Polystyrene’s typically high level of contamination makes it hard to recycle, but recycling companies around the world are proving it can be done... Read More

Bay of Plenty Regional Council has adopted its Annual Plan 2022/23 in what chair Doug Leeder describes as a “challenging operating environment”. Leeder... Read More

Mount Ruapehu has stabilised after a short period of increased volcanic tremor over the weekend. It remains at alert level 2, which signalled moderate-to-heightened... Read More

Entries are now open for the 2022 New Zealand Biosecurity Awards. These awards recognise and celebrate the outstanding contributions made around Aotearoa... Read More

The Tongan volcanic eruption may be responsible for New Zealand’s unusually vibrant sunrises and sunsets, say NIWA scientists. Since late May,... Read More

Biosecurity New Zealand is launching its winter campaign to help raise awareness of a particularly unwanted pest – the brown marmorated stink bug... Read More

Bay of Plenty Regional Council Compliance officers will start using new infrared camera technology to help detect illegal non-compliant wood burner use... Read More

With the change of season, Bay of Plenty Regional Council is again reminding rural landowners of the requirements to protect the region’s stopbanks... Read More

Fish & Game is welcoming the new NIWA-DairyNZ resource to help farmers with wetland design and performance. "New Zealanders are becoming far more... Read More

Mummy didn’t get caught kissing Santa Claus but threatened native mistletoe has been discovered in a corner of the Eastern Bay of Plenty where... Read More

  Farmers and growers surrounding the degraded Waihī Estuary are being urged to seek free support and financial help from local environmental... Read More

This week, iconic charity Keep New Zealand Beautiful launches Backyard Battle, a citizen science programme which aims to identify the origins of litter... Read More

Nature is taking with one hand and giving with the other when it comes to Aotearoa New Zealand’s freshwater ecosystems. University of Canterbury... Read More

Nature is taking with one hand and giving with the other when it comes to Aotearoa New Zealand’s freshwater ecosystems. University of Canterbury... Read More

New and rare fish species have been discovered by Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council scientists in the Nukuhou catchment. The announcement... Read More