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Speech to Antarctica Parliamentarian Assessmbly

· December 16, 2025

Source: New Zealand Government Honourable Andrew Bayly, Chair of the Antarctic Parliamentarians Assembly 2025, delegate Parliamentarians, expert speakers, Ambassadors, Members of Parliament, and distinguished guests from the New Zealand Antarctic...

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South Taranaki fire spreads to 100 hectares

· December 16, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Firefighters expect they will be battling the fire for days. Pretoria Gordon / RNZ A fire in South Taranaki has grown overnight to an estimated 100...

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Insidious invasives pose major threat to freshwater

· December 16, 2025

Source: NZ Department of Conservation Pest weeds, fish, microorganisms and now shellfish from overseas are estimated to cost New Zealand millions of dollars each year. Eradication is usually impossible. Containment and preventing further spread is a worthwhile investment – and a real team effort.  From left: Susan Emmitt,...

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Study to reveal the secret lives of fur seals at sea

· December 16, 2025

Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date:  16 December 2025 Satellite tracking devices and dive data collectors were attached to eight female fur seals with pups, which will track their location, the...

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Our Changing World: Return of The Kākāpō Files

· December 16, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand The males stay in one spot and attract the females through their boom and ching calls. Jake Osborne, DOC On the small, bush-clad, Whenua Hou /...

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What’s really going on with Canterbury’s water

· December 16, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Depending on who you ask, Canterbury is either in the grip of a nitrate emergency orcontrolled by environmental alarmists waging a war on dairy cows. Despite...

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Climbers overdue on Aoraki Mt Cook

· December 15, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Search teams are waiting for better weather conditions. FLORIAN BRILL Two climbers are overdue on Aoraki Mt Cook. Aoraki Area Commander Inspector Vicki Walker says there...

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Two climbers overdue, Aoraki/Mount Cook

· December 15, 2025

Source: New Zealand Police Police are aware of two climbers who are on Aoraki/Mount Cook and are overdue from their climb. To be attributed to Inspector Vicki Walker, Aoraki Area...

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Pukatea/Whites Bay reopening for Christmas

· December 15, 2025

Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date:  15 December 2025 The Marlborough beach and campsite offers family-friendly swimming thanks to the Rārangi Surf Life Saving Club patrols. The area is also popular...

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Harraways invests $11m into NZ’s only working oat mill

· December 15, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Glyphosate-free oat crops in the South Island for Dunedin company Harraway and Sons. SUPPLIED/HARRAWAYS Longstanding Otago business Harraways and Sons is investing millions of dollars into...

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Humpback whale dies after being caught in rope

· December 13, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand A humpback whale tangled in a cray pot line during an earlier incident in Northland in 2018. Catherine Peters DOC A humpback whale has died after...

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Hunters remove 30,000+ wild goats

· December 13, 2025

Source: New Zealand Government Hunting and Fishing Minister James Meager is celebrating results from this year’s National Wild Goat Hunting Competition, which saw the removal of 10,349 wild goats from...

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Public Works Act overhaul clears first hurdle

· December 12, 2025

Source: New Zealand Government Legislation to bring about a fairer and faster system for securing land for public infrastructure projects has passed its first reading in Parliament today. “The Public...

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The Detail: The stories that defined a year

· December 12, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand From left to right: Alexia Russell, Sharon Brettkelly, Davina Zimmer, Gwen McClure and Amanda Gillies Cole Eastham-Farrelly As the year draws to a close, The Detail...

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The stories that defined a year

· December 12, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand From left to right: Alexia Russell, Sharon Brettkelly, Davina Zimmer, Gwen McClure and Amanda Gillies Cole Eastham-Farrelly As the year draws to a close, The Detail...

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Coalition strains over stewardship land shake-up

· December 11, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Conservation Minister Tama Potaka. RNZ / Mark Papalii The Conservation Minister has re-classified swathes of stewardship land on the West Coast of the South Island. Tama...

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Quick-thinking community save stranded dolphin

· December 11, 2025

Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date:  11 December 2025 The Department of Conservation and Kāti Huirapa Rūnaka ki Puketeraki responded to calls that a terehu/common bottlenose dolphin had stranded well out...