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DunedinSeptember 13

Scientist co-winner of award

A Dunedin environmental scientist and two colleagues have won a top international science prize for developing a simple test which measures arsenic levels in drinking water.
DunedinSeptember 12

Dunes commended as coastal buffers

People have to change the way they live with their coasts and understand them a lot better, applied coastal scientist Jim Dahm says.
Dunes commended as coastal buffers
Dunes commended as coastal buffers
North OtagoSeptember 7

Effluent discharges prove costly

Two dairy farms have to pay a total of $46,500 for illegal discharges of dairy effluent, penalties imposed in the Oamaru District Court yesterday.
NewsAugust 30

Groundwater nutrient focus

Limiting the loading of nutrients is just as important as putting limits on water takes from aquifers, Environmental Science and Research principal scientist Murray Close says.
DunedinAugust 29

Workshop on climate change

The need to adapt Dunedin's coastline to climate change will be discussed at a workshop in Dunedin next month.
Workshop on climate change
Workshop on climate change
QueenstownAugust 29

Nomad Safaris receives Qualmark's top Enviro grading

Nomad Safaris has been recognised for its high standards of environmental practices with a Qualmark Enviro-Gold Award.
NewsAugust 23

Huge calving at Tasman glacier

Between 30 million and 50 million tonnes of ice has separated from the Tasman Glacier (top and centre) terminal face in a massive calving that has resulted in at least 20 significant icebergs floating in the glacier's Terminal Lake.
DunedinAugust 23

Festival to start earlier

The Students for Environmental Action (SEA) group has made a major change to its annual Organic Festival.
North OtagoAugust 3

Special river group

The establishment of a special committee by Environment Canterbury (ECan) to manage water resources in the lower Waitaki catchment and the Waimate district will be discussed at two public meetings next week.
EntertainmentJuly 26

Ethics an increasing concern

What do you consider when shopping for a new video game console? The games available for the console? How much it will cost you? What about the ethical impact of your choices? Do you weigh what the creation of that console does to the environment, whether it was built in sweatshops or contains supplies sold to fund wars?
Ethics an increasing concern
Ethics an increasing concern
DunedinJuly 21

Review your policies, judge tells ORC

An Environment Court panel has suggested if the Otago Regional Council does not like its decision to allow the building of a house on flood-prone land at Karitane, the ORC should review its policies.
North OtagoJuly 6

Meridian challenges didymo claims

A Dunedin environmental consultant says there will be more didymo in the lower Waitaki River if Meridian Energy Ltd builds its proposed power scheme, but Meridian challenges the claim.
North OtagoJuly 5

Meridian applauds consents progress

The issue of whether water should be granted for a new $1 billion power scheme on the lower Waitaki River was back before the Environment Court again yesterday in Oamaru.
North OtagoJuly 5

Environment Court: still some issues to settle

The Environment Court this week will still have to settle some issues relating to conditions on resource consents granted for Meridian Energy's proposed $1 billion power scheme on the lower Waitaki River.
SouthlandJuly 1

Impact of poison spill 'low'

The environmental impact of last week's accidental drop of bait laced with rat poison into a lake on Anchor Island, in Fiordland, is believed to be "very low, if any", Department of Conservation Te Anau area manager Reg Kemper said.
NewsJune 10

Otago's estuaries in good health

Estuaries in coastal Otago are in good health but they are also showing signs of "stressors" from land use further upstream, Otago Regional Council environmental information and science director John Threlfall said.
Otago's estuaries in good health
Otago's estuaries in good health
North OtagoJune 7

Council launches anti-dumping campaign

The community is being asked to report people illegally dumping rubbish in a "Ditch Dirty Dumping" campaign launched recenty by the Waitaki District Council.
DunedinMay 25

Cremator hearing complete, decision reserved

More opponents of Dunedin funeral directors Hope and Sons took aim at the company's proposed new cremator in South Dunedin on the second and last day of a resource consent hearing yesterday, but the company, through counsel Phil Page, had the last word.
DunedinMay 17

Policy needed for development on hazard-prone land

Individual "piecemeal" decisions allowing development on hazard-prone land will continue without any long-term national strategic direction, Environmental Defence Society policy analyst Raewyn Peart said recently.
OpinionMay 17

Year of Biodiversity time for ORC soil stewardship

Year of Biodiversity time for ORC soil stewardship. This years marks the 21st anniversary of the Otago Regional Council. Jolyon Manning casts around for a distinctive "vision", and comes up wanting.
Year of Biodiversity time for ORC soil stewardship
Year of Biodiversity time for ORC soil stewardship
QueenstownMay 9

Kowhai back on Feehly Hill

A blaze of yellow in spring will be seen from central Arrowtown in about 10 years' time, thanks to a partnership between the community, a developer and the Department of Conservation (Doc) to re-establish kowhai trees on Feehly Hill.
Kowhai back on Feehly Hill
Kowhai back on Feehly Hill
DunedinMay 8

Stuck in the mire

In April 2006, local authorities and emergency services swung into action to help the occupants of dozens of homes flooded on the Taieri Plain. Questions were asked about why houses had been built in a flood zone.
Stuck in the mire
Stuck in the mire
NewsApril 26

DOC 'silenced' as advocate, Otago board member says

The Department of Conservation's role as an advocate for the environment has been questioned by an Otago Conservation Board member.
OpinionApril 20

Dairy industry is our own cash cow

We sold the railways and they were run into the ground.