Ruataniwha: A ‘dam' good idea
Source: Scoop
Wellington :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-30 16:18:17 -0700 | green-news
A dam' good idea Bruce Wills is the President of Federated Farmers and an earlier version of this was published in Hawke's Bay Today The large-scale storage of water isn't a new concept because towns and cities do that with...
Oil Free Wellington Calls For End To ‘Anadarko Amendment'
Source: Scoop
Wellington :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-30 01:53:49 -0700 | green-news
Immediate Release Oil Free Wellington Oil Free Wellington Calls For Anadarko Amendment' To Be Overturned Oil Free Wellington says the revelation today that the "Anadarko Amendment" was introduced at the request of Shell Oil corporation in a backroom deal, further...
Beche-de-mer Ban to Be Reinstated After May 31
Source: Scoop
Wellington :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-28 20:01:51 -0700 | green-news
Alfred Ghiro has confirmed this last week to comply with a Cabinet decision to allow harvesting only for a three- month period. "Harvesting of beche-de-mer would close at the end of this month and anyone harvesting after that time would...
Rugby Legends to complete major conservation project (Fuseworks)
Source: Xtra News
Wellington :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-28 04:56:35 -0700 | green-news
Rugby Legends to complete major conservation project Living Legends, Fuseworks May 28, 2013, 9:31 pm Rugby Legends such as Buck Shelford, Sir Brian Lochore, Sir Colin Meads and John Sturgeon will be donning their gumboots and planting trees alongside thousands...
Moderate quake for Kapiti Coast (Newstalk ZB)
Source: Xtra News
Wellington :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-27 21:20:13 -0700 | green-news
Moderate quake for Kapiti Coast Matt Chatterton and Josh White, Newstalk ZB May 28, 2013, 3:42 pm A moderate earthquake has struck near Wellington this afternoon. The 3.7 magnitude tremor struck 30 kilometres west of Paraparaumu, on the Kapiti Coast,...
Crash in Wellington backing up motorway (Newstalk ZB)
Source: Xtra News
Wellington :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-26 19:24:12 -0700 | green-news
Crash in Wellington backing up motorway Nita Blake-Persen, Newstalk ZB May 27, 2013, 1:51 pm Traffic is backing up on the Wellington Urban Motorway / State Highway 1 following a crash this afternoon. A car has collided with a truck...
Weight of evidence undermining key RMA proposals- Forest & Bird (Fuseworks)
Source: Xtra News
Wellington :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-26 16:53:13 -0700 | green-news
Weight of evidence undermining key RMA proposals- Forest & Bird Forest & Bird, Fuseworks May 27, 2013, 11:05 am Two developments in the ongoing debate over the government's planned reforms to the RMA are welcome, and ought to cause Environment...
Protests against GE crops
Source: Wellington Dominion
Wellington :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-25 11:33:12 -0700 | green-news
In Christchurch demonstrators marched down Riccarton Rd and obstructed traffic to protest. The protests are part of global marches against American genetic engineering agricultural giant Monsanto. Fewer and fewer companies control more and more of our food chain and their...
Asteroid to pass by close enough for detailed scan
Source: The New Zealand Herald
Wellington :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-24 11:19:32 -0700 | green-news
What are termed Near Earth Objects, or NEOs, occasionally pass us by at relatively close but safe distances as they make their way through the Earth's neighbourhood. The most recent, named 2012 DA14, hurtled by about 27,700km away in February,...
SMC Heads-Up: Oklahoma's twister, GM, Science Challenges
Source: Scoop
Wellington :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-23 21:48:52 -0700 | green-news
At least 24 fatalities have been reported and some 350 people were injured in the strongest tornado, which cut a 27km swathe through the city of Moore and surrounding areas on Tuesday morning (NZT). The tornado was rated as EF5,...
People in water after bridge collapse
Source: New Zealand Infotech Weekly
Wellington :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-24 09:34:26 -0700 | green-news
A highway bridge over a US river has collapsed, dumping vehicles and people into the water. Rescue teams are currently searching the river for survivors, with US news website King5.com reporting that at least two cars with people inside were...
FMC disputes Minister lowly valuing Denniston Plateau
Source: Scoop
Wellington :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-23 18:31:50 -0700 | green-news
Federated Mountain Clubs disputes Minister lowly valuing Denniston Plateau Invercargill, 24 May 2013 FMC vehemently disagrees with Conservation Minister Nick Smith dismissing Denniston Plateau, which he has just allowed Bathurst Resources to mine, as general stewardship land, which is the...
6.1 quake in Tologa Bay
Source: Wellington Dominion
Wellington :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-23 11:08:29 -0700 | green-news
Tologa Bay Several large earthquakes, the largest at magnitude 6.1, have rattled the North Island's east coast. At 5.21am a magnitude 5.2 quake, at 221km deep, struck 115km north-east of Te Araroa. It was followed by a 6.1 shake, 9km...
Government Backs Another Loser: Jeanette Fitzsimons
Source: Scoop
Wellington :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-22 19:18:19 -0700 | green-news
It has changed the law retrospectively to give itself the power to allow access for mining, contrary to the requirements of the Conservation Act. Why allow this struggling company to rip the heart out of our precious conservation estate...
International Day For Biological Diversity
Source: Scoop
Wellington :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-24 03:02:30 -0700 | green-news
Coinciding with the UN-designated biodiversity day, the Greenpeace ship the Rainbow Warrior is currently visiting Indonesia, where it is documenting the country's oceans and forests. "Indonesia is home to some of the richest biodiversity spots on Earth, but continued land...
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