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In the media Productivity Commission report charts change in social housing provision The annual 2021 Productivity Commission report on government services and housing reveals that the ongoing long-term reduction in the number of public housing dwellings (17 February 2021). More... Victoria Designs and tender released for eighth vertical school Victoria will soon have another new vertical government school to address population growth across the inner city. The project has been funded by the L...

Analysis Rolls-Royce: e-fuels offer support for net-zero future Essar Oil (UK) Limited to create SAF from non recyclable household waste in the UK New Zealands Department of Conservation releases new Heritage and Visitor Strategy Clean Planet Energy launches kerosene/jet fuel produced from recycled plastics This CAPA report features a summary of recent aviation sustainability and environment news, selected from the 300+ news alerts published daily by CAPA. For more information, please contac...

Stuff Tourists stream across the busy Tongariro Crossing on Easter Sunday, when queues for toilets stretched to the dozens. (File photo) Is the view from the top of Mount Tongariro just as special if you’re sharing it, elbow to elbow, with thousands of other people? When Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton released his second report into tourism’s environmental effects this week, the “wildness and quiet” of conservation land was a key issue. “A sense of wildne...

It’s been a long time coming, but Tourism Industry Aotearoa is pleased that the Department of Conservation finally has a Heritage and Visitor Strategy. The new strategy , released today, provides important guidance for DOC’s efforts to sustainably ...

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What sparked DoC’s ‘flawed’ media permits Newsroom 8/02/2021 © Provided by Newsroom Top Conservation Department bosses ordered a review of media access, and then seemingly forgot to check the result. David Williams reports In July 2018, kauri dieback reached crisis point. Stuff reported the fatal disease was nearing the country’s largest remaining kauri tree, Tāne Mahuta, which has stood in Northland’s Waipoua forest for more than 2000 years. The iconic native tree, a big pull fo...

News News Based on facts, either observed and verified directly by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Returning to the Roots of Community Resilience in Hawai‘i David Fuertes, left, executive director of Kahua Pa’a Mua, with Joël Tan from the Ohana Agricultural Resilience initiative for families in the region. Photo by Vanessa de Guia Local agriculture initiatives offer a way toward food security through reconnection with the land and the true spirit of aloh...

Ngāti Porou stake in coast recognised 02 Feb 2021 13:12 PM More Related Stories Maataanuku Mahuika - Ngati Porou stake in coast recognised A Ngāti Porou negotiator says agreement on the iwi’s customary rights to the foreshore and seabed reflects the tribe’s unique position. The government yesterday gazetted 14 areas along the East Cape and East Coast where Ngāti Porou hapū and iwi have customary rights and interests. Customary marine title enables the holders to exercise certain ...

Commentary By Nicolas Loris, an economist, focuses on energy, environmental and regulatory issues as the Herbert and Joyce Morgan fellow at The Heritage Foundation. Read his research. On Day One of his presidency, President Joe Biden started to reverse course on U.S. energy and environmental policy with a slew of executive orders. His decisions to reenter the Paris Agreement and cancel the Keystone XL pipeline received much attention. But his order telling his agencies to review the Trump admin...