Latest from Ministry for the Environment

Three Waters 'the right thing to do’ - Grant Robertson

Government will press ahead with plans for co-governance in Three Waters reforms.

Rob Fyfe's new business - his biggest start-up yet

The ex-Air NZ boss is targeting a growth market.

Severe marine heatwave looming: The alarming trends for NZ's marine life

A major new stocktake reveals more alarming trends for NZ's under-pressure marine estate.

Roger Partridge: Productive land law ignores opportunity cost

Were economists involved in drafting National Policy Statement for Highly Productive Land?

Lockdown sees emissions drop, big cuts still needed - report

The first emissions reduction plan will be released next month.

Auckland gets consent to draw more water from Waikato River

Watercare now has consent for 300 million litres of water a day from the river year-round.

Coal and agriculture put Waikato ahead in emission statistics

A collective effort is needed to reduce the region's carbon footprint.

Government could pay you to scrap your gas guzzler

The Government releases its latest emissions reduction plans.

'Mass mobilisation' over SNA policy

FNDC has extended deadline for responses to proposed SNA as protests take place.

Port of Tauranga bid to fast-track $68.5m expansion rejected

The $68.5m port project could create 368 jobs during construction and more than 81 after.

Paradise under pressure: report reveals toll of intensive dairying, urban sprawl

What has decades of intensive dairying and urban sprawl meant for NZ's best land?

'Modest' improvement to water quality from plan change

About 250 operators are expected to apply for land use consent under the revised rules.

Claims highly toxic waste buried at Tiwai Pt smelter

Former staff say the waste, that contains cyanide, has been buried in unmapped sites.

'It's terrible': Environment Minister slams smelter's stockpiling of hazardous waste

The smelter at Bluff has stockpiled 106,000 tonnes of cyanide-laced hazardous waste.

Smelter stockpiles 100,000 tonnes of hazardous waste near beach

The smelter company will not reveal its plans for the hazardous waste.

Liam Dann: RMA rewrite looks like a special kind of hell

Everyone cheered the RMA's demise but will new laws be at the mercy of political conflict?