Massive Auckland scrap metal pile prompts call to toughen up on compliance from Auckland councillor
19 May, 2021 12:49 AM
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Auckland councillor Angela Dalton outside the massive pile of scrap metal in Takanini. Photo / Justin Latif
Auckland councillor Angela Dalton outside the massive pile of scrap metal in Takanini. Photo / Justin Latif
By: Justin Latif, Justin Latif, Local Democracy Reporter
Local Democracy Reporter
A metal recycling business already under investigation for breaching its resource consent was last week caught illegally dumping. Now an Auckland councillor is calling for more compliance officers to be hired to stop it happening again.
A company facing penalties of $600,000 for illegally dumping scrap metal in south Auckland is also being investigated for how it manages stormwater runoff at another site in Onehunga.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Govt makes urgent law change after High Court ruling on legality of vaccine rollout
18 May, 2021 04:25 AM
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Covid-19 coronavirus: Jacinda Ardern reveals vaccine timeline as experts approve Pfizer jab. Video / NZ Herald
By: Katie Harris, and Jake McKee
multimedia journalist at the Herald in Wellington@katieharrisnz
The Health Minister is making an urgent law change after a High Court judgment ruled it was reasonably arguable the Government s provisional approval of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine is problematic .
The case - Nga Kaitiaki Tuku Ihu Medical Action Society Incorporated v The Minister of Health - was in the High Court at Wellington last week.
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