Oliver Hendrickson outlines the new national environmental standards for plantation forestry.
In August last year, the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and the Ministry for the Environment launched a new nationwide set of regulations to manage plantation forestry activities.
The National Environmental Standards for...
Stuart Crosby has called for discussions on upgrading the country’s water infrastructure to include the cost implications of any decisions. He outlined his argument at the 2017 LGNZ Conference in Auckland recently.
The cost of upgrading New Zealand’s current water infrastructure will be in the billions. So any goals on just how...
Will collaborative processes help find the best ways to manage our country’s freshwater? Ruth Le Pla tests the waters.
A new government report on freshwater management highlights yet again the delicate path that regional authorities must tread in balancing environmental, economic and iwi aspirations for some of the most beautiful,...
