expert has warned.
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Okarito gecko species rediscovered decades later
25 May 2020DOC rangers have found the Okarito gecko, a lizard species last encountered decades ago, on the West Coast.
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Kakī population soars under predator control
23 May 2020The world's rarest wading bird is coming back from the brink of extinction.
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'Green tape' policies should be put on hold - Simon Bridges
The government should put off "green tape" policies in the farming and primary sector while it focuses on jobs and economic growth, National leader Simon Bridges says.
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Council fined for wastewater discharge
19 May 2020The Matamata-Piako District Council has been fined almost $50,000 for unlawfully discharging wastewater into the environment.
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EPA grants consent for OMV to drill up to 10 exploration wells
15 May 2020Austrian oil and gas company OMV has been granted marine and marine discharge consents to drill up to 10 exploration and appraisal wells off the coast of Taranaki.
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Coastal flooding on the rise with sea levels - new study
14 May 2020Our Changing World - Small sea level rise is likely to drive huge increases in coastal flooding within 20-30 years, a study by NIWA's Dr Scott Stephens and Dr Rob Bell has found. Audio
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More than 405sq km of Amazon deforested in just one month
10 May 2020Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest rose sharply last month as the country prepared to send troops to try to curb illegal logging and mining.
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Zealandia: Going bush after going stir crazy
8 May 2020Two excited sisters emailed Wellington's Zealandia Ecosanctuary after they'd identified a bird they'd recorded on their phone while on their daily bubble walk around Karori.
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Unconfirmed sightings of barn owls in west Auckland
6 May 2020There's been a few ruffled feathers on a couple of West Auckland Facebook pages over the past week, with several unconfirmed sightings of barn owls. Audio
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Pest detection cameras catch lockdown breaches in Hauraki Gulf
5 May 2020Pest detection cameras on an island in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf have caught people breaching the level 3 and 4 lockdown rules.
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Auckland traffic pollution returns at alert level 3
1 May 2020Air pollution from traffic has soared to levels higher than before the level 4 lockdown in Auckland.
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Struggling fishing industry must be monitored, Forest and Bird warns
26 Apr 2020The downturn in fishing caused by the Covid-19 emergency could lead the industry to take environmentally damaging shortcuts warns Forest and Bird, but the seafood industry is defending its practices…
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Dunedin's Royal Albatross family: Waiting for a father's return
22 Apr 2020The Royal Albatross family on Dunedin's Tairoa Head, watched by more than 180,000 people around the world, has been reunited after an anxious month. Audio
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'More accurate accounting' shows lower agricultural emissions
15 Apr 2020Enhanced data on greenhouse gas emissions from livestock has revealed agriculture is contributing fewer emissions than first thought.
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Relaxed seals take over penguin colony during lockdown
20 Apr 2020Far more seals than usual are coming ashore in Oamaru during lockdown to relax and sunbathe at the local blue penguin colony.
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Freshwater quality decline threatens native species - report
16 Apr 2020New Zealand's native species and water quality are under threat from human activity and more than three-quarters of freshwater fish are threatened, the latest report says.
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