Kiwi Olympic champions Blair Tuke and Peter Burling led the charge today to clean up Ōkahu Bay in downtown Auckland. The gold medalist sailors joined with locals, mana whenua and divers from Wellington to collect a growing amount of rubbish being dumped into Ōkahu Bay waterways and onto surrounding land.
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Kaipara set to receive provisions from $12m waterway clean-up
The Kaipara Harbour is set to receive provisions from $12million in government funds to help improve and clean up its waterways. Today, government announced the next step in its plan to making NZ waterways swimmable again.
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Watchdog required for safe drinking water
The government has decided New Zealand needs a watchdog to make sure safe drinking water is available around the country. It comes after a campylobacter outbreak in Havelock North in 2016, when 5,000 people got sick from drinking the town's tap water.
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Population increase sees more challenges for Northland
The Whangarei District Council says the city has seen a 50 percent population increase over the last five years.
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Major overhaul of Resource Management Act underway
Te Kāhui Wai Māori representative Dover Samuels has welcomed welcomes the planned overhaul of the 1991 Resource Management Act, saying it will give iwi a greater voice. A number of amendments doubled the Act in length over the years.
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Taupō's worst wastewater disaster in recent history
Ngāti Tūwharetoa will work alongside the Taupō District Council to fix the wastewater disaster that has swept the region.
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Wahine Disaster: Koroua recalls helping survivors
Today marks what has been described as the worst modern-day maritime disaster in the history of Aotearoa, the 1968 Wahine ferry disaster.
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Water restrictions are in place in Gisborne
Gisborne residents are being encouraged to restrict water use following a burst pipe that's the main town water supply.
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Wellington snorkel days to encourage kaitiakitanga
Mountains to Sea Wellington is helping people take the plunge to learn about marine conservation by snorkelling marine reserves. The group is also building up young kids to be the next generation of ocean guardians.
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Kids trade tech for treasure hunt at Kaitoke Regional Park
More than 400 people traded technology for a treasure hunt in Wellington's Kaitoke Regional Park at the weekend where they learned about the environment and water conservation.
