Company fined $19,500 for oil spill which reached Ahuriri Estuary
Council pollution officers contained oil spill using special booms.
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Driver dumps sewage in protected stream instead of facility so he can go home
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'Not right': Illegal rubbish dumping covers million dollar street
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Global pollution kills 9 million people a year, study finds
Pollution of all types responsible for 9 million deaths a year globally.
Without a plan, New Zealand risks a biodiversity extinction crisis
Nature in NZ is in trouble, with many species and habitats at risk of disappearing.
Details revealed of mining company's tunnels under conservation land
OceanaGold is relying on mining under conservation land between Waihi and Whangamata.
Chlöe Swarbrick: Don't look up - or out to sea - in NZ
Climate change is here - whether or not our path ends in catastrophe is up to all of us.
'Swamp gas' detected at damaged Christchurch wastewater plant
Tests have detected hydrogen sulfide and odorous methyl mercaptan in the area.
Rāhui placed as birds and fish die on lake
Some of the birds were barely alive when they found them and dying in front of them.
Whanganui: stink at meatworks came from helping hand
Affco says an odour problem was due to taking on extra rendering.
Young Whangārei student starts cool initiative to save the environment
Aluminium foil packets fused together to make thermal blankets for the needy.
Sealord to investigate box waste on Otago beach
More than 50 cardboard boxes washed up on the Otago Peninsula this week.
Waikato takes action against climate change
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Alarming study about microplastics
Microplastics have been detected in human adult blood for the first time.
Matt Heath: Why you shouldn't throw apple cores out car windows
OPINION: Do the right thing or become a fruit fascist, with no love for your country.
Climate change brings extreme, early impact to South America
Global warming is altering the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events.
Florida plan has fed manatees 25 tons of lettuce
Starving manatees fed over 25 tons of lettuce by humans seems to help recovery.
Explainer: How China got blue skies in time for Olympics
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Turtles dying from eating trash show plastics scourge in UAE
Waves of dead turtles are washing up on the beach in Kalba in the United Arab Emirates.
Clever crows trained to pick up cigarette butts in the big smoke
Swedes have a bird-brained scheme to keep their streets clean.
Factory fire causes evacuations, toxic oil slick in Kaiapoi river
Factory fire sends toxic oil into the Waimakariri River mouth.
'Years-long damage': Scientists warn unprecedented environment in Tonga
Volcanic explosion could harm Tonga's environment for years to come.