EPA want release of parasitoid wasp to control pest beetle
EPA wants to use a parasitoid wasp to rid the environment of a pest beetle.
AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.
Latest fromTCN - Environment
Climate change: Not too big, not too late
We're all frogs in climate change's pot - but there's still time to turn the burner down.
Asbestos concerns after Waipu fire allayed
Neighbours of the remains of the fire are concerned about how safe it is.
Doctor denies he 'intervened' at Blue Bay
Medical Officer of Health says council information was wrong.
Public submissions keen for Zero Waste option
Ruapehu District Council could adopt an ambitious waste plan in November.
Most of NZ's wastewater to be tested for drug use
Wastewater from 80 per cent of New Zealand to be tested for illegal drug use
Nebraska trip all about irrigation for Cromwell farmer
A Cromwell farmer was in a group of people visiting Nebraska to look at new technology.
Children's book combines Northland teen's love of the ocean and te reo
Kids respond better to stories than having instructions drilled into them - 17yo author.
Horizons note freshwater quality efforts in region
The freshwater life in some Whanganui waterways has been rated by Horizons.
Water quality programme research 'limited'
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth on the Government's freshwater working programme.
Bay hosts new biodiversity announcement
Work to start on a new biodiversity strategy for New Zealand.
Mike Finlayson: 1080 doesn't poison water
Mike Finlayson has demonstrated his belief that 1080 does not poison water.
Hawke's Bay hosts national biodiversity strategy announcement
Announcement made in Ahuriri on New Zealand's new for a new biodiversity strategy.
Global sustainability recognition for Gisborne beef farm
Whangara Farms sets a new benchmark for sustainable practices.
Blue Bay delays as water costs spiral
Costs to upgrade drinking water supply now nearly $500,000 more than thought.
Cleaning up Otago waterways welcomed
The Government's five-year clean waterways plans are being welcomed in Otago.
Conservation Comment: Pitfalls of land-use change
In Manawatu-Whanganui, forested areas could increase by by 300,000ha to 400,000ha.
Keeping future global warming within 1.5C demands 'truly heroic' effort
UN report on limiting warming to another 1.5C should "end magical thinking", expert says.
Listen: David Parker on freshwater programme
Environment Minister says new Govt. programme will not try to outlaw farming.
Five-year plan: Better water quality promised
New rules will be in place by 2020 to stop the degradation of freshwater quality.
Three-yearly 1080 drop to protect Mangapurua birds
Conservation Department needs stretch of fine weather for aerial pest control operation.
Climate change issues aired at Whangārei meeting
People have got behind a Northland initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Over half of Carbon Zero Bill submitters favour all-gases target
All-gases target favoured but many were split on what that should look like.
No DOC decision on tahr cull
"The recent Tahr Liaison Group made good progress but DOC has not finalised any plan".
Listen: Aerial monitoring 'important' in managing effluent
Paul Grave says effluent management non-compliance damages dairy industry's reputation.
New measure of freshwater health not pretty
Macroinvertebrate health likely or very likely degrading at two out of five sites.
Could gene editing boost NZ primary industries?
Gene editing could bring a range of benefits for the sector, according to a new report.
Iwi's new income stream - carbon farming 'best forestry deal' ever
New Māori organisation offers opportunity to get benefit from unproductive land
New fertiliser guidelines 'refocused' after Mycoplasma bovis
Guidelines give industry members ''really strong benchmarks to protect our properties.''
$15m predator control plan launch in Dunedin
Dunedin the first South Island area to be funded by Govt-owned Predator Free 2050 Ltd.
Lion's mane jellyfish delights at Whangārei Heads
The jellyfish was found on the beach at Urquharts Bay on Saturday.
New tahr-culling plan a 'win-win' – Sage
DOC will kill fewer than it initially had said it would.