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'Thorough' review adds clarity
Review to add clarity to the future of Ruataniwha Water Storage scheme.
Farming must get smarter and better for the environment
Farmers would make better decisions if they had to pay for their environmental effects
Lifting water quality and profit
How can you make looking after the environment profitable?
More can be done to protect rivers
New Zealand should be proud of what farmers have done to protect waterways
Freshwater reforms to target pollution hot spots
We need to smarter about rules to clean up waterways, writes Cathy Begley
Rules reward water polluters
Politicians fail to understand what's behind New Zealand's deteriorating water quality.
Listen: Steve Maharey's solution for water quality and the urban/rural divide
Steve Maharey reckons his idea can bridge the urban/rural divide over water quality.
Waterways report too little too late
COMMENT: People have known there is a problem with our waterways long before new report.
Opinion: flushing flow info flawed
The state of Hawke's Bay's local waterways is in crisis, writes Trevor Le-Lievre.
Proposed flows for Manuherikia River raise concerns
Suggested minimum flows for the Manuherikia River would threaten farming, say experts.
Selwyn River flows under State Highway 1 bridge again
Significant rainfall has boosted the Selwyn/Waikirikiri River recently
Listen: Is Dr Mike Joy an extremist, or does he have a point?
Dr Doug Edmeades and Dr Jacqueline Rowarth on Dr Mike Joy's recent water quality comments
The Feds: Waterways fencing logistical pain
Big problems accompany a call to fence all waterways
Ruataniwha dam review delayed
Ruataniwha Water Storage Scheme review delayed by two weeks.
Marnie Prickett: Farming is breaking our green basket
Two damning reports on farming greeted by Government silence, says green campaigner.
Steven Carden: Farming is reducing its environmental footprint
Farming is improving its products to meet environmental and nutritional demands.
Dr Nick Smith: A national plan for cleaner freshwater
Freshwater is one of New Zealand's key strategic assets.
Winston Peters: A fence too far
Smith needs to explain how his fences can cover an area 18x longer than Trump's wall
Farm's environmental gains impress
South Canterbury farm proves environmental gains can be made while production improves
Tim Gilbertson: The moment you've all been waiting for
The most important decision in a generation.
Dispute over ratepayer funded fence
"I struggle to see how this application can be consistent with ECan's mandate,"
Independent commissioners sought for Waikato rivers plan
Waikato Regional Council is calling for registrations of interest.
ERPA: Lack of rules sullies waterways
Fonterra has made a critical change in policy without consultation says ERPA
'Voluntary' irrigation limit proposed to help ailing river
Selwyn Waihora Zone Committee recommends ECan work with farmers to limit irrigation
Freshwater report: five key findings
Five findings from a new independent stocktake of the state of our lakes and rivers.
Otago Regional Council - water quality 'well ahead of the majority'
Otago was more in a position to "maintain'' as opposed to "regain'' water quality
Akaroa wastewater could be recycled
Recycling Akaroa's wastewater to keep the area green is a possibility
Fiordland marine area protection plan approved
The plan aims to protect the unique and nationally significant area from marine pests
Return to pre-1940s lake not feasible
Restoration plans would have caused "considerable" social disruption
Hidden waterfall revealed at last
A long hidden waterfall is once again accessible to the public
Drone a big hit at 'Lab at the Lake' fun day
''Lab at the Lake'' fun day held to get kids interested in freshwater science
New irrigation system to future-proof the farm
"You wouldn't know the paddocks (have) irrigation, just that they were green,"