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Govt will justify mining by protecting other land - Forest & Bird
The Govt will try to justify mining in conservation land by putting other areas into protection when it announces its plans at 3pm, says Forest & Bird.
Waipoua: Whispers in the forest
Paul Rush pays homage to giant hermaphrodites and fairy people in the ancient kauri kingdom of Waipoua.
Winds fan fire in pine forest
A major fire near Dunedin is continuing its destructive path through a large forestry plantation.
Campaign to save tropical forests failed by food giants
Western food manufacturers are buying so little sustainable palm oil that the system set up to limit damage to tropical forests caused by the world's cheapest vegetable oil is in danger of collapse.
Carter Holt in $225m dairy farm sell-off
Carter Holt Harvey is putting 29 dairy farms on the market, asking $224.5 million in the biggest single offering of farm land seen in NZ.
Police disappointed after wrong family advised of death
Police slam the "negligent behaviour" of a person who informed the wrong family about a tragic logging death after listening in on a police scanner.
Eavesdropper tells wrong family of death
An eavesdropper informed the wrong family that a relative of their's had died following a forestry accident today.
Cycling trip of a lifetime
When Belgian-born Wouter Van Wezemael learned his partner was pregnant, he assumed his dream holiday was off.
Navy blocks green-finger granny
An 82-year-old woman who turned a dump into a native walkway is told to quit by the Navy.