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South Island winter tomato growers hit by carbon charges
Some South Island growers said they faced oblivion through record high carbon charges.
Comment: Why food waste is everyone's fight
Comment: Govt, companies & consumers all have a part to play in battle against food waste
Ferrets numbers rise in Hawke's Bay
Bumper breeding season leads to an increase in ferret numbers in Hawke's Bay.
Call not to exempt Manapouri from standards
Petition calls for Govt not to exempt the Manapouri Power Scheme from national standards.
New jobs created to remove wilding pines
A $100,000 cash injection has created 16 jobs in Queenstown - removing wilding pines.
Comment: We need to be smarter together
Urban and rural New Zealanders need to stop pointing fingers and get on the same page.
Strict stink bug measures show results - Biosecurity New Zealand
Even tougher rules to combat brown marmorated stink bug will be introduced next season.
Efforts to boost New Zealand's native bird populations
Multi-agency project focuses on forest food sources to boost native bird population
Dr Doug Edmeades: N fertiliser cap ignores basic science
Comment: Govt's recent decision to cap nitrogen fertiliser is doomed to failure.
Govt reveals new cap, emissions budget, in ETS reform
The Government has announced a fresh reforms to one of NZ's biggest climate policy levers.
Adam Canning: Clean river promises have been swept away
Comment: Plan to restore rivers to a healthy state within a generation lacks ambition.
Call for help to eradicate Japanese walnut
Streamcare Group and agencies working to control invasive weed with help of public.
'Same old gravy train': Hawke's Bay iwi chief's scathing attack on water policy
Council says it has no choice but to pick which water bodies are the most 'outstanding'.
Issues remain in Government's water reforms - DairyNZ
There is still a sting in the tail from Essential Freshwater package says Dr Tim Mackle.
What farmers think of Govt's freshwater reforms
Feds says changes to Govt's Essential Freshwater regulations reflect farmer feedback.
IrrigationNZ on impact of Govt's water reforms
Complexity of large scale reform will have cost and operational impacts on irrigators.
New Govt water reforms miss mark on nitrogen pollution, advocates say
The Govt has unveiled reforms to clean up our rivers, but water campaigners aren't happy.
Goat farm takes top spot at Auckland Ballance Farm Environment Award
Goat farming entrepreneurs take top spot at Auckland Ballance Farm Environment Awards.
DOC conduct pest fish control among peat lakes
DOC rangers are getting into the peat lakes to work on pest fish control.
Bringing Coromandel brown kiwi home
Up to 200 Coromandel brown kiwi to return from Motutapu annually forever if capacity hit
Call for ORC to get behind landowners in battle against rabbit infestation
Otago Regional Council should step in and help says Richard Bowman.
Spindleberry - it climbs and smothers native trees
Climbing spindleberry is an invasive winter pest plant.
Wallaby curse: Farmer refuses to be caught on the hop
Walter Cameron has been battling wallabies on the family farm for decades.
Climate action plan takes shape for Hamilton City Council
Proposals for the action plan were outlined earlier in the month
Budget 2020: Nature jobs for out-of-work Kiwis?
But criticism climate change has been short-changed.
Comment: The making of the Pea Weevil lady
Comment: How did a townie end up in farming and known as the Pea Weevil lady?
Farming family's efforts help secure reserve status for wetland
Maniototo family is protecting the largest remaining scroll plain wetland in NZ.
Are single-use plastics on their way back?
Covid-19 could be a big setback to progress on eliminating plastics, says Ian Proudfoot.
Lawrence Yule: Farmers facing Hawke's Bay's worst drought in 50 years getting raw deal
We are going to pay consultants, when what people need is feed and financial support.
Water dam drops to 29 per cent: 'We almost cried'
Visitors almost cried when they saw the near-empty Upper Nihotupu dam.
Hunters bag 4000 wallabies in pre-lockdown competition
"Recreational hunters play a massive part in the control of this pest".