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Government backs voluntary nature credits
Source: New Zealand Government The Government is supporting the expansion of a voluntary credits nature market through the running of pilot projects across New Zealand. Establishing a market that is...
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Tenzing Norgay movie to be filmed at Aoraki/Mount Cook
Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date: 12 June 2025 The Department of Conservation (DOC) has approved filming on Malte Brun Pass near the Tasman Glacier and near the Hochstetter Icefall on...
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Environment – Select committee announces support of law changes that will prevent councils from restricting harmful pollution of water – CCW
Source: Choose Clean Water – Tom Kay A select committee report released today demonstrates Coalition parties support law changes that would prevent local government from being able to control pollution even...
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Stock damage to stopbanks puts community at risk
Source: Environment Canterbury Regional Council Date: 11 Jun 2025 With the winter months here, we’re urging landowners to keep stock off stopbanks in wet conditions. Stopbanks are our primary defence...
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Tīeke return! Remote Hauraki Gulf Island thriving after rat eradication
Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date: 11 June 2025 It is the first official re-introduction of a native species since DOC and Ngāti Rehua eradicated rats from Rakitū in 2018. “The...
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Zero Waste – Petition launched as Inquiry looms
Source: Zero Waste Network On the eve of a major Board of Inquiry that will assess if a large-scale rubbish incinerator proposed for Te Awamutu can go ahead, the Zero...
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Momentum Energy Partners with Goodbye Gas to Drive Home Electrification in Victoria
Source: Media Outreach MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – Media OutReach Newswire – 11 June 2025 – Momentum Energy, who retails both gas and electricity in Victoria, has a partnership with Goodbye Gas...
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Saying yes to more housing
Source: New Zealand Government City-shaping changes are coming to New Zealand’s largest city, ensuring that Auckland can fully harness the economic growth benefits of the new City Rail Link, RMA...
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New Tourism Growth Roadmap
Source: Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) This includes investing more than $19 million in international marketing across core and emerging tourism markets plus $8 million on attracting business...
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Tourism Growth Roadmap speech to Business Events Industry Aotearoa (BEIA)
Source: New Zealand Government Tēnā koutou katoa. Thank you for the warm welcome. It is my pleasure to welcome you all to MEETINGS 2025. First, I would like to acknowledge...
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More funding to grow international tourism
Source: New Zealand Government The Government is increasing funding for attracting overseas visitors and investing in tourism infrastructure as part of its new Tourism Growth Roadmap, Tourism and Hospitality Minister...
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Targeted willow control in Ahuriri catchment
Source: Environment Canterbury Regional Council Targeted willow control in Ahuriri catchment | Environment Canterbury Date: 12 Jun 2025 Work programme protects waterways and wetland health Waterway management and wetland health...
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Asian Packaging Industry Online Exhibition 2025: Exploring Packaging Equipment and Products, Shaping the Future of Industry Development
Source: Media Outreach TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Media OutReach Newswire – 10 June 2025 – The Asian Packaging Industry Online Exhibition 2025 (APACK 2025) runs from June 10, 2025, to October...
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VinUni sets its sights on world’s top 100 universities – Recruiting 500 leading scholars worldwide
Source: Media Outreach HANOI, VIETNAM – Media OutReach Newswire – 9 June 2025 – VinUniversity (VinUni) has officially unveiled its second-phase development strategy, with the ambitious vision of becoming one...
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Local News – Bothamley Park planting a seasonal job for everyone – Porirua
Source: Porirua City Council Porirua City is hoping a special Matariki planting event at Bothamley Park will encourage people to become kaitiaki of the area. Now that the park has fully...
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Keynote speech: WasteMINZ conference
Source: New Zealand Government Kia ora tatou. My warmest greetings to you all. It’s a pleasure to be here with you at this year’s WasteMINZ Conference — the flagship event...
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Investment to showcase New Zealand to world
Source: Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) The Government’s Tourism Boost invested funding into Tourism New Zealand to drive international visitor numbers in the short term. This additional funding...
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Additional funding to attract 72,000 more visitors to New Zealand
Source: New Zealand Government A new $13.5 million investment in international tourism marketing is expected to deliver an extra 72,000 international visitors to our shores, Tourism and Hospitality Minister Louise Upston says....
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$3 Billion to Buy U.S. Agricultural Commodities: Vietnam Seeks a Good Deal of Reciprocal Trade Agreement with the U.S.
Source: Media Outreach WASHINGTON D.C, US – Media OutReach Newswire – 7 June 2025 – Vietnam’s Minister of Agriculture and Environment Do Duc Duy led a delegation of nearly 50...
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Full speed ahead for Fast-track projects
Source: New Zealand Government Today marks four months since the Fast-track Approvals Act opened for project applications. The projects which have applied for Fast-track approvals could contribute 12,208 new homes...
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Greenpeace activists disrupt industrial fishing operation ahead of UN Ocean Conference
Source: Greenpeace PACIFIC OCEAN, Friday, 6 June 2025 – Greenpeace activists have disrupted an industrial longlining fishing operation in the South Pacific Ocean, seizing almost 20 kilometers of fishing gear and...
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Decisions on Christchurch intensification plan
Source: New Zealand Government The Minister Responsible for RMA Reform, Chris Bishop, has today released his decisions on 17 recommendations referred to him by Christchurch City Council on its Intensification Planning...
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Canterbury’s regional council moving forward in the face of change
Source: Environment Canterbury Regional Council “The changes being made by central government will impact the way local and regional governments operate, and how natural resources are managed under the RMA...
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Choose Clean Water: Changes to Fish & Game continue Coalition’s handover of power to polluters
Source: Choose Clean Water – Tom Kay Changes announced to Fish & Game this morning are another move in the Coalition Government’s handover of power to intensive farming and other...
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Youth Take Root: A Rocha Aotearoa environmental organisations aim to plant 1,500 trees to support World Vision 40 Hour Challenge
Source: World Vision AUCKLAND / CHRISTCHURCH, NZ – A Rocha Aotearoa is undertaking a massive tree planting drive in Auckland and Christchurch on Saturday, 14 June to seed more than 1,500...
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Auckland Council backs environmental stars with a burst of funding
Source: Auckland Council Sixty-four conservation projects carried out by mana whenua and community groups around Tāmaki Makaurau have received Auckland Council funding in the current financial year to help protect,...
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Safety first at Sumner Bay
Source: Environment Canterbury Regional Council Safety first at Sumner Bay | Environment Canterbury Date: 05 Jun 2025 Still making the most of the water this winter? Stay safe and respect...