Traffic pollution levels in Auckland were compared with city in Japan - and the news isn't good
Auckland had higher levels of a harmful compound when compared with a Japanese city.
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Warning after massive oil spill in Coromandel
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Unfamiliarity with Maori culture leads to a breach of rāhui at famous Northland pools.
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Judge hands down $140,000 in fines for effluent spill
Owners of the southern hemisphere's largest stockyards were fined for effluent discharge.
Mangapiko Stream coming clean
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West Coast rubbish to end up at bottom of ocean canyon
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Alton Jamieson: Auckland up to its waste in no-swim beach alerts
COMMENT: The Auckland Council needs to stop sea pollution urgently.
Garfield phone mystery finally solved after 35 years
Garfield phones have been mysteriously washing up on French beaches. Now we know why.
Climate change in Auckland: heat, disease and rising seas
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Monster $1.2b pipe approved to clean up Auckland beaches
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The young activist who's leading the fight against the Fletcher development at Ihumātao.
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'Avoid at all costs': Tourist sites slammed
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'Too slow': Concerns over oil spill at Pacific World Heritage site
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'They have opted for an aggressive unfair tax'
Environmentalists welcome new tax proposals
Environmentalists have welcomed a proposed water tax, amid other suggested overhauls.
Why are hundreds of Garfield phones washing up on French beaches?
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Safe Swim website 'not alerted' to sewage spill
Takapuna beach deemed safe on website because of ignorance of sewage spill.
Solving NZ's freshwater headache: 'We have waited far too long'
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Napier council asks for help looking after estuary
Council says $20m stormwater upgrades are pointless if residents don't change behaviour.
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Enough is enough: Residents want Pan Pac held accountable for leaking pipe
Residents are outraged about leaks onto Whirinaki Beach from a Pan Pac pipe.
Learning local: Students find links to climate change in Whitianga estuary
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The chances of the unruly travellers paying a litter fine appear slim.