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A controversial North Taranaki composting and worm farming business has flunked its latest environmental monitoring report.

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Taranaki composting business eyes appeal of consents decision Robin Martin © Getty Remediation NZ has been told by a hearing panel that it will not get fresh resource consents as the business is damaging both health and the local environment. The boss of a composting and worm farming business in North Taranaki says he's very likely to appeal a decision which removes his right to operate. Remediation NZ has been told by a hearing panel that it will not get fresh resource consents as the business is damaging both health and the local environment. Opponents of the Uruti plant ...

The future of a controversial organic composting site in North Taranaki is in doubt after the consents it needs to continue operating were not renewed.

Te Kōhanga Āhuru pest control involves three North Taranaki iwi - Ngāti Tama, Ngāti Mutunga and Ngāti Maru. Te Kōhanga Āhuru project administrator Marlene Benson said the project would create sustainable employment for the wider whānau and hapū, and ensure that the forests within their rohe are safe for kiwi. The three iwi involved in the project have a deep attachment to the land, she said. Experience Purangi conservation trust general manager Rebecca Somerfield said the funding would allow the East Taranaki Environment Trust to expand pest control boundaries out 5775ha to 18,77...