Government suspends talks with Rio Tinto over Tiwai Point clean-up nzherald.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nzherald.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In an open letter to the Government former conservation minister Eugenie Sage pushes for a ban on bottom-trawling across four million square kilometres of ocean.
Plimmerton Farm housing development gets green light for 2000 homes on rare wetland s doorstep stuff.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stuff.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The author of the NZ study, environmental engineer Jayne Richards, believes nitrates in water are likely to be a “significant” contributing factor in colorectal cancers, having a similar effect to smoking or eating processed meat. According to the Ministry of Health, NZ has one of the highest bowel cancer rates in the world. The intensification of dairy farming in NZ is said to be the main cause of high nitrate levels in our water. This week’s study found a greater reading of nitrates around the farming strongholds of Canterbury, Southland and the Waikato. Levels tended to be higher in smaller wells close to rural areas.
Potential for significant collateral damage to Nelson in Government plans to scrap RMA stuff.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stuff.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.