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Sea pollution: Going down the drain
Thirteen days before the world's top male triathletes dived into the chilly, salty Waitemata Harbour for the grand final of their championship series, the water was sampled for signs of bacterial contamination.
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Computer to predict sea pollution
Auckland Council scientists are developing a computer model that will predict, for beach swimmers, the amount of sewage pollution on any given day.
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PM: '100% Pure' marketing
John Key has dismissed criticism of New Zealand's "100% Pure" brand, by comparing it to a McDonalds marketing campaign.
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Editorial: 100 Pure critic needs to be fair and accurate
Editorial: Russel Norman is absolutely right to say that scientists must be free to perform their academic duty to report environmental degradation.
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Waterways threatened by green waste - Fish & Game
The green waste dumped and leaching into Dunedin's urban streams is "offensive" and endangering the brown trout, Fish & Game says.
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Good progress on Rena clean-up
According to the latest update, the salvage crew lost two work days last week because of poor weather, but on the remaining days good progress was made.
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Rena owner fined $300,000
Daina Shipping representative Konstantinos Zacharatos again apologised on behalf of the company to the Bay of Plenty community and people of New Zealand.
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Editorial: Disgraceful river quality
It is appalling that so many of our rivers are not clean enough for swimming.The reason is obvious. This is a farming country.
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Don't swim: 52% impure NZ rivers
More than half of monitored recreational sites on our rivers are unsafe for swimming, a report has revealed.
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Rena chemicals worry scientists
Scientists are ramping up surveying over concerns for dangerous substances that were stowed onboard the MV Rena in shipping containers and lost at sea.
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Sam Judd: What's killing our killer whales?
Sam Judd looks at the effect of plastic and toxins on marine life - particularly killer whales.
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Clean air tests choked by lack of action
Air pollution from motor vehicles will kill about 255 Kiwis this year - and while we've got emissions standards, there's no serious testing regime in place.