First step towards reassessing chlorothalonil
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
27 August 2021
A Decision-making Committee of the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has found that grounds exist to reassess the fungicide chlorothalonil,...
Fast-track panel approves Ohinewai foam factory project
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
24 August 2021
An expert consenting panel has approved a project to construct and operate a Sleepyhead factory producing foam for mattresses...
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...
EPA extends glyphosate call for information
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
The new deadline to respond is now 5.00 pm on Friday 24 September.
General Manager of Hazardous Substances and New Organisms, Dr...
Fast-track panel approves Kaitaia housing project
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
11 August 2021
An expert consenting panel has approved the addition of 24 dwellings to an existing papakāinga development in Kaitaia.
The 24...
Sharing Shed success for EPA’s first Fieldays
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
10 August 2021
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) wants to thank all those who stopped by for a haircut – or just...
EPA welcomes new Ngā Kaihautū Tumuaki Mavis Mullins
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
05 August 2021
E te rangatira, nau mau haere mai ki te Mana Rauhī Taiao.
Mavis Mullins has been appointed the new Tumuaki...
Independent panel gives fast-track approval for Wanaka retirement village
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
04 August 2021
An expert consenting panel has approved the construction of a new retirement village in Wanaka, with 100 residential apartments...
Independent panel approves Papakura to Pukekōhe rail upgrade
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
30 July 2021
An expert consenting panel has cleared the way for Auckland metro rail services to be improved between Papakura and...
EPA responds to sentencing in Christchurch chemical incident
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
29 July 2021
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) welcomes the sentencing for a chemical poisoning that nearly claimed the life of a...
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...
Glyphosate call for information closes next month
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
This weed killer has been used by home gardeners, farmers, and councils in New Zealand since the 1970s. Although it is...
