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Determination on Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

Source: Environmental Protection Authority 11 February 2021 An EPA decision-making committee has determined that the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is not a new organism. The pharmaceutical company, Pfizer,...

New weaponry for the war on wasps

Source: Environmental Protection Authority The Tasman District Council applied to introduce the wasp-nest beetle, Metoecus paradoxus, and a hoverfly, Volucella inanis, for biological control of the wasps Vespula...

Annual insights show fewer aerial 1080 operations in 2020

Source: Environmental Protection Authority The report published by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) shows there were 31 operations covering 558,000 hectares of land in 2020....

EPA turns 10 with an ambitious eye to the future

Source: Environmental Protection Authority The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) came into being on 1 July 2011. Its responsibilities cover hazardous substances and new organisms, activities...

Ōmāhu Residential Development given green light

Source: Environmental Protection Authority 15 February 2022 An independent panel has approved a new residential development in the Auckland suburb of Remuera, which will include up...

EPA congratulates “Change Maker” champion Sophia Olo-Whaanga

Source: Environmental Protection Authority 29 November 2021 The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) congratulates Sophia Olo-Whaanga for winning this year’s Change Maker Award category in the Sustainable...

EPA opens waterway testing to more community groups

Source: Environmental Protection Authority Since 2020, the EPA has funded 200 groups in its Wai Tuwhera o te Taiao – Open Waters Aotearoa science programme,...

Views sought on potential phase out of kiwifruit spray ingredient

Source: Environmental Protection Authority Hydrogen cyanamide is banned in Europe, and its re-registration is currently under review in the United States. In New Zealand, the...

EPA bans ship hold fumigation as part of methyl bromide rules reset

Source: Environmental Protection Authority Methyl bromide is a toxic and ozone-depleting substance, which India and China require to be used on logs they receive from...

Hydrogen cyanamide reassessment update | EPA

Source: Environmental Protection Authority 24 December 2021 Next steps in the reassessment of hydrogen cyanamide, an active ingredient in sprays commonly used by kiwifruit growers. Submissions on...

‘Residency’ edges closer for shortlist of new organisms

Source: Environmental Protection Authority Earlier this year, the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) sought feedback on which new organisms should no longer hold regulatory status as...

Kōrero to Kintsugi | EPA

Source: Environmental Protection Authority So… I am the regulator, and you are the industry. Shall we call it how it is? As an industry, you have issues with the ‘what’ and...
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