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1:11AM ENVIRONMENT Council-supplied tank water in Waimate District at reproductive risk levels 196

Saturday, 22 November
3:59AM ENVIRONMENT Failed Ruakura GE Animal Research Site Poses a Health Risk 207

Friday, 21 November
12:26PM ENVIRONMENT Council fined for "unacceptable" discharges of wastewater 213
12:17PM ENVIRONMENT Passion for rangatahi and te taiao drives Ngāti Rēhia's climate action success 164
3:43AM ENVIRONMENT Abatement notices received for performance issues at Wānaka Wastewater Treatment Plant 136

Thursday, 20 November
1:51PM ENVIRONMENT It's breeding season for invasive clam 129
12:13PM ENVIRONMENT New Zealand "wins" unenviable climate inaction award at COP30 228

Tuesday, 18 November
9:05PM ENVIRONMENT What Are the Chances of Successfully Eradicating the Yellow-Legged Hornet? 316

Friday, 14 November
9:45AM ENVIRONMENT Archaeologist releases film of "unique landscape under imminent threat" from controversial fast-track mine 273

Monday, 10 November
11:52AM ENVIRONMENT Cutting Nitrate Leaching the Smart Way: Dr Gordon Rajendram's Carbon Strategy 241

Thursday, 30 October
5:00PM ENVIRONMENT Leading New Zealand Soil Scientist Dr Gordon Rajendram – An Expert On Humates, Biochar and Carbon - Calls For A More Scientific Strategy To Slash Nitrate Leaching 536

Tuesday, 28 October
1:30PM ENVIRONMENT AI for a Greener Future: Business Insights into Sustainable Growth 367

Saturday, 25 October
5:26AM ENVIRONMENT Greenhouse gas emissions fall 1.5 percent in the June 2025 quarter 233
5:14AM ENVIRONMENT EPA welcomes High Court ruling on glyphosate decision 263

Thursday, 23 October
5:42PM ENVIRONMENT The Science Behind Conditioner Bars: How They Hydrate Without the Bottle 441
5:25PM ENVIRONMENT How to use a solid conditioner bar 704

Tuesday, 14 October
6:50AM ENVIRONMENT Government ends methane madness 494
6:49AM ENVIRONMENT Gene Tech Bill threatens Aotearoa's GE-free status, warns Soil & Health 477

Monday, 29 September
10:27AM ENVIRONMENT Greenpeace calls for investors to boycott wannabe seabed miner as they list on NZ stock exchange 1152

Tuesday, 9 September
2:49PM ENVIRONMENT How to Choose the Best Car Wrecker in Hamilton 3505

Monday, 25 August
4:36AM ENVIRONMENT $10 million fines for breaching the RMA 1431

Thursday, 21 August
6:08AM ENVIRONMENT Law change could save farmers and taxpayers millions 1228

Wednesday, 20 August
4:39PM ENVIRONMENT Is Black Gold the Saviour for NZ Agriculture? - Dr Gordon Rajendram on the Promise of Biochar and Humates 1382

Thursday, 14 August
2:00AM ENVIRONMENT Carbon forestry rules still wide open 756
1:53AM ENVIRONMENT RMA rollback lets agribusiness dump pollution into rivers without consent 683

Tuesday, 12 August
10:18PM ENVIRONMENT Thousands of farmers spared from unworkable box-ticking exercise 627

Thursday, 7 August
2:39PM ENVIRONMENT Turning Tree Removal into Reforestation 615

Saturday, 2 August
9:23AM ENVIRONMENT ZERO EMISSION PEST CONTROL AUCKLAND 3961

Friday, 1 August
3:06AM ENVIRONMENT Government subsidies for dirty dairy dams will lead to polluted drinking water - Greenpeace 4013

Thursday, 31 July
2:41AM ENVIRONMENT Farmers back Government push for practical freshwater rules 3671

Friday, 25 July
11:22AM ENVIRONMENT New World launches New Zealand's first reverse vending machine at a supermarket 3940

Friday, 11 July
6:52PM ENVIRONMENT Why a Clean, Pest-Free Studio Is Essential for Creative Flow 679

Friday, 27 June
10:07AM ENVIRONMENT Award Winning Chairbler Calls for Better Management of Wood From Felled Trees 1084

Wednesday, 18 June
2:02AM ENVIRONMENT EPA seeks feedback about new weedkiller for wheat and barley crops 744

Tuesday, 17 June
1:36AM ENVIRONMENT Pioneering research on the durability of low embodied carbon sustainable elements and systems 2116

Wednesday, 11 June
2:19AM ENVIRONMENT Urgent public meetings planned for Dunedin and Wānaka as concern over fast-tracked goldmine swells 704

Wednesday, 28 May
1:32AM ENVIRONMENT EPA says law changes will streamline applications for new chemicals 830
1:15AM ENVIRONMENT Economic and environmental vandalism as foreign companies convert farms to forests 870

Saturday, 24 May
1:08AM ENVIRONMENT Next milestone reached on Rotorua's journey to cleaner air 949

Friday, 23 May
2:58AM ENVIRONMENT Scorched Earth Budget - tax cuts for polluters and investing in fossil fuels 675
2:54AM ENVIRONMENT Budget Cuts Funding Promised to Pacific Communities on Frontlines of Climate Crisis 575

Thursday, 22 May
2:04AM ENVIRONMENT Roaring call for Government to halt funding of cruel octopus farming 497

Friday, 16 May
11:51AM ENVIRONMENT Community Commitment Sees Remarkable Transformation of Native Bush in Papanui 1409

Thursday, 15 May
12:40AM ENVIRONMENT Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior returns for 40th anniversary of French bombing in Auckland on 10 July 559

Thursday, 8 May
2:16PM ENVIRONMENT Government passes kiwi killing bill under urgency 802
11:34AM ENVIRONMENT Greenpeace slams PM's science pick: "Polluters are running the show" 567

Monday, 5 May
3:25PM ENVIRONMENT What to Consider When Buying an Outdoor Heater in New Zealand 404

Wednesday, 23 April
2:26AM ENVIRONMENT Greenpeace adds support to Denniston coal mining protest 510

Friday, 18 April
5:14AM ENVIRONMENT Abatement notice issued for nitrogen levels in Hāwea oxidation pond 651

Thursday, 17 April
1:21AM ENVIRONMENT Greenpeace pledges continued fight against seabed mining as Australian miners lodge EPA application 642

Tuesday, 8 April
12:57PM ENVIRONMENT Consumers hold line on sustainability, expect business to do the same 507

Monday, 17 March
8:21PM ENVIRONMENT Agsafe Weekly Rural Report 440

Friday, 7 March
3:11PM ENVIRONMENT Mining company fined for contaminant discharge into the Tasman Sea 522
3:07PM ENVIRONMENT Overseas Consumers Push Back On NZ's GM/GE Bill 555

Wednesday, 5 March
5:29AM ENVIRONMENT Fonterra's palm kernel supply link to illegal palm operations bad news for Nestlé 1165

Thursday, 13 February
2:53AM ENVIRONMENT Reckless Gene Technology Bill: An Attack on Local Democracy, Farmers, and Councils 714

Wednesday, 12 February
10:03AM ENVIRONMENT Councils Challenged Over Ratepayer Risks from Enabling Gene Technology 492

Wednesday, 4 December
4:07AM ENVIRONMENT Aerial 1080 use increased and reported incidents fell in 2023 503

Wednesday, 20 November
6:43AM ENVIRONMENT SAFE disgusted over ocean pollution from Silver Fern Farms' slaughterhouse 1153

Tuesday, 5 November
1:38AM ENVIRONMENT Conflict of Interests Behind "No Liability" Clause in New Gene Technology Bill 619

Monday, 7 October
1:39AM ENVIRONMENT Co-existence with GE crops in New Zealand is impossible 548

Wednesday, 2 October
2:43PM ENVIRONMENT Fast-track panel approves consent to expand Auckland quarry 626

Tuesday, 24 September
2:32AM ENVIRONMENT Carterton solar farm granted fast track consent 623

Saturday, 14 September
9:44AM ENVIRONMENT New red seaweed found in Northland and Auckland 743

Thursday, 11 July
1:49PM ENVIRONMENT Encouraging Announcement from Government on Climate Change 1911

Tuesday, 28 May
5:00AM ENVIRONMENT EPA Decision Keeps GE in the Lab with Few Safety Controls on GMO Product 908

Friday, 3 May
8:03AM ENVIRONMENT Midwives: Part Of A Vital Climate Solution - International Day of the Midwife Is This Sunday 879

Monday, 22 April
5:14AM ENVIRONMENT Iconic charity launches urgent appeal to sustain environmental programmes 802

Monday, 15 April
4:58AM ENVIRONMENT Lack of Capability at MPI to Manage GE-derived Plants: Risk of Unintended Consequences 901

Sunday, 24 March
7:16AM ENVIRONMENT Government's 'GMO 2025' Jeopardises Agriculture and the Environment 1048

Saturday, 17 February
3:40AM ENVIRONMENT Bay of Plenty Regional Council Expands Air Sensor Network in Mount Maunganui 822

Tuesday, 16 January
2:03PM ENVIRONMENT ACT's outdated GE policy ignores the scientific perils 672

Saturday, 13 January
6:16AM ENVIRONMENT Hutt Valley Flood Protection Project To Begin 682

Thursday, 28 December
5:15AM ENVIRONMENT Biosecurity New Zealand Seeks Public's Help in Wallaby Death Investigation 1028

Thursday, 21 December
3:05AM ENVIRONMENT Parliament Repeals Natural and Built Environment Act and Spatial Planning Act 640

Friday, 15 December
4:30AM ENVIRONMENT EPA reports increase in use of 1080 during 2022 with 55 operations 753

Monday, 4 December
11:24AM ENVIRONMENT AI-Powered App Helps Identify Invasive Species in NZ 529

Friday, 1 December
1:21PM ENVIRONMENT Liberalisation of Genetic Engineering Threatens the Environment, Farmers and New Zealand 797

Tuesday, 3 October
6:08AM ENVIRONMENT UC scientists track satellite's impact on astronomy 1162

Monday, 25 September
11:51AM ENVIRONMENT $33,250 fine for tyre burning 1215

Tuesday, 5 September
9:32AM ENVIRONMENT Tech trial to monitor environmental conditions and wildfire risk 1318

Friday, 26 May
5:53AM ENVIRONMENT Response to freshwater gold clam discovery in Waikato River 945
5:44AM ENVIRONMENT Keep an eye out for new Manchurian wild rice infestations after flooding 1144

Monday, 22 May
10:56AM ENVIRONMENT Te Rere Hau windfarm redevelopment plans approved 1123

Thursday, 11 May
3:51AM ENVIRONMENT Lake Taharoa vegetation loss investigated 795

Monday, 8 May
12:26PM ENVIRONMENT Discussion on seabed mining welcomed 560
8:31AM ENVIRONMENT Stock effluent dumping prompts call for trucking companies to do better 804

Friday, 5 May
7:03AM ENVIRONMENT Consent for Unitec residential development 949

Tuesday, 2 May
2:14PM ENVIRONMENT Fresh funding for nationwide eDNA waterways initiative 680
2:13PM ENVIRONMENT Catchment groups receive EPA funding for water testing 875
10:55AM ENVIRONMENT Food Resilience Project Nearing Completion in Central Christchurch 1355
7:55AM ENVIRONMENT Celebrating the Bay of Plenty's pest animal control efforts through technology 807

Monday, 1 May
8:21AM ENVIRONMENT Fish & Game calls for Water Conservation Orders to be enforced 811

Monday, 24 April
8:42AM ENVIRONMENT Hundreds turn out to oppose Hauraki Gulf bottom trawling 881

Friday, 21 April
6:11AM ENVIRONMENT Call for information on waterway weedkillers 721

Wednesday, 19 April
9:12AM ENVIRONMENT Final days to apply for He Toka Tū Moana – Toi Moana Environmental Scholarship 848
7:03AM ENVIRONMENT It's a fast track for The Hill at Ellerslie 939
6:57AM ENVIRONMENT Fish & Game scientists research New Zealand's rivers with electric fishing technology 970
6:41AM ENVIRONMENT Cyclone adds to 'problem of not enough spinifex' 658

Tuesday, 18 April
5:13AM ENVIRONMENT Taxpayers should be hopping mad at $153,000 kill cost per wallaby in Otago 976


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