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Talia Olsen (front) and Blake Bain (back) from Te Puke Primary School enjoying the stream monitoring activity. Photo / Supplied

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES

Bay kids learn to care about their waterways

15 Nov, 2018 12:24pm

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Paraparaumu Beach School war on plastic poster winners. Photos / Supplied

THE COUNTRY

Paraparaumu Beach schoolkids' war on plastic

15 Nov, 2018 11:00am
3 minutes to read

They hope the wider community will recognise the damage plastic does.

The temperamental machines holding your receipt hostage definitely need an unexpected item in their bagging area. Photo / Getty Images

LIFESTYLE

Jake Bailey: My kingdom for a receipt - nightmare at the auto-checkout

15 Nov, 2018 5:00am
4 minutes to read

Automated checkouts, reusable bags - sometimes supermarket shopping is too much.

Dumping waste from a renovation down an urban bank on your own section is no longer acceptable, Whanganui councillor Helen Craig says. Photo / supplied

WHANGANUI CHRONICLE

Keep Whanganui beautiful: plea by Craig

14 Nov, 2018 7:00am
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Helen Craig and other councillors want Whanganui to enter Keep NZ Beautiful Awards

Jim Edwards, left, and senior Nga Tukemata o Kahungunu Disability Trust student Zane Kent digging out a landing area for craft ahead of the new cruise passenger season. Photo / Duncan Brown

NEW ZEALAND

Muddy hell: Silt-choked river may have 'had its day'

14 Nov, 2018 6:00am
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Jim Edwards regards the river as a Hawke's Bay wonder, were it not for the silt.

Increasing exposure to artificial blue light is hurting our health and our environment. Photo / 123RF

BUSINESS

Permanent jetlag: Scientists issue warning over blue light

13 Nov, 2018 2:38pm
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Increasing exposure to artificial blue light is hurting our health and our environment.

NEW ZEALAND

How blue light affects us in Aotearoa

13 Nov, 2018 2:38pm
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Did you know the amount of blue light you are exposed to can affect your health, environment and viewing stars like matariki? / Royal Society Te Apārang

The reappearance of sand is only temporary at Westshore beach according to Napier City councillor Larry Dallimore. Photo / Paul Taylor

NEW ZEALAND

Hawke's Bay beach sand back, but not for long

13 Nov, 2018 2:26pm
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There's a sand haven in Napier in time for summer so "tie it down, quick".

Two years on from a 7.8 jolt that proved one of the most complex earthquakes ever observed, scientists are still gleaning valuable new insights. Photo / Kate Pedley

NEW ZEALAND

Our most complex quake: Kaikōura two years on

13 Nov, 2018 1:00pm
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Two years on from the 7.8 Kaikoura Earthquake, rich lessons are still being taught.

Japan plans to kill 333 minke whales in its latest expedition to the Southern Ocean. Photo / Regina Eisert

NEW ZEALAND

NZ slams Japan's latest whaling expedition

13 Nov, 2018 11:28am
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Japan's latest whaling expedition into the Southern Ocean has again drawn heavy criticism.

The world's ice sheets could still collapse with less than 2C of warming, a new review has found. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Can the world stop polar ice sheets collapsing?

13 Nov, 2018 9:59am
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The world's ice sheets could still collapse with less than 2C of warming, review finds.

Eradicating old man's beard in Whanganui in 2014 were (from left) Horizons pest plant officer Neil Gallagher, Horizons councillor Rod Pearce and volunteer Ann Handley. Photo / Stuart Munro

NEW ZEALAND

Noxious weed's days could be numbered

10 Nov, 2018 5:00pm
3 minutes to read

A gall mite imported from the northern hemisphere could help control old man's beard.

This stockpile at Ruakaka was awaiting shipment fours years ago when 95 per cent of swamp kauri exports were going to China.

NEW ZEALAND

Environmental group jubilant as Supreme Court deems swamp kauri export illegal

10 Nov, 2018 7:00am
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The Northland Environmental Protection Society is celebrating the Supreme Court ruling.

Peter Morgan takes a final look at the doomed oak on Wolsely St. Photo / Paul Taylor

HAWKE'S BAY TODAY

'Annoyed and sad': 150 year-old Hastings oak to be cut down

10 Nov, 2018 6:00am
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Last weekend's gales appear to have spelled doom for one of Hastings' oldest residents.

Columnist John Tamihere believes it's time to get clear disclosure about spending by Auckland Council-controlled organisations. Photo / Doug Sherring.

Comment: Shine a light on these costly creations

9 Nov, 2018 5:00am
5 minutes to read

Six Auckland Council controlled organisations spend $1.05 billion a year. But what on?

Salt Funds managing director Paul Harrison and NZX CEO Mark Peterson at the Carbon Fund listing ceremony in Auckland. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

NZX welcomes its first carbon fund

9 Nov, 2018 5:00am
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New fund intends buying carbon credits in New Zealand and offshore.

Antarctica will be under threat until global carbon emissions are curbed. Photo / Supplied

WORLD

Last chance to save world's wilderness

9 Nov, 2018 5:00am
4 minutes to read

Every nation needs to mandate global conservation target.

In an attempt to protect the coral reefs that divers so admire they have dubbed them the underwater Serengeti, Palau will soon ban many types of sunscreen. Photo / AP

TRAVEL

Why this Pacific island is banning sunscreen

8 Nov, 2018 2:58pm
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It risks scaring tourists away, but this Pacific island has put a ban on sunscreen.

The innovative, architecturally designed childcare centre in South Auckland is scheduled for opening in April 2020. Photograph / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Plans afoot for 'back to nature' preschool

8 Nov, 2018 5:00am
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A "Gaia-inspired" preschool for over-stimulated kids is proposed for South Auckland.

A new study will help a new generation of Māori voyagers reconnect with their tupuna and with Polynesian navigators across the Pacific. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Volcanoes, super-glasses and the dark net: Ten of NZ's boldest new research projects

8 Nov, 2018 5:00am
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$85m will help our researchers investigate everything from volcanoes to youth suicide.

NEW ZEALAND

Pedestrianise Auckland CBD to reduce carbon - top health official

7 Nov, 2018 7:53pm
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Auckland's medical officer is concerned about rising air pollution on Queen St.

Auckland's Cordis hotel is recycling leftover soap for those in need. Photo / Getty Images

TRAVEL

Ethical traveller: Soap Stars

7 Nov, 2018 4:00pm
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Travel trends suggest a social conscience and heightened sense of adventure will inspire.

There s a way to calculate whether or not civilisations survive. Gwynne Dyer asks how humans will fare.

TECHNOLOGY

Gwynne Dyer: Theories abound as Earth runs the gauntlet of survival

7 Nov, 2018 3:00pm
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It's looking good for the existence of life elsewhere in the universe.

Soot or 'black carbon' is something to be aware of in Auckland's Queen St. It's emitted from diesel vehicles and is on the rise again. Photo / Brett Phibbs

NEW ZEALAND

Revealed: The toxic danger on NZ's best-known street

7 Nov, 2018 11:00am
3 minutes to read

Electric buses, modern trams and pedestrianising may help rid Queen St of black carbon.

Bashii the male tiger is currently going through the complex process of being introduced to female tiger Senja, in the hopes the pair will breed. Photo / Wellington Zoo

NEW ZEALAND

Wellington Zoo receives 'Oscar' of zoo awards

6 Nov, 2018 2:28pm
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"We feel honoured to be recognised for our work to reduce our impact on the environment."

LIFESTYLE

Coromandel is number one for ones and twos

6 Nov, 2018 1:00pm
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Hot Water Beach toilet wins Keep NZ Beautiful Award. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Waitakere Ranges Regional Park has become a hot-spot for the tree-killing kauri dieback disease. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Kauri dieback: Auckland Council accused of shortcomings

5 Nov, 2018 3:16pm
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A group has accused authorities of not doing enough to save kauri in the Waitakere Ranges.

Work by Dr Natalie Robinson and her team in Antarctica could aid the search for life in the Solar System - and answer crucial climate change questions here on Earth. Photo / Christian Haas

NEW ZEALAND

Antarctic expedition aid search for life beyond Earth

4 Nov, 2018 4:29pm
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What does Antarctica have to do with one of Jupiter's moons? More than you might think.

Wave-driven flooding is soon expected to make many of the world's coral-fringed coastlines uninhabitable. Photo / 123RF

NEW ZEALAND

Model reveals islands under threat from climate change

4 Nov, 2018 4:07pm
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Scientists have found a way to reveal which spots are threatened by wave-driven flooding.

Over a dozen groups and agencies will work together to create the 115,000ha pest-free zone on Banks Peninsula. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Banks Peninsula to go pest-free

4 Nov, 2018 3:29pm
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The pest-free zone will extend across 115,000 hectares.

By the start of next month, the surf might be as warm as it would normally be in early January. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Summer explained: Balmy weather and a weird El Nino

4 Nov, 2018 1:59pm
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We're in for a balmier summer, with a strange El Nino showing up late to the party.

NEW ZEALAND

Store seeds to save our trees? Don't bank on it

4 Nov, 2018 10:39am
4 minutes to read

NZ shouldn't rely on seed-banking to save species like kauri from killer plant diseases.

The proposals included the European Union's 1.8m sq km Weddell Sea marine protected area, covering an area five times greater than that of Germany. Photo / Nasa

NEW ZEALAND

Anger over failed bid to create world's biggest marine reserve

4 Nov, 2018 9:58am
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Commission couldn't reach unanimous vote without support from Russia, China and Norway.

Aucklander Sarah Bacon on the Northern Circuit — one of the six Great Walks she's ticked off her list. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Great Walks tourist fee hike: Results so far 'encouraging'

4 Nov, 2018 5:00am
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Bookings by people living in New Zealand had increased from 45 per cent to 57 per cent.

NEW ZEALAND

On shaky ground: Site for dream home on top of rare volcano

3 Nov, 2018 5:00am
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Geological discovery in rural Karaka a setback for owners' plan to build his dream home.

NEW ZEALAND

Don't let our kids grow up without kiwi

3 Nov, 2018 5:00am
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Looking at the plight of kiwi through the eyes of children, the generation who could grow up to see the last kiwi disappear from New Zealand. / Kiwisforkiwi

Today, it's estimated only about 600 rowi exist, most within the Okarito kiwi sanctuary near Franz Josef. Now there are plans to push numbers to nearly 1000. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

The fight for our national bird - and why it matters

2 Nov, 2018 5:00am
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The kiwi belongs in New Zealand - and arguably more than we do.

Z Energy profit tumbles by 31 per cent as consumer shop around for discounts. Photo / NZME

BUSINESS

Z Energy profit tumbles by 31% as motorists shop around

1 Nov, 2018 9:26am
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High pump prices prompted consumers to use less and to shop around more for discounts.

NEW ZEALAND

First release of Kiwi to Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari

1 Nov, 2018 9:26am
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The first step in turning around the decline of the western North Island brown kiwi. Within five years the goal is for this population to grow for the first time in over a hundred years. / Kiwisforkiwi