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Govt 'not taking any chances' with African Swine Fever
"We're doing everything we can to protect our pork industry" says Damien O'Connor.
"We're doing everything we can to protect our pork industry" says Damien O'Connor.
A Bay of Plenty firm has been fined for illegal stormwater discharges from its worksite.
Vessels checked include recreational boats, fishing vessels and barges.
Comment: Animal welfare or climate change? Dr Rowarth and Dr Coles investigate.
Several dotterel chicks have hatched at Matapōuri, adding to a successful breeding season.
Control measures introduced after rabbit holes and droppings were found on the grounds.
The toll of mice on a remote island shows why their threat to NZ must be taken seriously.
Research shows BioChar's potential to mitigate climate change through storing carbon.
COMMENT: Why has reform in the most neglected part of our environment stalled?
Shane Jones says Wairarapa water storage is about future-proofing NZ - not irrigation.
He'd been picking up plastic on the beach. Then an albatross washed up "feet in the air".
Kiwi and baby kingfisher, kūkupa, and tui have been brought in dehydrated.
'How would you feel if people were going to the loo on your property?'
The Government says it's water storage, not an irrigation scheme.
More than 1000 Scouts learned the importance of biosecurity at Mystery Creek Jamboree.
United States visitor arrivals to New Zealand rose by 6.6 per cent last year.
Whirinaki Beach albatross emaciated and likely starved due to 500ml bottle obstruction.
Several pōhutukawa trees might be removed to build the seawall along Princes Rd.
The fence required resource consent from the Northland Regional Council under the RMA.
Quinn Barker is a very tidy kiwi and he has 350 bags of litter to prove it
Fourteen people issued trespass notices over summer break.
b.social facility is charged fully from renewable energy rather than gas.
Comment: Dr Rowarth investigates the vegan call to "give up meat to save the planet".
Forest and Bird said the albatross have a nationally critical threat status.
"Toasting marshmallows" is no excuse in a total fire ban, DOC says.
Beach cleaners collect three sacks of rubbish.
This is a neverending war with periods of peace after bouts of extermination.
DOC staff and Gordon Park volunteers want to see a stop to dumping in native bush block.
Pockets of the North Island could slide into drought if a big rainmaker doesn't come soon.