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Annabeth Cohen: Whitebait are as endangered as brown kiwi
COMMENT: Fishing is not the only threat, we are also mistreating the environment.
Heat on the future of food supply
The latest UN climate change report is urging us to change how we use our land.
What the UN's latest big climate report means for NZ
Just-released major UN report on climate change has big implications for agricultural NZ.
Erosion maps 'frightened the hell out of a lot of people'
Harbourside homeowners say councils should do more to help people defend their properties
The New Zealand town where residents fear the water
Some locals say plans to improve the safety of drinking water won't restore trust.
Rolling with the climate changes
Financier Rabobank is urging farmers to have their say on climate change legislation.
Rebecca Howard: What's the cost to dairy of going green?
COMMENT: Fonterra, Synlait and A2 Milk face various cost impacts.
Group that opposed Auckland 1080 drop must pay $40k in court costs
The court ruled its case was "legally without substance", and based on opinion not fact.
Forest & Bird files Environment Court appeal
Call for more protection of endangered birds under Northland's Regional Plan.
Focus on climate change at heart of major RMA shake-up
The Government has unveiled plans for revisions to the Resource Management Act.
Zero carbon target will cost farmers, raise prices
Long terms costs likely to rise as carbon price and costs of emissions mitigation rose.
Climate Voices: 15 Kiwis' hopes and fears in a warming world
Fifteen Kiwis, in their own words, voice their hopes and fears for a warming world.
Share sale 'last chance' for irrigation company
Sale of shares would raise more equity, but also represented the last of the water.
Emissions standoff lift a positive step, say farmers
Hawke's Bay farmers pleased greenhouse gas discussions a step in the right direction.
Hosking: How can 5pc be a pass rate for emissions deal?
COMMENT: NZ can't do much, compared to China, India, and America.
ETS for agriculture equals economic pain for cities
Urban dwellers in for a rough economic ride if agriculture is forced into ETS.
EV policy could subsidise unsafe cars: National
The Government and Opposition have clashed over claims about car safety.
Climate change's 'thermal squeeze' hurting our birds
A "thermal squeeze" is driving threatened birds to higher, colder pockets of NZ's forests.
A tiny fruit fly was found in an Auckland suburb. NZ spent $4m to get rid of it.
'We're talking about the protection of a multimillion-dollar industry.'
1080 poison: Threats to DOC staff ramp up
Threats have been made to burn down DOC offices and kill or maim workers.
A zealot responds to climate change alarm
Comment: 'We all need to open our minds to the fact that things must change.'
Pine trees cast shadow of death over NZ native plants and animals
'When we allow our precious land resource to be taken over by pines, what does NZ have?'
'Nora's Ark' to protect kauri from dieback threat
More than 75,000 kauri to be planted on dieback-free Māori land beside sacred Takou River.
One of the world's worst weeds found in Auckland
Himalayan wineberry bramble grows in dense, thick mass, smothering forest canopies.
Kauri dieback fears close 10 Bay of Islands walking tracks
Eight of the 10 tracks are in Puketi and Omahuta forests west of Kerikeri.
Soper: Govt's plan to push green vehicles a no-brainer
COMMENT: It seems they've come up with a pretty good way to do it but it'll take time.
Gas-guzzlers face $3000 fee; discounts for electric cars
It also wants to charge a fee on imported vehicles with higher greenhouse gas emissions.
'Very disturbing': Tūwharetoa board on Lake Taupō spill
The Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board will be calling for a full investigation.
Clean-up after raw sewage pours into Lake Taupō to take weeks
Eighty per cent of Taupō's wastewater poured straight into lake.
Monster kauri log to shed light on mysterious ancient event
Monster kauri log unearthed near Kaikohe could prove immensely important to science.
Plague warning: Maps reveal extent of bush pest plague
Official maps reveal the vast swathe of wilderness under threat by this year's mega mast.
Whangārei District Council wants zero carbon target brought forward 20 years
"Only positive radical action will do": Extinction Rebellion Whangārei's plea to meeting.
Intensive farming rules divide council, environment groups
Environmentalists want plan change "called in" - Horizons chairman opposed to it.