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Time for a national strategy to manage our water
COMMENT: Why are we still managing and governing water resources at regional level?
COMMENT: Why are we still managing and governing water resources at regional level?
Mussels cook to death - as temperatures soar in Northland
Hawke's Bay winery trials show plants have not affected vine vegetative growth so far.
'The current literally personifies the lifeforce coming from the Kaituna.'
With no significant rain forecast, rural communities are urged to prepare.
Minister says company has 'outrageously' attempted to avoid cleaning up its own mess.
Fonterra clamps down on non-compliant Northland dairy farms by stopping milk collection.
It's not just people struggling in the hot temperatures, the fish are feeling it too
"It has become a health, human rights issue."
A group of four heads out to the archipelago for 10 days at a time to eradicate weeds.
New Plymouth District Council is calling for volunteers to help eradicate predators.
Comment: Doing the control work on wilding pines now is an investment in the future.
More rural landowners considering solar energy as cost-effective way to power their farms.
To prevent the spread, soil, silt and gravel can no longer be removed from the river.
Plans to start her own plant business prompted a woman to illegally import cuttings.
More than 14,000 seabirds are estimated to be killed by commercial fishers every year.
Two dogs have died after eating toxic algae from a Wairarapa river.
Auckland's fruit fly response has come in just under budget.
Beware of toxic algae while swimming this summer.
EPA finds grounds to reassess substances containing controversial pesticide in NZ.
Research finds wine growing regions could shrink by half due to rising temperatures.
Government seeks people's views on changes to whitebait fishing rules.
A spate of scrub fires across Northland has put firefighters on high alert.
Napier has been blighted by regular "dirty water events" over the past two years.
The cost of filling private water tanks in the Coromandel jumps as the big dry continues.
Huge difference between salmon farm and undersea mining op, but parallels are emerging.
A weekly round-up of community news and events from the mighty Kaipara District.
Helmut's wish is to see that others have stepped up to continue his cleanup.
Water restrictions are on the cards for Tauranga and the Western Bay.
A Fisheries NZ report found a level of underreporting of bycatch in the industry.