Waihi — Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council and iwi collective Te Wahapū o Waihī have partnered to return 30ha of low-lying farmland to coastal wetland in an effort to improve the ecological health of Waihī Estuary.

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Coromandel — Adele Smaill of Cooks Beach won 20L of Cut'n'Paste, a new brush on Herbicide at the Waitakere Home and Garden Show.

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Coromandel — This year’s Kaimai to Coromandel ECHO Walking Festival will be launched on April 10th with a family-friendly walk at Otanewainuku Forest near Tauranga.

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Coromandel — Green Party MP Catherine Delahunty joined a protest against mining exploration in the Kauaeranga Valley this morning, the Green Party said today.

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Coromandel — Recent rain and flooding have cause significant damage to the track from Hahei to world famous tourist attraction Cathedral cove.

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Whangamata — An Environment Waikato pest management programme at Onemana, north of Whangamata, is reviving the area’s pohutakawa trees.

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Coromandel — Pupils from Coromandel Area School pitched in with Environment Waikato and Department of Conservation staff to plant about 300 trees earlier this month as part of a major restoration project on a DoC reserve beside Hauraki Rd in Coromandel Town.

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Coromandel — The proposed mining activity in the Coromandel would deal a devastating blow to the critically endangered population of Archey’s frogs, says Dr Phil Bishop of the Department of Zoology at the University of Otago.

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Coromandel — The discovery of the kauri-killing fungus PTA just 500 metres from Tane Mahuta in Northland has prompted a renewed warning for Coromandel and Thames residents to be particularly vigilant about stopping the spread of the kauri dieback disease.

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Coromandel — Environment Waikato biosecurity staff are proposing a deferral of a planned pest control operation in part of the Coromandel next financial year after monitoring showed possum numbers had not yet risen to a level that requires re-treatment.

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Coromandel — A Coromandel farming couple Doug and Kathy Bentham say their work to protect a 35 hectare patch of native forest, including kauri, is proving immensely satisfying.

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Coromandel — Coromandel Department of Conservation staff were relieved to wake this morning with no sign of a repeat of yesterday's pilot whale stranding at Colville Bay.

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Coromandel — 60 whales beached at colville! if you can help, we need people to keep them wet untill tide returns.

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Coromandel — A thousand pohutukawa trees are being made available for planting on the Coromandel as part of efforts to get more of the iconic New Zealand trees flowering on the peninsula.

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Coromandel — A heavy lift helicopter put the finishing touches on five years of work by Department of Conservation (DOC) in the Waiorongomai Valley, near Te Aroha this week.

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Coromandel — Coromandel residents will have a chance to swap their garden weeds for native plants at two “Weeds 4 Natives” events in June.

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Coromandel — The main access structure at Grays Beach will be permanently closed due to damage in the two storms of July this year.

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Coromandel — Environment Waikato has awarded $19,500 to the Moehau Environment Group (MEG) to help with the conservation of a nationally important Coromandel wetland area.

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Whangamata — The Minister of Conservation confirmed in Parliament yesterday that her department has had to remove a population of rare moko skinks from their natural habitat at Whangamata, in order to save them from the bulldozers.

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Waihi — A consent to construct a rock seawall at Waihi Beach has been granted by Conservation Minister Steve Chadwick.

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Whitianga — Environment Waikato’s policy and strategy committee has indicated its support for mangrove management in the Whangamata Harbour but has held back from defining the area of mangroves for removal to allow time for further discussions with stakeholders.

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Coromandel — Closer monitoring of land protected by conservation covenants has led to positive gains for the ecology of the Thames-Coromandel district.

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