Half-tonne fatberg blocks Gisborne network
Second one in as many years at this particular spot.
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Watercare says $160m needed if Waikato River take goes ahead
A permanent water treatment plant at Tuakau would need to be built.
Cameron Burrows: We're in the right place to face our climate-change challenge
Opinion: We need to rapidly make changes but they must be the right changes.
NZ imported more coal last year than in any year since 2006
The Govt is being challenged to spend more money on renewable energy
Central Hawke's Bay climate resilience project push back, despite government funding
The climate resilience project aims to protect Waipawa riverbanks from erosion.
Angler's horror at damage to trout from ingested rubbish
A trout badly harmed by an ingested thread spurs a call to keep rubbish out of our rivers.
Snake in a drain: Dead python comes out of pipe
Snake found in a pipe on South Auckland construction site.
Taihape Area School gets rebuild a decade after flaw identified
Country town's school blighted by leaks and backed-up sewage is finally getting a rebuild.
Trial aims to prevent runaway mussel floats
Research trial aims to reduce number of mussel floats that get lost at sea each year.
Company at top of dumping breach list takes on big new contract
Tanning company with a history of dumping contaminants taking on a large new contract.
Silver Fern Farms fined $337k over potentially lethal ammonia leak
Ammonia leak potentially lethal to residents, staff and emergency services.
Hundreds of fish die in estuary
The dead fish included smelt, flounder, giant bullies, trout and inanga.
Two years, two environmental disasters for Contact
A routine spraying operation to control pests goes wrong, killing 1.1ha of vegetation.
Authorities alarmed after 10-year-old spots koi carp in lake
10-year-old looked down and saw the fish.
Illegal 120m-long net in marine reserve caught sharks, rays and birds
The net was attached by a milk bottle float and tied to a mangrove tree on the shoreline
Lead in the water: Govt unveils 'rapid review' into tainted sites
'New Zealanders have every right to expect that their drinking water is safe'.
Big Read: Five positive things we learned from major climate report
From decarbonising cars to managing methane, the new climate report offers many positives.
Predator-free just a dream without new tools, say scientists
A new model offers a grim outlook for NZ's mission to be pest-free by 2050.
End of petrol cars: NZ must ban fossil-fuelled imports by 2032, says Climate Change Commission
Jacinda Ardern said the Government "will not hold back" on climate change action.
Climate change report: Ban on petrol-car imports by 2032, cut cow numbers
Govt told NZ must cut cow numbers and get most Kiwis in EVs to hit climate targets.
'Achievable and affordable': Ardern and Shaw react to emissions advice
Politicians react to the draft advice on how to meet emissions targets.
Dog detective unleashed in Wairarapa wetland to sniff out pest plants
Bailey was brought to the Wairarapa coastline to find pest cordgrass, or spartina anglica.
Codling moths and the Hawke's Bay guy dealing with them
As a Peace Corp volunteer in Malawi, Tim Vandervoet developed his agricultural passion.
Akaroa bay closed after faecal bacteria found
The bacteria was found in a recent sample taken from Glen Bay.
Myrtle rust discovered in Waitākere Ranges
The fungus was recently found to be killing mature native trees.
'Absolutely reckless behaviour': Critically endangered birds killed by drivers
This year has seen the second-biggest black-billed gull colony on the river in 20 years.
Analysis: Water becomes a commodity
A UN special rapporteur says water should not be treated as a traded commodity.
Conservation cadets poised for environment work
David Parker welcomes the first intake in the Jobs for Nature programme.
Why Tame Malcolm is a biosecurity champion
Tame Malcolm is combining his passion for the land with hard graft and te ao Māori.
Iwi warns of environmental and economic fallout at Tiwai Point
Rio Tinto has already announced its intention to exit Tiwai Point in August next year.
Freshwater reforms may stifle farm profitability by 83% per year - report
Report shows farm profitability across Ashburton District expected to decline.
Firms fined after turning stream grey with discharge
$37,000 in fines has been handed out after Irongate Stream was polluted by milk solution.
Plimmerton hopes to double infrastructure spending to reduce flood risk
Pipes made for one-in-30-year floods need to be future-proofed for climate change.
Michael Barnett: We need to wag the dog on climate change
Opinion: Declaring a climate emergency is fine but we should be wary of overreacting.