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How nature nurtures us
Nature has been a source of solace for many during a strange and uncertain time. But post-Covid, we must remember that our wellbeing is, and always has been, inherently linked with that of our planet.
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Case for cameras on boats stronger than ever
If you’re one of the lucky ones who managed to work from home through the Covid-19 pandemic, you’ve probably spent more time than ever on camera.
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Budget 2020: Get future-ready over shovel-ready
Greenpeace is urging the Government to prioritise ‘future-ready’ over ‘shovel-ready’ job solutions in this week’s Covid Recovery Budget.
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How Covid-19 gave a couch cynic back their hope
Covid-19 has brought up thoughts and feelings I thought I wasn’t able to have anymore. About how I have hope again, and how that hope is making it impossible to accept injustices that I sat comfortably with for the past few years.
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Budget 2020: Falling in love with Infra
Infrastructure. If you’d rather snort pepper up your nose and squirt lemon in your eyes than read more about this dreary economic term – you’re probably not the only one.
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Recycling isn’t cutting it – what should we do?
Who would have thought we’d get to know some new folks during lockdown? Folks we’d usually spend mere minutes of time with before moving them onto their next job (of…
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Reusable Beverage Packaging and Refillable Beverage Delivery Systems in New Zealand: Discussion Document
Executive Summary The New Zealand Government is considering ways to reduce the waste associated with beverages, including designing a container return scheme for beverage containers and contemplating mandatory product stewardship…
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The Great Realisation, a poem by Tom Foolery which made me think
I just watched Tom Foolery's beautiful poem, the Great Realisation, and it really made me think about the bedtime story I want to be able to tell my son Emmet as he grows up enough to sit still and listen.
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Understanding the true price of fish
New Zealanders care about the ocean, and everything that calls it home. This is why when it comes to buying fish, generally Kiwis want to know it has been caught sustainably. It allows them to make choices about what kind of activities they support with their wallet, and those they don't.
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Coronavirus is a wake-up call: our war with the environment is leading to pandemics
The COVID-19 pandemic sweeping across the world is a crisis of our own making. That’s the message from infectious disease and environmental health experts, and from those in planetary health…
