New project enhances Kairakau memories
Rich memories of Kairakau Beach have been enhanced by a new project, writes Clive Bibby.
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Logging operation threatening water supply had no consent
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Talk focuses on farmers' reaction to climate change
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Seabed smothered in forestry sediment
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Billion Trees bungle: One million seedlings but land unfit
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Thousands of Tolaga Bay logs to be incinerated
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Forestry worker killed by falling tree
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But new owners plan to give 148ha to appropriate iwi
The timing wasn't right for Whanganui iwi to buy Whanganui District Council forest land.
Band aid won't fix damage, resident says
Residents fed up with logging trashing their rural Whanganui road
'Watershed moment' - Small forest owners set to meet
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$152m funding for Gisborne region
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Comment: Fighting climate change on the farm
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Whanganui farmers form catchment group
Whanganui farmers plan to act rather than wait for regulation
Forestry sale gets OIO approval
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Deal takes logging trucks off roads at peak times
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