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Mystery plastic polluter owns up
A mystery surrounding thousands of curious, bright-blue plastic shavings found washed up on New Zealand beaches appears…
Herald on Sunday Editorial: Beach busting makes an impact
Our Beach Busters campaign, in association with Sustainable Coastlines, continues this weekend as hundreds of people take…
Beach Busters: Hundreds pitch in to help
Volunteers, businesses and celebrities are pitching in to help our Beach Busters campaign. Sustainable Coastlines has recorded…
Beach Busters: What is washing up on our shoreline?
Beach volunteers cleaning up the country's coastline are scratching their heads over this piece of distorted, clear plastic…
Environment
Editorial: Cut snapper limit to build up species
Editorial: It's time recreational fishers thought about the sustainability of snapper stock, as the…
No plans to close Environment Court - PM
The Prime Minister says there are no plans to close the Environment Court. Mr Key has rebutted speculation the court will…
Technical experts to help speed up Chch consenting process
The Government will appoint technical experts to join the Christchurch City Council's consenting department in a move to…
Council continuing to work on Wanganui plant's odour issues
Wanganui District Council is continuing work on odour issues at its troubled wastewater treatment plant while plans are…
Sam Judd: Rebuilding communities in catastrophe
Sam Judd blames the breakup of the community unit for many of the social and environmental problems…
Mangroves make way for beaches
The view of sunset on water is beautiful from Manurewa Marae but Rangi McLean hopes to see it with a white sandy beach instead…
Is the Govt going far enough?
A long-awaited threat management plan for Maui's dolphins is to be announced next month - but one MP has questioned whether…
Icy continent holds climate clues
The closest most of us will get to Antarctica is nature documentaries like Frozen Planet - but the white continent's relevance…
Wellington's 'phantom dumper' tracked
The Wellington City Council and a water company are tracking a "phantom dumper" who has been disposing potentially dangerous…
Brian Fallow: Depletion of natural capital a cost to all
More Environment
If a river is turned into a drain, how much is lost? If bees are deprived of a healthy diet, how long…
Waste Management
Westland residents face 114km trip to dump rubbish
Residents of one of the country's more remote settlements are furious with the Westland District Council for planning to…
National
Govt announces gambling reforms
Gambling trusts will have to return more pokie machine proceeds to the community under law changes announced by Government…
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