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Second agency to investigate: Te Kāika now under audit by HNZ
The pressure on embattled health charity Te Kāika is increasing as a second government agency launches an investigation into its operations.
Mary Williams
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Council tells Santana to remove tower
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Council tells Santana to remove tower
Santana is tearing down an illegal hilltop communications tower only a month after erecting it.
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Unmanaged pests destroying Catlins forest
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Unmanaged pests destroying Catlins forest
Destruction of the Catlins forest by rampant deer and other pests must be stopped, community leaders say.
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Call for urgent action to save Catlins forest
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Call for urgent action to save Catlins forest
Destruction of the Catlins bush is a crisis demanding urgent pest control funding, conservationists and locals say.
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Treaty concerns over mine plan
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Treaty concerns over mine plan
Possible breaches of Treaty obligations risked the "foreclosure" of a fast-tracked application to mine the Bendigo hills, the panel considering it has warned.
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Charity misses financial deadline
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Charity misses financial deadline
The under-fire Te Kāika health service has again failed to meet a government deadline to submit a critical annual financial report.
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Cows probable cause of spike: report
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Cows probable cause of spike: report
Cows were the likely cause of alarmingly high nitrate spikes in Gore’s drinking water supply last year, an Environment Southland report released last week indicates.
Concerns over private gold mine agreement
Concerns over council's private gold mine agreement
Support for the proposed Bendigo gold mine and decades of access to public land it will rip through is laid out in a private council agreement with Santana.
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Response to nitrate spikes questioned
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Response to nitrate spikes questioned
Southland's regional council is being evasive about how to tackle widespread nitrate contamination in groundwater, a leading health academic says.
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Goldmine fight unfair, costly: charity
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Goldmine fight unfair, costly: charity
Fighting the proposed Santana gold mine is an unfair battle that requires hard cash now, an environmental charity is pleading.
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Cows probable cause of alarming nitrate spikes
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Cows probable cause of alarming nitrate spikes
Cows were the likely cause of alarmingly high nitrate spikes in Gore’s drinking water supply last year, an Environment Southland report indicates.
Nitrate news 'not good’ for Southland
Nitrate news 'not good’ for Southland
Widespread degradation of Southland’s drinking water safety has been exposed in a council-commissioned report.
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Probe into Te Kaika widened by govt
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Probe into Te Kaika widened by govt
A government probe into under-fire charity Te Kāika is more wide-ranging than previously known, the Otago Daily Times can now reveal.
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Dunedin family gets last-minute immigration reprieve
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Dunedin family gets last-minute immigration reprieve
A "highly skilled" Dunedin neuroscientist and his young family fighting deportation have been given a last-minute reprieve after being told they had to leave the country within weeks.
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Treaty obligations clause could scupper mine
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Treaty obligations clause could scupper mine
Santana's planned Central Otago gold mine could be declined approval if it fails to meet Treaty of Waitangi obligations, a lawyer for Ngāi Tahu warns.
Poor housing issue for some Syrian families
Poor housing issue for some Syrian families
Syrian refugees left their war-torn country for a better life in New Zealand, but are facing different battles in their adopted country.
Housing crisis hitting former refugees
Housing crisis hitting former refugees
The plight of former refugees living in overcrowded, ageing Dunedin houses is a symptom of the city’s housing crisis that government must solve, social leaders say.
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Bendigo decision date set
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Bendigo decision date set
A decision on the Bendigo goldmine should be made by the end of October.
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Court’s hoiho ruling being taken as win
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Court’s hoiho ruling being taken as win
A court ruling about action to protect the nearly-extinct mainland population of hoiho has been heralded as a win by environmental charities, despite the judge ruling against their complaint.
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‘No, in a nutshell’: CODC on endorsing Santana
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‘No, in a nutshell’: CODC on endorsing Santana
Central Otago’s mayor is disputing a Santana stock exchange announcement that says the council "endorses" the firm’s proposed gold mine.