OSI archive

Environment

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Tourism turbocharge takes New Zealand to the world

· April 14, 2025

Source: New Zealand Government A major drive boosting New Zealand as an international travel destination will kick off with a $13.5 million turbocharge for global marketing activity, Tourism and Hospitality...

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Work set to commence on Opera Point wilding conifer control

· April 14, 2025

Source: Department of Conservation Date:  14 April 2025 Source:  National Wilding Conifer Control Programme, Department of Conservation and Waikato Regional Council Wilding conifers are a pest tree species impacting on native bush...

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‘Precious’ threatened fish found in Waimatuku

· April 14, 2025

Source: Department of Conservation Date:  14 April 2025 The fish are named after Gollum from J.R.R. Tolkein’s Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, due to their large eyes and preference for...

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“Little battler” black-fronted terns defy the odds

· April 10, 2025

Source: Department of Conservation Date:  10 April 2025 The nationally endangered birds which nest on an island in the Upper Ōhau River battled an unseasonal and very heavy snowfall which buried...

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Work to protect Ocean Beach begins

· April 10, 2025

Source: Department of Conservation Date:  10 April 2025 The beach has been off limits to public since 2018 when contaminants including asbestos were found on the beach. An asbestos removal company...

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Release: David Parker to step down from Parliament

· April 8, 2025

Source: New Zealand Labour Party Long-serving Labour MP and former Minister David Parker has today announced his intention to leave Parliament. “It has been a privilege to be elected by...

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Tiny Tara iti travels near and far

· April 8, 2025

Source: Department of Conservation Date:  08 April 2025 Tara iti/NZ fairy tern is New Zealand’s rarest endemic breeding bird. With fewer than 45 individuals, the tara iti is nationally critical and...

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Tuna (eel) stranding at Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere

· April 8, 2025

Source: Environment Canterbury Regional Council Date: 08 Apr 2025 Thousands of tuna (eel) trying to migrate to the sea were stranded at Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere last week, so we worked...

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Finding a way forward for Pōhutukawa Glade, Karekare

· April 7, 2025

Source: Auckland Council Last month the Waitākere Local Board approved, in principle, the relocation of slip material currently stored at Pōhutukawa Glade in Karekare, to Waitipu Park, near Te Henga. AT...

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Protecting our endangered fish

· April 7, 2025

Source: Environment Canterbury Regional Council Members of our Land Management and Biodiversity teams, along with representatives from EOS, ACCG and several local farmers, travelled to Corbies Creek to learn from...

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Shellebrating* groundbreaking turtle research |

· April 7, 2025

Source: Department of Conservation By Krysia Nowak and Karen Middlemiss *While leatherback turtles don’t actually have a shell, they have pretty thick skins, so we think they wouldn’t mind the...

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Super-sized granny flats coming to backyards

· April 5, 2025

Source: New Zealand Government The Coalition Government will go even further than it earlier proposed to make it easier to build granny flats by increasing the maximum size allowed to...

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NZ-AU: IREN March 2025 Monthly Update

· April 5, 2025

Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-NZ-AU) SYDNEY, April 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — IREN Limited (NASDAQ: IREN) (together with its subsidiaries, “IREN” or “the Company”), today published its monthly update for March 2025....