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City's 'swamped' wastewater network could cost $50 million

“We have to fix this problem, and we’re going to have to spend some money to do it.”

Auckland's ageing pipes: Watercare starts $3.5b 'proactive renewal' programme

Watercare moving away from the traditional 'fix it when it breaks' philosophy.

Public Purse: The new Three Waters bosses and why their pay is so extraordinary

OPINION: Money like water - the execs now presiding over diminished Three Waters fiefdoms.

Poo-lution: Reporoa farm owner cops fine after effluent reaches stream

The owner of a dairy farm in Reporoa has been fined for illegal effluent discharges.

Whangārei return: Spirit of NZ setting new environmental standards

“You should be thinking about what you throw into the ocean ... it all has an impact."

Juha Saarinen: Do mega data centres pose an environmental problem?

Opinion: Will we be in competition for power and water with demand-hungry tech giants?

Workers have unacceptably high exposures to carcinogens, study finds

58 per cent of workers in NZ are exposed to at least one cancer-causing agent at work.

Water meters, moving business to Wairoa? Hawke's Bay prepares for dry future

The council releases its regional water assessment, showing a possible huge shortfall.

6.6 per cent rate increase part of Horizons Regional Council's long-term plan

'Council are aware that any rate increase is not ideal.'

Whanganui loses millions in potential 'better off' funding

'There was always going to be a risk that it never came through.'

Flood fallout: Council plots new build rules for storm-lashed areas

People want a home they don't have to flee when dark clouds gather, says Lyall Carter.

So long Three Waters: Will Affordable Water Reform rebranding change voters' minds?

Three Waters is dead - long live Affordable Water Reform.

Councils still taking Three Waters to court, MMR vaccination slump & ram raid revenge in Cambridge | Focus Morning Bulletin: 14 April, 2023

The two councils still taking legal action despite the Three Waters rebrand, MMR vaccination rates slump in our youngest and the Cambridge 63-year-old who rammed the ram raiders in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald

Thomas Coughlan: Bye Three Waters - welcome, ‘Affordable Water Reform’

The policy to replace Three Waters will be announced today.

Tararua District a focus of repairs for flood protection

More than $9 million in damage done to stopbanks, spillways and drains in the district.

'Three Waters' to become 'Affordable Water Infrastructure'?

PM Chris Hipkins signals Three Waters rebrand, to be announced 'imminently'.