The area treated and number of aerial 1080 operations in 2024 was the largest since reporting began in 2008, the Environmental Protection Authority's (EPA) annual report on operations, research, and incidents relating to aerial 1080 use shows.

By Environmental Protection Authority
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By Greenpeace Aotearoa
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The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) is banning weedkillers containing chlorthal-dimethyl (also known as DCPA) because of concerns about its effects on foetal development.

By Environmental Protection Authority
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Porirua City Council confirmed more than $100,000 in waste-levy-funded grants at its meeting on 11 December to help waste minimise waste in the city.

By Porirua City Council
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The Northland Regional Council (NRC) will once again use the online Safeswim platform to deliver water quality results for popular beach and freshwater swim spots over summer.

By Northland Regional Council
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The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) Chief Executive Dr Allan Freeth is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Fernando Torres-Vélez as the new General Manager, Hazardous Substances and New Organisms.

By Environmental Protection Authority
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"Utterly shameful".

By Greenpeace Aotearoa
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Degraded estuaries are less resilient to the impacts of heatwaves, new research from Earth Sciences New Zealand shows.

By Earth Sciences New Zealand
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Greenpeace says the passing of the Fast-Track Approvals Amendment Bill last night makes an already damaging law even more dangerous for Aotearoa's environment.

By Greenpeace Aotearoa
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Lake Rotomanu will be emptied this week to allow scientists to get a full picture of the extent of the freshwater gold clam infestation.

By Taranaki Regional Council
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The economic potential of seabed polymetallic nodules in the Cook Islands has been overstated, according to a new independent study commissioned by Greenpeace International.

By Greenpeace Aotearoa
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10 December 2025 The New Zealand National Fieldays Society has achieved a major sustainability milestone, verified by Instep (a New Zealand-based sustainability consultancy) under ISO 20121 and ISO 14064 standards.

By Media PA
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Greenpeace says the Government's rewrite of New Zealand's core environmental laws includes an outrageous new idea, whereby companies will be able to claim financial compensation when councils introduce rules to limit pollution or protect the environment.

By Greenpeace Aotearoa
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The two new Acts that make up today's Resource Management Act (RMA) reform announcement will provide impetus to economic, business and infrastructure development while also providing environmental guardrails that were lacking in the previous Act, says the EMA.

By EMA
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Consumption-based greenhouse gas emissions statistics link the emissions from production, whether domestic or overseas, that become embodied in goods and services – including the extraction, manufacturing, and transport activities that take place throughout the entire supply chain – to the final consumer.

By Statistics New Zealand
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Almost exactly one year after the Glenavy water supply exceeded the government's legal health limits for nitrate, the town's water supply nitrate levels are rising - and fast.

By Greenpeace Aotearoa
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With New Zealand summers getting hotter and drier, the Bioeconomy Science Institute is supporting innovative research into climate-resilient pastures by collecting seeds from all over the world.

By Bioeconomy Science Institute
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Waikato Regional Council's weekly monitoring of popular rivers, lakes and coastal sites is now underway to check they are safe for swimming and other recreational activities.

By Waikato Regional Council
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Internationally acclaimed actor, and local farmer and wine producer, Sam Neill has this morning released a second statement in staunch opposition to the proposed Bendigo‑Ophir gold mine in Central Otago.

By Sustainable Tarras
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Greenpeace says the Luxon Government's "war on nature" has been met with an unprecedented wave of resistance from tens of thousands of New Zealanders over the two years since the coalition took office.

By Greenpeace Aotearoa
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This is a sad day for our environment, and for our community.

By Sustainable Tarras
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Greenpeace says a comprehensive timeline of the anti-environmental actions of the Luxon Government highlights the shocking extent of the coalition's war on nature.

By Greenpeace Aotearoa
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