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Forest & Bird takes swipe at Govt
Forest and Bird says most rivers and streams are excluded from Government's plan to clean up waterways.
Forest and Bird says most rivers and streams are excluded from Government's plan to clean up waterways.
Some say the Government's water-quality proposals are not ambitious enough, but others - including farmers - are cautiously optimistic.
COMMENT: The Environment Minister's promise to make 90 per cent of rivers swimmable by 2040 is a cynical sleight of hand, writes Gen Toop from Greenpeace.
COMMENT: The Government's plan to clean up waterways is an attempt to look as though action's being taken, when in reality nothing's happening, says Mark Dye.
New target would require cleaning up 10,000km of waterways at a cost of $2 billion.
Police are moving in on the Dakota Access pipeline protestors.
Bill English may lift the minimum standard for NZ's rivers and streams.
Preparing New Zealand's water stores for a warmer climate is a major focus of new research projects just awarded more than $2 million.
Searchers are poised to go into the Southern Alps for an overdue Israeli tramper.
A drone has been used to search for a missing 19-year-old who was swept away during a night swim in the Hutt River last night.
These are the high points from Labour and Greens' State of the Nation speeches this afternoon.
Kiwis "must be vigilant" about swimming in our rivers, a freshwater scientist says, with data often showing high levels of E. coli in waterways.
MAIN PIC MC270117NADSUP1.JPGStand up paddle boarder Marcus Hansen will soon be swapping the tranquil waters of Whangarei's Town Basin
Malcolm Lumsden was recently stopped by a lady pronouncing that "I was one of those irresponsible farmers who allowed their cows to 'pee and poo' everywhere resulting in our rivers all being polluted"
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The state of our rivers and lakes has predictably come under intensified focus this summer, as Kiwis head to their favourite watering holes.
Residents in parts of the country have been warned to brace for widespread flooding, slips and fast-rising rivers as the mid-week weather system hits.
The city council is applying to Environment Canterbury to continue discharging untreated wastewater into the waterways and harbours in emergencies.
It is an uncontroversial fact that the state of the country's freshwater resources has for decades been moving towards ecological collapse.
Creating "designer" ecosystems for degraded waterways could boost river restoration efforts around the country.
Search and rescue members using night vision goggles spotted the man floating on his malfunctioning jet-ski at around 2am.
Geonet say there is a 98 per cent chance of an aftershock of 6 to 6.9 magnitude in the next year.
A grassroots environment group is ramping up a lobbying campaign for more stringent "bottom line" rules around freshwater quality.
A Lord of the Rings actor who now works as a tour guide operator has slammed New Zealand's "clean, green" image.
Repairs to South Island stopbanks damaged in the Kaikōura earthquake is expected to cost nearly $700,000.
Police have today pulled a body from the Takaka River - that of missing man James Rano Dick, known locally as Hemi.
Farmers in quake-battered North Canterbury are rallying together, pitching in for supplies, sharing gear, and helping out on damaged properties.
The Wellington region could once again face slips, flooding, and further road closures as bad weather approaches.
COMMENT: Environment, drinking water and charges need to be dealt with separately, writes Iain Rabbitts.
A North American dishwashing liquid claims to smell like 'New Zealand springs' - let's hope they don't mean Rotorua.