Navigation for News Categories
Environment
Environment headlines with summaries.
-
Predator wasp considered in eucalyptus-pest battle
An application is being looked at to import and release a parasitoid wasp to control a beetle that damages eucalyptus trees.
-
Canterbury water bottling battle goes to High Court
The Canterbury Regional Council says it is prepared to stand by its definition that commercial water bottling is an industrial use of water, as the local battle for water rights goes to the High…
-
Zealandia breach: 'Even one introduced predator is one too many'
The hunt is on for a predator inside Wellington's pest-free wildlife sanctuary.
-
Climate scientists consider 'life-changing' report
A meeting of leading scientists this week is likely to produce the most critical and controversial report on climate change in recent years.
-
DOC monitors Northland's first major 1080 drop in decades
DOC staff are out in the field in Northland monitoring tracks and waterways, after the region's first major 1080 drop in decades.
-
Minister demands DOC explain kiwi deaths
The Conservation Minister has asked for a report on why nine little-spotted kiwi died at a Hawke's Bay sanctuary.
-
Concerns for birds spark call for DOC partnerships review
Forest and Bird wants a review into some of Department of Conservation's partnerships to ensure the welfare of native species is at the forefront of any project.
-
First kiwi set free on island - hopes 500 more will follow
The first kiwi in a project to release many of the birds on Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari in Waikato was set free on the maunga on Monday afternoon.
-
Countdown's plastic-straw ban in effect
The supermarket chain Countdown has pulled plastic straws off its shelves.
-
1080 drop to go ahead at Cape Brett
A 1080 aerial drop will proceed at Northland's Cape Brett over the weekend after a similar pest-poisoning operation at neighbouring Russell State Forest ended without incident today.
-
Matt Lauer agrees to give public better access to land
An agreement has been hammered out to ease the way for trampers to access American Matt Lauer's Hunter Valley Station.
-
Bid to take government to court over Tahr cull plans
The government could be taken to court over plans to kill 10,000 Himalayan Tahr.
-
Chemical threatens orca global population collapse
An international study has found killer whales are at risk around the globe from a toxic chemical banned more than 30 years ago.
-
'I just wish they'd stop muddying the water'
Whitebaiters on the Kāpiti Coast are baffled as to why signs have been put up banning them from driving along the beach.
-
Forest & Bird calls for ban on whitebait sales
The environmental group says four of the five native whitebait species are in danger of extinction and commercial whitebaiting should be stopped. Audio
-
AgResearch field-testing GM ryegrass in United States
New Zealand scientists trialling a genetically modified grass in the United States say the plant could prove a game-changer for agriculture.
-
Polar bear shot dead after attacking cruise ship guard
A polar bear has been shot dead after injuring a cruise ship guard on Norway's Svalbard archipelago, inside the Arctic Circle.
-
Video inside Tegel chicken farm a 'shock and horror' - opponent
An online video reportedly shot inside a Tegel chicken barn in Helensville has been described as a 'shock and horror'. Video
-
Mackenzie Basin: Fonterra dairying criticism rejected
The Dunedin businessman behind a planned mega-dairy conversion in the Mackenzie Basin is shrugging off criticism from Fonterra about further intensification on the vulnerable landscape.
-
Greenpeace protestors wait on sentencing on Anadarko Amendment
Convicting protestors for obstructing oil exploration will deter people from demonstrating against other issues, a lawyer for Greenpeace says.
-
Southern right whale spotted in Wellington harbour
Wellington commuters have been treated to a rare sighting of a southern right whale in the harbour.
-
'Bag rage' as Australian plastic bag ban bites
As major Australian retailers ditch single-use plastic bags, supermarket chains are scrambling to combat "bag rage" as frustrated shoppers vent their anger.
-
Plastic waste major threat to NZ seabirds
Single-use plastic is emerging as one of the biggest threats to seabirds around New Zealand and the government should stop its production, an environmental group says.
-
Fifth wallaby sighting in Dunedin 'extremely concerning'
The sighting of a wallaby in Dunedin is extremely concerning, the Otago Regional Council says.
