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Building begins on NZ's largest solar farm in Canterbury
Construction has begun on a $104 million solar farm on the Canterbury Plains, with power set to start flowing by the end of this year.
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'Our industry has to change': Homes get top climate rating
7:00 am todayA three bedroom, two bathroom home in South Auckland has achieved the highest possible climate-friendly rating, one of the first family-sized homes to achieve…
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NZ's smallest bird ventures from predator-free zones
22 Apr 2024A bird species rarely seen in the capital is believed to still be lingering around after being spotted in a Wellington suburb. Audio
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Another Gisborne forestry company loses accreditation
22 Apr 2024Two Gisborne forestry companies have lost their sustainability certifications within two months.
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The Auckland record store pressing vinyl made out of cooking oil
It's Record Store Day, and one Auckland shop is taking the new-found interest in vinyl one step further.
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Firms invited to apply for fast-track consents include 'environmental destroyers' - Greenpeace
20 Apr 2024Environmentalists have slammed a list of organisations who have been invited to apply to the Government's proposed fast-track approvals scheme.
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Who has been invited to apply for fast-track consents?
19 Apr 2024The government's released the list of organisations provided with information on how to apply - just hours before public submissions on the bill close.
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Barrier businesses welcome new moorings for boaties hit by caulerpa ban
19 Apr 2024Anchoring has been restricted around most of the island to help stop the spread of the invasive seaweed caulerpa. Audio
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Rare skink on brink of extinction
18 Apr 2024There are fewer than 1000 mature Canterbury spotted skinks are now left, the Department of Conservation says.
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NZ's planet-heating gases hit lowest level since '90s
18 Apr 2024The country has now cut its planet-heating gases for three years in a row.
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Climate change could reduce global average incomes by 19 percent - study
18 Apr 2024It shows New Zealand's income will be 2-10 percent lower, but one expert says this modelling is not suitable to conclude much about the costs of climate change at a local level.
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Great Barrier Island needs more space to achieve zero waste goal
18 Apr 2024Great Barrier Island is making progress on its zero waste goal, after its landfill reached capacity faster than expected, so all waste has to be shipped off the island.
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Washing machines have energy ratings, will homes get them too?
17 Apr 2024Energy efficiency ratings for buildings are on hold, while the government decides whether to intervene to improve the country's housing.
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Close encounters of a rare kind: Kids help check on kiwis
12 Apr 2024It is believed to be the country's biggest ever kiwi relocation project.
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Tourism, flora and fauna at risk under DOC job cuts, groups say
10 Apr 2024Environment and recreation groups are warning the proposed cuts could have long-term consequences and losses of flora and fauna as well as backcountry huts. Audio
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Swiss women win unprecedented climate change case
"We are not made to sit in a rocking chair and knit," said one of the older Swiss women who won.
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Delays to insurance payout holds up stinky treatment plant repairs
5 Apr 2024A temporary system was put in place, but the odour is still there.
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Nelson first to test kerbside soft plastics collection
4 Apr 2024The plastics will be recycled and used to make fence posts.
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Cricket fan shocked to see Hagley Oval recycling dumped in skip
4 Apr 2024A cricket fan has been left gobsmacked after finding recycling efforts at Christchurch's Hagley Oval were quite literally rubbish. Audio
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Books littered 5km down road
3 Apr 2024Council estimated it would take it would take 80 to 100 hours to pick up but the community came to help.
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The Aucklanders who refuse to use food scrap bins
3 Apr 2024It's been nearly six months since every Auckland home got a green food waste bin, but some are putting it in the too hard basket. Audio
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Seabed mining critics furious after company pulls out of hearings
3 Apr 2024Opponents of seabed mining are furious an Australian company has pulled out of consent hearings for a controversial project off the Taranaki coast.
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Climate change could affect how we keep time, study says
Melting ice caps are slowing the Earth's rotation. Here's what that means for us.
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'Huge few months in Taranaki' as more kiwi released
28 Mar 2024About 110 kiwi are due to be released in the next few months, boosting the existing population and relieving pressure on sanctuaries.
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Kaikōura’s endangered seabirds struggle for food
25 Mar 2024A lack of food has seen volunteers supplement feeding Hutton's shearwater chicks with "sardine smoothies" to give them the best chance at survival.
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Rogue turtle raising alarm bells in Tākaka
20 Mar 2024A lone turtle spotted in a Golden Bay lake has Tasman District Council rushing to ensure a population of pest turtles doesn't explode.
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3D printed eggs used in fairy tern rescue programme
22 Mar 2024The move is to safeguard nests of critically endangered tara iti / fairy tern this summer breeding season.
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Five rescued after yacht runs aground on Banks Peninsula
21 Mar 2024The yacht - which is carrying 15 litres of diesel - remains at the bottom of a cliff west of Diamond Harbour.
