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Waikato farmer Ken McIntyre, partner avoid jail after dumping waste into stream
Kenneth McIntyre organised a contractor to unlawfully dig into a stream.
Car wreck hoarder who 'couldn't stop' amassed 800 vehicles
Roger Dunnage collected up to 800 vehicles by late last year when neighbours complained.
Farmer caught diverting stream, again, faces hefty penalties
A farmer previously fined $60,000 for moving a stream on his property was back in court.
A billion bottles a year: Whakatāne iwi challenges water bottling consent
A Chinese water giant's consent to bottle water is being legally challenged once again.
A glimpse inside the judicial system; NZ's courts swing open their doors
It's the first insight into the operation of the country's courts in more than 20 years.
Behind the bench - a revealing look at NZ's judges
New survey reveals the ethnicity, sexual orientation and religious beliefs of our judges.
'Mafia': Couple attack Auckland Council for seeking $20,000 in court costs after dispute
Couple label decision "corrupt", but judge says there was "no merit" in their position.
Property developer fined $48,000 for repeated dust clouds
Clouds of dust repeatedly blew from a development site, across a highway and over homes.
'Offset and compensate': Mt Messenger bypass deal risks more native forests to be destroyed
Adviser to the Mt Messenger project says it should never have been approved.
Flying should be "guilt free" says UK transport secretary
Feel guilty about the environmental impact of flying? UK's transport secretary says don't.
'Aggressive and unsustainable': Wellington lobby group taking airport to court over planned expansion
The group says the expansion will "vastly" increase pollution – but the airport disagrees.
Council releases images to show why filthy building site shut down
'Sediment is New Zealand's worst pollutant. We spend a lot of effort trying to reduce it.'
Jury trials on hold as Delta strikes
Murder, blackmail and fraud trials among those affected as juries stay home in level 4.
Go Eco able to focus on their role as advocates for our environment
Len Reynolds Trust invest in children, young people and the environment.
Local Focus: Motiti Protection Area 'makes it illegal for us to be Māori'
New rule protecting biodiversity comes into effect. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Capital Letter: If Transmission Gully is one day late builder must pay $7.7m
If the long awaited motorway is one day late, it will cost the builder $7.75 million.
Contaminated water and waste at Ruakākā site removed since last year
Site operators to be billed once clean-up sorted in Ruakākā.
Climate emergency declarations can come with tensions, study finds
A study finds symbolic council climate 'emergency' declarations can raise tricky issues.
Why is a govt department appealing against a major proposal in a housing crisis?
Earthworks costing $12m are well under way as publicly funded appeals go in.
Appeals send $1b Sleepyhead plan to Environment Court
Four years in planning - and counting.
Eugenie Sage: RMA reforms draft pending
Opinion: Management of resources has fallen out of step with the times, and needs change.
Youth hub gets green light after agreement reached with neighbours
The facility will provide onsite, purpose-built accommodation to young people in need.
Environment Court slaps Transmission Gully builder with $70,000 fine
Boulders went over the side of a hill and into streams that feed vulnerable inlets.
Pharmaceutical company took water from, planted on wetland
The mānuka plantation encroaches on Te Whare Wetlands, deemed "regionally significant".
Port of Tauranga bid to fast-track $68.5m expansion rejected
The $68.5m port project could create 368 jobs during construction and more than 81 after.
'Modest' improvement to water quality from plan change
About 250 operators are expected to apply for land use consent under the revised rules.
Auckland Council liquidating anti-1080 charity
The charity owes nearly $50,000 to ratepayers and taxpayers over a failed court challenge.
EPA ordered to pay oil and gas company $110k
The EPA had prevented the company from disconnecting a floating production station.
Protracted legal stoush between landowners and lines company
Case remitted to the Environment Court to finalise easements sought by Top Energy.
Marina works start while Supreme Court case pends
'Thrilled to finally be starting on-site construction' - marina developer Tony Mair.
Smelter stockpiles 100,000 tonnes of hazardous waste near beach
The smelter company will not reveal its plans for the hazardous waste.
Eden Park concert plan passes final hurdle
There's been a long-running battle to bring concerts to the famous park.
Residents want company out over putrid smell hanging over Waikato town
Prevailing winds blow an 'egregious heavy stink of a putrid nature' over the Waikato town.