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New licence system for Taupō trout fishery
Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date: 23 June 2025 DOC Senior Community Ranger James Barnett says the new platform will provide enhanced features at no extra cost to anglers. “The old...
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Advocacy – Will Invercargill Join Councils Taking Ethical Stand on Illegal Israeli Settlements? – PSNA
Source: Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) Invercargill Invercargill City Council is set to vote on Tuesday on a change to its procurement policy to exclude companies linked to illegal Israeli...
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Bank of China (Hong Kong) x Television Broadcasts Limited (“TVB”) “Wealth Management Expo 2025” was successfully held
Source: Media Outreach HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 21 June 2025 – The “Wealth Management Expo 2025”, powered by Bank of China (Hong Kong) (“BOCHK”) and organised...
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Global survey finds 8 out of 10 people support taxing oil and gas corporations to pay for climate damages
Source: Oxfam Aotearoa A majority of people believe governments must tax oil, gas and coal corporations for climate-related loss and damage, and that their government is not doing enough to counter...
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Greenpeace submits against the Regulatory Standards Bill and its far-right fringe ideas
Source: Greenpeace Greenpeace Aotearoa has today filed its submission opposing the Regulatory Standards Bill and calling for it to be rejected in full. “Dressed up in the language of freedom and...
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Royal fern is a royal pain
Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date: 19 June 2025 Royal fern can colonise natural areas rapidly, growing up to 2 m high, and crowding out native species in already pressured wetlands...
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Backing biodiversity protection for Kaimai Mamaku
Source: New Zealand Government A $750,000 investment into Iwi and community led biodiversity protection at Kaimai Mamaku Conservation Park will benefit the environment and sustainable tourism, Conservation Minister Tama Potaka...
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Sustainable Business – 17th Climate Change & Business Conference: Where Ambition Meets Action
Source: Sustainable Business Council Aotearoa New Zealand’s premier Climate Change and Business Conference returns in 2025, bringing together global and local leaders to accelerate climate action and business innovation. The conference...
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Bachelor of Applied Science student lands internship mapping native bush remnants
Source: Eastern Institute of Technology 19 hours ago Bachelor of Applied Science (Biodiversity Management) student Emily Strong helped iwi identify remnants of the historic Seventy Mile Bush during a summer...
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Prudential announces $880,000 community investment to celebrate SG60 and its move to Labrador Tower
Source: Media Outreach The investment includes household essentials hampers for over 1,100 ComLink+ families, a cash donation to the Prudential Longevity Pledge, and community edible gardens SINGAPORE – Media OutReach...
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Expanding biodiversity markets in NZ – Speech to the NZ Farm Environment Trust alumni
Source: New Zealand Government It’s my pleasure to be here today amongst some of the strongest guardians of our native biodiversity in the country. Wouldn’t we rather have more carrot than...
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Solitude sees rare spider numbers increase
Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date: 18 June 2025 A population of the rare and unusual spider, which lives in the “Crazy Paving Cave” in the Ōparara Valley on the South...
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Positive year for tara iti – but the fight for survival continues
Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date: 18 June 2025 Thanks to intensive management of wild nests and a growing hand-rearing programme with Auckland Zoo, this season saw 19 fledglings take to...
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Speech to the Wellington Chamber of Commerce: Saying yes to more housing
Source: New Zealand Government Good morning and thanks to the Wellington Chamber of Commerce for hosting us. I have spent most of my life in either the Hutt or Wellington...
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Environment – EPA seeks feedback about new weedkiller for wheat and barley crops
Source: Environmental Protection Authority The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) wants feedback on an application to import or manufacture Tower, a new herbicide used to control certain broadleaf and grass weeds in...
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Vapes stores go dark, disposable vapes banned
Source: New Zealand Government Vaping law changes that take effect today ban disposable vapes and will make a noticeable difference to shop fronts and the marketing of vaping products, Associate...
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ST Telemedia Global Data Centres Achieves over 78% Renewable Energy Usage Across the Group
Source: Media Outreach SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 16 June 2025 – ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC), a leading data centre service provider headquartered in Singapore, today...
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North Canterbury Community Vehicle Trust celebrates new garage
Source: Environment Canterbury Regional Council North Canterbury Community Vehicle Trust celebrates new garage | Environment Canterbury Date: 16 Jun 2025 The trust’s garage has been named after one of its...
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Kaitake cameras reveal impact of sustained predator control
Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date: 16 June 2025 The western-most of three mountain ranges in Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki, Kaitake is the focus for a joint predator control programme involving the Department...
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Local fishers and DOC free entangled whale off Dunedin coast
Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date: 15 June 2025 The juvenile to sub-adult humpback whale, estimated to be around 8–9 metres long, was first sighted around 9am on Sunday (15 June)....
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Matariki mā Puanga
Source: NZ Department of Conservation With all eyes on the stars, what are people looking at and why? Let’s introduce the stars of Matariki and Puanga. Matariki and Puanga are...
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UNOC3: “Fine words must now translate into action”, Greenpeace comment
Source: Greenpeace Nice, France, The UN Ocean Conference (UNOC) concluded yesterday with significant progress made towards the ratification of the High Seas Treaty and a strong statement on a new plastics...
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Joint Statement: By the Foreign Ministers of the Republic of Indonesia and New Zealand at the 12th Joint Ministerial Commission
Source: New Zealand Government His Excellency Sugiono, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, and Rt Hon Winston Peters, Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand, convened the...
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Public feedback received on Waitākere Ranges Heritage Area Deed
Source: Auckland Council Auckland Council has received more than 2,250 submissions on the proposed Waitākere Ranges Heritage Area Deed of Acknowledgement following public consultation in April and May this year....
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DOC and partners tackle damaging sea urchins at Poor Knights Marine Reserve
Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date: 13 June 2025 DOC, working alongside Te Whānau o Rangiwhakaahu, the University of Auckland, and Northland Regional Council, undertook the trial over 2 weeks in...
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Greenpeace – Shane Jones indicates NZ’s entire EEZ now open for oil and gas free-for-all
Source: Greenpeace In a speech to the energy industry in Singapore this week, Shane Jones signalled a major change to New Zealand’s oil and gas exploration rules. It appears the Government...
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Soil conservation strengthens future for hill country farms
Source: Environment Canterbury Regional Council After the Kaikōura earthquakes in November 2016, we applied for Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) funding to help set up the SCAR project. In 2019,...