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Birds of a feather mark mountain milestone
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Police 'overstepped' in arrest of prolific protester
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New interactive map: Why 15 per cent is crucial figure for saving NZ’s biodiversity
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Paralytic shellfish toxins extend to East Cape
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Robert Irwin’s raw confession: ‘All I’ve ever wanted’
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'Virtue-signalling': Councillor lambasts community climate fund
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'Step further': Prince William’s unexpected dig at the royal family
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Sustainability: Is it at risk of becoming a fair-weather friend?
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'Hypocrites': Harry and Meghan slammed for latest move
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'Significant failure': Dairy farm fined $40k after effluent found in trout stream
A Bay of Plenty dairy farm and a director have admitted illegal discharge of contaminants.
Ardern to join international conservation group to rally environment action
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Samantha Ladewig: Plastic pollution - another nuclear-free moment?
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NZ energy likely to change under National-led government
The energy sector is poised for a reversal of the oil and gas exploration ban.
Colombia to cull drug kingpin Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos’
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Ex-Carrington Hospital buildings to remain: Strengthening, new uses planned
"These buildings rightly have the highest level of heritage protection."
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New green food scrap bins: Apartment owners fear exploding numbers
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Kai Ika Project diverts over 365,000kg of kaimoana from landfill
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Earth will likely lock into breaching key warming threshold in 2029
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