Comment: Could Govt try to seize natural gas reserves?
Comment: Confiscating natural gas reserves would be an extremely risky move.
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Charges laid against dog owner after kiwi death
DOC has begun legal proceedings against a Coromandel dog owner.
Water storage project touted as answer to water woes
The NRC is hosting public information sessions about water storage on February 18 and 19.
Time for a national strategy to manage our water
COMMENT: Why are we still managing and governing water resources at regional level?
Mussels cook to death as temperatures soar in Northland
Mussels cook to death - as temperatures soar in Northland
Villa Maria winery trials native plants as alternative to herbicides
Hawke's Bay winery trials show plants have not affected vine vegetative growth so far.
Good omens: Kaituna's freshwater flows return to estuary
'The current literally personifies the lifeforce coming from the Kaituna.'
Region's rivers and streams nearing record low levels
With no significant rain forecast, rural communities are urged to prepare.
Rio Tinto blasted by Environment Minister David Parker
Minister says company has 'outrageously' attempted to avoid cleaning up its own mess.
Two farms fined nearly $75,000 for effluent discharges
Fonterra clamps down on non-compliant Northland dairy farms by stopping milk collection.
Freshwater fish becoming stressed and dying in hot temperatures in Hawke's Bay
It's not just people struggling in the hot temperatures, the fish are feeling it too
The Big Dry: Aucklanders on tank water 'getting desperate' as shortage bites
"It has become a health, human rights issue."
Dogged defence force: NZ's four-legged wildlife protectors
Meet the front line of New Zealand's defence against millions of insatiable killers.
Application to discharge into iconic lakes dropped
Queenstown-Lakes District Council drops application to discharge wastewater overflows.
Where nature takes precedence – tackling pests on Hen and Chicks
A group of four heads out to the archipelago for 10 days at a time to eradicate weeds.
Predator patrol brings back native birdsong
New Plymouth District Council is calling for volunteers to help eradicate predators.
Comment: War on wilding pines deserves more funding
Comment: Doing the control work on wilding pines now is an investment in the future.
Solar power provides off-grid options for farmers
More rural landowners considering solar energy as cost-effective way to power their farms.
Risk of pest plant restricts removal of material from Tukituki River
To prevent the spread, soil, silt and gravel can no longer be removed from the river.
Tauranga housewife admits breaching biosecurity rules
Plans to start her own plant business prompted a woman to illegally import cuttings.
Thousands petition for greater seabird protection
More than 14,000 seabirds are estimated to be killed by commercial fishers every year.
Dogs die after eating algae from Masterton's Waipoua River
Two dogs have died after eating toxic algae from a Wairarapa river.
MPI catches 14 fruit flies in a year at a cost of $18m
Auckland's fruit fly response has come in just under budget.
From the frontline of the Australian bushfires: DOC Ranger Karen Ismay motivated by teamwork
"The scale is amazing. When I left I heard the fires were twice the size of Switzerland."
Endangered eels taken from Wop Wops
Longfin eels were taken from Norsewood's Wop Wops Wetland Park early yesterday morning.
Swimmers beware: Toxic algae on the rise
Beware of toxic algae while swimming this summer.
EPA may reassess pesticide linked to honeybee declines
EPA finds grounds to reassess substances containing controversial pesticide in NZ.
Climate change: Kiwi winemakers may have to swap grape varieties
Research finds wine growing regions could shrink by half due to rising temperatures.
Four of the six whitebait species at risk or declining
Government seeks people's views on changes to whitebait fishing rules.
Northlanders told to respect the fire ban by not lighting rubbish fires
A spate of scrub fires across Northland has put firefighters on high alert.
$1.55m of Government funding to go towards review of Hawke's Bay water
Napier has been blighted by regular "dirty water events" over the past two years.
Costs to fill water tanks rise in drought-hit Coromandel
The cost of filling private water tanks in the Coromandel jumps as the big dry continues.
Pattrick Smellie: Fish farm objections smell like seabed mining
Huge difference between salmon farm and undersea mining op, but parallels are emerging.
Help, someone's roof dumped in freshwater stream
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