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How floating solar panels could help solve NZ's energy crisis
24 Sep 2024Analysis - Placing solar panels on wastewater ponds could tackle two problems at once: high power prices and algal growth, Faith Jeremiah writes.
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Sea Lion Trust offers $5k reward over baby's shooting
29 Sep 2024The reward comes after a baby sea lion was shot in an estuary in the Catlins then left to die a slow, painful death.
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Carbon neutral PR company put on 'F list' for promoting fossil fuels
25 Sep 2024A certified carbon neutral PR company has been put on global "F List" for its work promoting fossil fuels through clients at Z Energy and Toyota.
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Proposed gold mine risks 'already established significant industries' - locals
25 Sep 2024Central Otago locals are worried a proposed gold mine will hit industry and devastate the special - and spectacular - natural environment.
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Gas industry boasts about killing proposed ban with lobbying
25 Sep 2024Gas NZ went to an international fossil fuel forum and claimed responsibility for killing off a proposed government ban on new gas connections. Audio
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Energy-hungry data centres want NZ's renewable electricity to reduce climate impact
24 Sep 2024Building energy-hungry data centres is a boom industry in New Zealand, with international companies keen to reduce their climate impact by using this county's renewable electricity.
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Tramping this spring? Why not clean a hut?
19 Sep 2024If you're planning on heading out into New Zealand's backcountry this spring - why not adopt a hut? Audio
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NIWA's detailed climate projections released to the public
18 Sep 2024Anyone can visit the public database and select whether they are interested in drought, rainfall, wind or temperature, which season they are interested in and whether they would like to see…
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Government releases list of 35 critical minerals as part of mining strategy
16 Sep 2024"Why should we continually say we're going to import everything if we've got it here and we can turn it into an export industry," Shane Jones says.
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The 'science donut' across the ditch
5 Sep 2024Scientists at the Australian Synchrotron use intense beams of light to answer research questions
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Last day to vote for Bird of the Year
15 Sep 2024Environmental charity Forest & Bird, which runs the contest, said nearly 40,000 verified votes had been cast so far.
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NZ's next climate target needs to be more ambitious, says diplomat
10 Sep 2024A former top climate diplomat says New Zealand is going to have to step up its game the next time sets a climate target.
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Just how 'dolphin friendly' is your tin of tuna?
5 Sep 2024Analysis: Labelling on many seafood products sold in New Zealand is so vague it may serve as greenwashing, writes Kathryn Bradbury.
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Part of Milford Sound underwater observatory sinks
6 Sep 2024The tourist attraction in Harrison Cove was damaged in a storm at the weekend.
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Australian farmers to get fix for methane-laced cow burps before NZ
6 Sep 2024A solution to dairy cows' methane-laced burps could be ready to sell to NZ farmers next year, but Australian farmers will get it first. Audio
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When does spring actually start? And what's in store?
3 Sep 2024Does spring begin on the first day of September? Or does it start on September 23 - the perfect middle point between the winter and summer equinox? Audio
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Govt's emissions plan a 'massive gamble' - commissioner
The government says it is on track to meet climate targets, but that is 'based on optimistic assumptions', Simon Upton says.
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Red alert issued over weedkiller amid 'significant concerns'
22 Aug 2024"We urge anyone currently using a product containing chlorthal-dimethyl to stop," the Environmental Protection Authority says.
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Is the heat about to go on Fonterra over farming on drained peat?
29 Aug 2024Government officials have been quietly exploring how much carbon dioxide could be saved if the country reflooded its peat soils.
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Is coal really 'twice as bad' as gas?
29 Aug 2024Falling production from offshore gas fields, along with low lake levels, have been blamed for burning more coal and increasing New Zealand's emissions. So will the government's LNG plan help?
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Building begins on NZ's largest solar farm
It will have about 300,000 solar panels and is expected to generate enough renewable energy to power close to 36,000 homes.
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One of world's most endangered frogs released at Zealandia
27 Aug 2024There are no other wild populations on the mainland as they're heavily impacted by habitat loss, disease and predation.
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'Terrible decision making': Beech trees hacked down to improve subdivision access
27 Aug 2024For the past two years, the Upper Hutt community of Katherine Mansfield Drive had been fighting to keep chainsaws away from a stand of beech trees.
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What would happen if Methanex left NZ?
26 Aug 2024It uses 40 percent of the country's gas supply and the country needs a plan if it leaves, experts say. Audio
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