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Open fire season for Tāmaki Makaurau
Source: Auckland Council Fire and Emergency New Zealand is moving Auckland City, Waitematā and Counties-Manukau Districts back to an open fire season from 8am on Wednesday 23 April, until further...
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Fire Safety – Open fire season starts for Tāmaki Makaurau
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand is moving Auckland City, Waitematā and Counties-Manukau Districts back to an open fire season from 8am on Wednesday 23 April,...
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DFI Retail Group Launches Low-Carbon Rice Pilot Programme Reduces at Least 30% in GHG Emissions
Source: Media Outreach HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 22 April 2025 – DFI Retail Group (DFI or the Group), a leading Asian retailer with diverse business formats,...
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Improving New Zealand’s environmental reporting
Source: New Zealand Government The Government is improving the way the state of New Zealand’s environment is measured and reported on, Environment Minister Penny Simmonds says.“Having data and information about...
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Temporary closure for North Taranaki Visitor Centre
Source: Department of Conservation Date: 22 April 2025 DOC’s Acting Taranaki Operations Manager Phil Melgren says the visitor centre building was identified as needing replacement several years ago, due to its...
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Police urge public to prepare following two land rescues in the Kaimai Ranges
Source: New Zealand Police (National News) Attributable to Sergeant Anna Plowman: Police are urging the public to prepare for the worst before heading outdoors this long holiday period following two...
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Mautohe Cathedral Cove reopens – visitors urged to exercise caution
Source: Department of Conservation Date: 19 April 2025 Assessments show walking access can be reopened but visitors need to be prepared, says DOC Operations Manager Nick Kelly. “High tides and storm...
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Amur Gas Chemical Complex 75% Complete, Reports SIBUR
Source: Media Outreach MOSCOW, RUSSIA – Media OutReach Newswire – 18 April 2025 – SIBUR, Russia’s largest producer of polymers and rubber, announces that its Amur Gas Chemical Complex (Amur...
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Fire Safety – Open fire season starts for Thames-Coromandel, Waikato Northern
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand is moving the Waikato Northern and Thames-Coromandel Districts back to an open fire season from 8am, Friday 18 April, until further...
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Backing community-led biodiversity protection
Source: New Zealand Government A $9.2 million investment into community-led biodiversity protection will benefit the environment and sustainable tourism, Conservation Minister Tama Potaka says. The Department of Conservation – Te...
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Aotearoa’s biodiversity boost: $9.2 m awarded to protect threatened nature
Source: Department of Conservation Date: 17 April 2025 The DOC Community Fund (DOCCF) is a contestable Crown fund, open to community groups and private landowners to support community-led conservation projects on...
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Tupu Ola Moui: Pacific Health Chart Book 2025 series
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Health These reports are part of the Tupu Ola Moui Pacific Health Chart Book series, which provides comprehensive and up-to-date data on the health of...
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Hossack Wetland restoration for treasured Kakī
Source: Environment Canterbury Regional Council Just 169 of these wild adult birds remained and they could only be found in New Zealand. Kakī are regarded by Māori as a taonga...
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Wheel Creek Hut gets a do-up |
Source: Department of Conservation The hut reno team at the beginning of the renovation | Ben Pigott A six-person hut in near Maruia on the South Island’s West Coast has...
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Photo competition a licence to enjoy Taupō fishery
Source: Department of Conservation Date: 17 April 2025 That’s according to last year’s winner Patrick Clement, whose photo featured three generations of family enjoying Taupō Fishery. He says his family all...
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Government Moves to Improve Freshwater Farm Plans
Source: New Zealand Government The Government is delivering on its commitment to make freshwater farm plans more practical and affordable, Agriculture Minister Todd McClay and Associate Environment Minister Andrew Hoggard...
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Fast-track fiasco: KASM slams seabed mining bid in South Taranaki
Source: Kiwis Against Seabed Mining (KASM) Wannabe seabed miners Trans Tasman Resources (TTR) have now applied for fast-track approval to dig up the South Taranaki Bight seabed, but community organisation...
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Greenpeace pledges continued fight against seabed mining as Australian miners lodge EPA application
Source: Greenpeace Greenpeace says it will continue the fight to stop seabed mining starting in Aotearoa after Trans-Tasman Resources (TTR) announced it has reapplied to the Environmental Protection Authority via the...
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Courts’ caseflow management going digital
Source: New Zealand Government Kiwis will soon be able to file and track their court cases online as the Government signs off the business case to finally go digital, Justice...
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Rare Raukawa gecko rediscovered in Auckland remains elusive
Source: Auckland Council The discovery of a rare mainland population of the Raukawa gecko (Woodworthia maculata) in the southern part of the Auckland region has sent ripples of excitement through...
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EPA calls for information on tattoo inks
Source: Environmental Protection Authority The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) is seeking information about how tattoo inks are supplied, made and used in New Zealand to help assess whether the current rules...
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Greenpeace renews call on Ministry of Health to act on nitrate contamination in drinking water
Source: Greenpeace Greenpeace Aotearoa has written to Manatū Hauora – Ministry of Health again following testing that revealed high levels of nitrate contamination in Ashburton District drinking water. Greenpeace spokesperson Will...
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Respect king shags this breeding season
Source: Department of Conservation Date: 16 April 2025 Source: Department of Conservation and Marlborough District Council “Boaties are not allowed to go within 100 m of king shag colonies under the district’s...
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Universities – Inaugural Oceania Seabird Symposium underway at University of Auckland – UoA
Source: University of Auckland (UoA) Inaugural Oceania Seabird Symposium is underway at Waipapa Taumata Rau,University of Auckland bringing experts from across Pacific region to learn more about protecting Oceania seabirds....
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Fire Safety – Most of Mid-South Canterbury moves to open fire season
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand will revoke the restricted fire season in most of Mid-South Canterbury from 1am on Wednesday 16 April, until further notice....
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Appointments to the Waste Advisory Board
Source: New Zealand Government Environment Minister Penny Simmonds has today announced two new appointments and two reappointments to the Waste Advisory Board. The Waste Advisory Board provides independent advice to...
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‘Obscene’ amount of dog faeces spoils popular Bluff walking track
Source: Department of Conservation Date: 15 April 2025 One of Bluff’s signature tracks, Foveaux Walkway is an easy, well paved track following the Motupōhue/Bluff coastline to a lookout point. The track...