Latest from TCN - Environment

COP26 is over - so where did it get us?

UN summit ends in pledges to ramp up climate action, but advocates aren't hailing victory.

Return of white tui delights watcher

White tui leaves watcher with 'spiritual feeling of wonder'

Waiuku farmer's recycled fence posts proving popular in South Island

Waiuku-based farmer Jerome Wenzlick plans South Island expansion to keep up with demand.

Toxic algae: Health warning issued for Lake Ohakuri and Lake Maraetai

People should avoid any contact with the lake water.

Defensive karearea swoops disconcert

Watch out for defensive swooping behaviour during the November-December nesting season.

Ngāi Tahu entrepreneur creates wool bandage to save ecosystem

26-year-old entrepreneur Lucas Smith runs his Wool Aid company near Lake Tekapo.

Climate change conference 2021: What does NZ's new pledge mean for Kiwis?

NZ just upgraded its Paris Agreement climate pledge. So what does that mean to you and me?

Miner's giant challenge: Making steel, saving the planet

NY Times: Australian billionaire betting fortune on a bid to clean up the steel industry.

Seabed mining ruling: Trans-Tasman Resources sees clear legal pathway to having consents re-approved at EPA

Mining firm sees clear legal pathway to consents, despite Supreme Court rejection.

Weekday log train services between Napier and Wairoa to start Monday

The number of log trains between Wairoa and Napier will go from two to five next week.

Company charged with acid discharge into stream that led to estuary

Charges laid after alleged hydrochloric acid leak.

Thousands of native plants improve Burgess Stream

Over half of the 4500 native plants for a biodiversity project are in the ground.

Canterbury farmers taking part in soil conservation project

Soil Conservation and Revegetation project benefitting Hurunui and Kaikōura waterways.

Piako planting protects life-supporting capacity of freshwater

Scheme is part of government's $1.2 billion Jobs for Nature programme

Napier Port's use of methyl bromide to cease

Logs methyl bromide fumigation gets the axe as port strives to improve safety.

Huge interest in Southland green hydrogen project

Some of the interested parties include international businesses.