Latest from Environment Court

Capital Letter: If Transmission Gully is one day late builder must pay $7.7m

If the long awaited motorway is one day late, it will cost the builder $7.75 million.

Contaminated water and waste at Ruakākā site removed since last year

Site operators to be billed once clean-up sorted in Ruakākā.

Climate emergency declarations can come with tensions, study finds

A study finds symbolic council climate 'emergency' declarations can raise tricky issues.

Why is a govt department appealing against a major proposal in a housing crisis?

Earthworks costing $12m are well under way as publicly funded appeals go in.

Appeals send $1b Sleepyhead plan to Environment Court

Four years in planning - and counting.

Eugenie Sage: RMA reforms draft pending

Opinion: Management of resources has fallen out of step with the times, and needs change.

Youth hub gets green light after agreement reached with neighbours

The facility will provide onsite, purpose-built accommodation to young people in need.

Environment Court slaps Transmission Gully builder with $70,000 fine

Boulders went over the side of a hill and into streams that feed vulnerable inlets.

Residents want company out over putrid smell hanging over Waikato town

Prevailing winds blow an 'egregious heavy stink of a putrid nature' over the Waikato town.

Lights, camera, action at Hagley Oval

Six broadcast quality lights are now installed so matches can be played at night.

Ignoring alarms led to massive overflow, court hears

Waikato River ran brown for two days after Contact's geothermal water and sediment spill.

Work on clean-up of hazardous materials starts

Owners 'ignored' court orders to clean up toxic chemicals.

'States of nakedness': Vineyard owner's suitability to hold liquor licence in question

Shock claims of drunk Waiheke wine-lovers pulling "brown eyes" in "states of nakedness".

'Malicious lies': Cable Bay Vineyards hits back at noise complaints

Waiheke neighbours say their once tranquil rural lifestyle has been destroyed.

Dirty water: Auckland golf resort fined over wastewater discharge

'This... negligent pollution is completely unacceptable, but also completely avoidable.'

Northland councils help remove waste after owners defied order

A tender for the clean-up of hazardous materials in Ruakākā has been let.