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Crackdown on illegal diving at Manawanui wreck

· March 11, 2026

Source: Radio New Zealand UAS footage of RNZN Divers surveying the area around HMNZS Manawanui on the Southern Coast of Upulo as part of Op Resolution. New Zealand Defence Force...

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What do rural sector groups think of the RMA?

· March 11, 2026

Source: Radio New Zealand Aotearoa has more than 900,000 hectares of irrigated agricultural land, mostly in the South Island. Sally Round Access to water, food production as a priority, and...

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Another Housing Development Approved

· March 11, 2026

Source: New Zealand Government One of Auckland’s largest new housing developments, the Sunfield Masterplanned Community has been approved through Fast-track says Regional Development Minister Shane Jones.   Winton Land Limited submitted...

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Otago Peninsula officially declared possum free

· March 11, 2026

Source: Radio New Zealand Otago Peninsula Biodiversity Group chairperson Hoani Langsbury is congratulating the community for reaching possum free, saying it would not have been possible without them. Supplied Otago...

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Government backtracks on live animal export plans

· March 10, 2026

Source: Radio New Zealand Animal Welfare Minister Andrew Hoggard. RNZ / Mark Papalii The Green Party is welcoming news that the government has backtracked on plans to reinstate live animal...