Update 2pm 13 Jan 2022 – Waiharara fire
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand
This morning Fire and Emergency held a community meeting to provide an update on the fire and the...
New campaign calls on Kiwis to keep essential workers safe after COVID-19 spike in...
Source: Ministry for the Environment
Wellington, New Zealand: The Ministry for the Environment is launching a new campaign today, as part of the Government’s overall...
Hawke’s Bay deer farm part of national project involving more than 2,000 farms
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries
A Hawke’s Bay deer farm is part of a ground-breaking Ministry for Primary Industries’ (MPI’s) funded project providing a national...
Lessons in social isolation from a DOC ranger in the Northern Coromandel
Source: Department of Conservation
Sierra Alef-Defoe, a ranger at the Fiordland National Park Visitor Centre, reflects on lessons in social isolation she learned as a...
Housing, health, community: Our team on the year ahead
Source: New Zealand Labour Party
As Parliament resumes for 2022, we checked in with some members of our Labour team on their priorities for the...
Three ways to help make NZ Predator Free from your home
Source: Department of Conservation
This blog post was written by DOC staff member and Predator Free advocate Cameron Hayes.
Close your eyes and imagine a flourishing...
Urgent work to repair Whangamarino weir
Source: Department of Conservation
Introduction
Contractors working for DOC will this week undertake vital and urgent work to repair a weir in the Whangamarino Wetland.
Date: 06 May...
Hotspot Watch 25 February 2022
Source: NIWA – National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to...
Zoonoses, COVID-19, and the EPA – what’s the connection?
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
Not to be confused with cute noses on exotic creatures, zoonoses are diseases that can be transmitted between animals and humans...
South America to South Island for post-quake PhD
Source: Massey University
Dr Martín García Cartagena with Chicha pictured at Pegusas Bay beach north of Canterbury (photo credit/Shelley Topp).
A love of surfing and passion...
Auckland Council continues to expand sustainable finance initiatives
Source: Auckland Council
As part of its ongoing commitment to sustainable finance initiatives, Auckland Council has converted an existing $200 million standby facility into its...
Lizard finds in South Westland excite
Source: Department of Conservation
Introduction
DOC rangers on the West Coast have struck gold, with the discovery of two lizard species in the Okarito Sanctuary, near...
