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Toroa/albatross season breaks records
Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date: 16 October 2025 38 chicks fledged from the colony, including 18 which were fitted with trackers showing their location using the Global Positioning System –...
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Our enduring approach to a changing climate
Source: New Zealand Government The Government has released New Zealand’s first National Adaptation Framework to ensure people know what risks they face and what the plan is to address them,...
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Malaysia Adopts Landmark Kuala Lumpur Declaration On Climate Resilience As IGEM 2025 Opens, Targeting RM5.5 Billion In Green Investment
Source: Media Outreach KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach Newswire – 15 October 2025 – Organised by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES) and co-organised by the...
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Coca-Cola: First in Hong Kong in Recycling Plastic Bottles to Create New Ones Leveraging Its Own Facilities
Source: Media Outreach Continuing to advocate for and invest in well-designed collection systems to help reduce beverage packaging waste HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 15 October 2025...
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Renewable Energy – Auckland solar farm granted consent
Source: Environmental Protection Authority An independent panel has granted resource consents and confirmed notice of requirement, subject to conditions, for the Glorit solar farm and substation, North Auckland. Solar P LP...
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Predator control positive news for pukunui
Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date: 15 October 2025 Initial results are in from the August aerial 1080 operation to protect the critically endangered pukunui. Monitoring shows feral cats and possums...
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Search for NZ’s next top rangers – DOC launches new cadet programme
Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date: 15 October 2025 Called Te Pū Hono, the cadetship jobs will provide hands-on experience in a range of skills needed to thrive as a ranger....
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Energy – WEL Networks Demonstrates the Future of Smart Grid Innovation with Waihi BESS Energy Hub
Source: WEL Networks WEL Networks has unveiled a new We.EV energy hub in Waihi that incorporates battery storage with a high-capacity Electric Vehicle (EV) chargers, capable of fast charging four EVs...
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Local Elections – Rural voices lead the way in council elections
Source: Federated Farmers Farmer voices will be heard loud and clear in council chambers over the next three years, with nearly 70 candidates linked to Federated Farmers elected. “In the...
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Greenpeace – Two years on: The cost of the government’s war on nature
Source: Greenpeace Today marks two years since the 2023 election. The environmental cost of the Luxon Government’s war on nature since then has been staggering and is growing by the week....
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Research aims to solve mystery cuckoo movements
Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date: 14 October 2025 Classified as nationally vulnerable, koekoeā are the larger and rarer of two cuckoo species found in New Zealand, with a distinctive long...
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Luxon “goes full Trump” with climate-denying methane backdown – Greenpeace
Source: Greenpeace The Government has confirmed it will rewrite New Zealand’s once bipartisan climate change law to water down methane targets and permanently exclude agriculture from the Emissions Trading Scheme –...
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IUCN and APRIL launch five-year collaboration to advance conservation science in Indonesia and beyond
Source: Media Outreach SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 10 October 2025 – The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and APRIL Group, a member of the RGE group...
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Chen Zhi Climate Action Challenge Partners with Royal University of Agriculture to Drive Youth-Led Climate Solutions
Source: Media Outreach PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA – Media OutReach Newswire – 10 October 2025 – The Chen Zhi Climate Action Challenge, an initiative by philanthropist Neak Oknha Chen Zhi, has...
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NZ and Singapore launch Strategic Food Partnership & AOTES conclusion
Source: New Zealand Government The New Zealand-Singapore trade relationship has been bolstered with the launch of a Strategic Food Partnership and the conclusion of Agreement on Trade in Essential Supplies,...
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Government backs Cyclone Tam caulerpa seaweed clean-up in Northland
Source: New Zealand Government The Government has awarded $129,000 to Northland Regional Council to help cover the cost of removing seaweed that washed up on the region’s beaches during Ex-Tropical...
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Judicial appointments announced
Source: New Zealand Government Attorney-General Judith Collins today announced several High Court and Environment Court appointments. The appointees will sit in Christchurch, Auckland and Wellington. Those appointed are: Owen Paulsen ...
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NZ-AU: Global Clean Energy Surges Ahead as Breakthrough Technologies and New ESG Rules Redefine the Path to Net Zero
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-NZ-AU) San Francisco, Oct. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SAN FRANCISCO, CA October 09, 2025 – – A sweeping wave of technological breakthroughs and regulatory shifts is accelerating...
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Mountain biker rescued after hypothermia sets in
Source: New Zealand Police A mountain biker’s extreme training session took a dangerous turn when he became stranded in Northland bush, losing daylight and becoming hypothermic. Northland Police SAR lead,...
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Milford Track opening delayed due to avalanche damage
Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date: 09 October 2025 DOC bookings for the track from 28 October – 11 November will be cancelled and refunded. Hikers beyond those dates will be...
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Evidence shows rising risks to coasts and communities: Our Marine Environment 2025 – New Zealand’s environmental reporting series: Our Marine Environment 2025 – Stats NZ news story and information release
Evidence shows rising risks to coasts and communities: Our Marine Environment 2025 – news story 8 October 2025 The Ministry for the Environment and Stats NZ have released the latest Our Marine...
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DOC gives Canterbury whitebaiters thumbs
Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date: 08 October 2025 DOC rangers joined forces with the Police, the Waimakariri District Council and Christchurch City Council and patrolled the Ōtākaro/Avon, Waimakariri, Kaiapoi, Pūharakekenui/Styx...
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Animal Welfare – UNDERCOVER FOOTAGE REVEALS HORRIFIC OCTOPUS SLAUGHTER AS SECRETIVE NEW ZEALAND RESEARCH INTO FACTORY FARMING OCTOPUSES CONTINUES – Statement
Source: Animals Aotearoa – Statement Animal advocacy group calls for Government transparency and action on World Octopus Day – 8 October 2025. On World Octopus Day, New Zealand animal advocacy...
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Greenpeace Statement: ‘Nitrate emergency starts here’: Greenpeace brings water crisis back to Fonterra’s HQ
Source: Greenpeace Statement Greenpeace has taken rural New Zealand’s nitrate emergency straight to the top, by projecting a modified Fonterra sign reading “The nitrate emergency: It starts here” onto the dairy...
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Northland News – Oxygen weed officially eradicated from Lake Ngatu
Source: Northland Regional Council Lagarosiphon or South African oxygen weed has officially been declared eradicated from the Far North’s Lake Ngatu five years after the entire lake was treated with herbicide...
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Environment – Bottom trawling a triple threat to marine environments – new report – Greenpeace
Source: Greenpeace Greenpeace is calling for urgent action to restrict bottom trawling after a new government report highlights the compounding effects this destructive fishing method has on climate change, habitat degradation...
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Glimmers of hope for brightest bird
Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date: 08 October 2025 Mohua, a Ngāi Tahu taonga species, was once one of the most common and noisy birds in South Island beech forests but...