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ECan must front up about health risks of nitrate contamination
Greenpeace is calling on Environment Canterbury to be upfront about health risks of nitrate contamination, following ECan’s release of new data that shows nitrate contamination in drinking water is rising.
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Aggressive marketing has driven the rise of the double-cab ute on New Zealand streets — time to hit the brakes?
Super-sized light trucks have landed in Aotearoa New Zealand. Eight out of the ten top-selling passenger vehicles are now utes or SUVs, with two-thirds registered for personal use.
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Quiz: can you spot the fake nature facts hidden in a bunch of real ones?
Can you tell fantasy animals and made-up facts from real ones? Test your nature knowledge with this quiz.
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Cyclists are people like you, on bikes
Something strange has happened to the perception of cyclists and cycling in the more than 200 years they’ve been around. Once a novelty, bike riding has moved from being a…
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New IPCC climate report will add pressure on Ardern for stronger action on agriculture
As 2021 shapes up to be yet another year marked by deadly floods, heat waves, devastating wildfires and record droughts, world governments will soon be convening to receive a new…
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A significant number of New Zealanders overestimate sea-level rise — and that could stop them from taking action
Following a recent storm surge in Wellington, some media coverage expressed surprise that 30cm of sea-level rise – an unavoidable amount projected to happen by the middle of this century…
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From Parihaka to He Puapua: it’s time Pākehā New Zealanders faced their personal connections to the past
Whenever I visit my mother in New Plymouth we drive out around the Taranaki coast to visit the old family farms, chugging along the South Road that was built to…
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10 little-known shark facts for shark week
It's Shark Week, but every week, sharks suffer from different threats. Up to 100 million sharks disappear every year, due to destructive fishing by humans and the impact of climate breakdown. One-third of the world’s known shark species have been listed as “threatened” species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
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Aurelie’s Legacy: Generations of Ocean Protection
Vital Ocean Voices is a series of stories from people living in coastal communities around the Indian Ocean, providing first hand accounts of the impacts of destructive fishing, pollution and climate…
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Quiz: Test your knowledge with our quick plastic quiz!
Test your knowledge with our quick plastic quiz! We’ve all seen the devastating images of pristine beaches covered with plastic waste, of turtles and other marine life killed by ingesting bags, bottles, and other debris. But how much do you know about the plastic problem?
