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EPA Announces Three-year Chemical Reassessments Plan
Friday, 17 February 2023, 1:34 pm | Environmental Protection Authority
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has released a work plan for all EPA-initiated reassessments of hazardous substances over the next three years. The plan includes indicative start dates for each reassessment, reasons for reassessing a substance, ... More >>
One Stage Of 9.6ha Auckland Housing Development Approved
Thursday, 16 February 2023, 4:48 pm | Environmental Protection Authority
An independent fast-track consenting panel has approved one stage in a 9.6-hectare residential development in St Johns, Auckland. Te Tauoma Stage 1B project includes demolishing existing buildings and infrastructure and construction of a mixed residential ... More >>
OMV New Zealand Approved To Remove Marine Mooring Structures
Thursday, 16 February 2023, 3:45 pm | Environmental Protection Authority
An independent Board of Inquiry has granted consent to remove mooring structures in the Māui field in offshore Taranaki that are no longer in use. OMV New Zealand applied for a marine consent to remove 10 ground wires and anchors that remained ... More >>
Wellington Ferry Terminal Redevelopment Approved
Wednesday, 25 January 2023, 2:29 pm | Environmental Protection Authority
An independent fast-track consenting panel has approved the Kaiwharawhara Wellington Ferry Terminal redevelopment. The project includes building a new wharf and infrastructure, coastal reclamation, as well as landscaping and planting. KiwiRail Holdings Limited ... More >>
Fast-track Panel Approves New Courthouse In Tauranga
Friday, 20 January 2023, 11:41 am | Environmental Protection Authority
An independent panel has given the go-ahead for the Tauranga Innovative Courthouse. The Minister of Justice applied under the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Act 2020 to allocate land for, and to build, a new courthouse in central Tauranga. ... More >>
New Life For Mushrooms Of Immortality
Thursday, 22 December 2022, 2:12 pm | Environmental Protection Authority
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has approved a fungus known as the mushroom of immortality for cultivation in New Zealand. For more than 2,000 years, Ganoderma sichuanense has been harvested and used in traditional Chinese medicine ... More >>
Fast-track Panel Approves Lakeview - Taumata Project In Queenstown
Friday, 16 December 2022, 10:17 am | Environmental Protection Authority
An independent fast-track consenting panel has granted resource consent to a mixed-use residential, retail, and commercial development in Queenstown. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2212/a9e8d48cccce37136d45.jpeg" width="720" height="405"> An architectural rendering of ... More >>
Area Of Aerial 1080 Operations Declined In 2021
Thursday, 15 December 2022, 12:31 pm | Environmental Protection Authority
The Environmental Protection Authority’s latest annual report on aerial 1080 operations shows a smaller area was treated in 2021. A total of 468,688 hectares across Aotearoa New Zealand received treatment with aerial 1080 in 2021 - down 16 percent from 558,000 ... More >>
EPA Revises Kiwifruit Spray Recommendations
Wednesday, 14 December 2022, 2:19 pm | Environmental Protection Authority
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has updated its recommendations for the reassessment of hydrogen cyanamide, following significant new information. Hydrogen cyanamide is widely used in the kiwifruit industry to help buds form by simulating ... More >>
New Rodent Poison Approved
Friday, 9 December 2022, 1:58 pm | Environmental Protection Authority
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has approved two rodent baits containing difenacoum, an anticoagulant. Difenacoum is new to Aotearoa New Zealand, but is approved in Australia, Europe and the USA. The EPA approved PelGar International Limited’s ... More >>
Beach Energy Hearing Starts 6 December
Monday, 5 December 2022, 11:23 am | Environmental Protection Authority
A two-day hearing to consider evidence and submissions about an application from Beach Energy Resources NZ (Kupe) Limited begins on Tuesday 6 December 2022 in New Plymouth. Beach Energy has applied to drill up to two development wells in the Kupe ... More >>
New Wasp Approved To Counter Wattle Invasion
Thursday, 1 December 2022, 12:05 pm | Environmental Protection Authority
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has approved the import and release of an Australian wasp to control the spread of an invasive wattle. The decision to approve the bud-galling wasp ( Trichilogaster acaciaelongifoliae) follows comprehensive ... More >>
Company Fined For Prohibited Use Of Firefighting Foam At Marsden Point
Wednesday, 23 November 2022, 3:48 pm | Environmental Protection Authority
Channel Infrastructure NZ Limited has been fined $169,000 after firefighting foam banned from use in training exercises was used multiple times at Marsden Point Oil Refinery, with foam ending up in Whangārei Harbour. The Environmental Protection ... More >>
EPA Seeks Views On Nipping Stink Bug In The Bud
Wednesday, 26 October 2022, 2:03 pm | Environmental Protection Authority
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) is seeking views on whether the rules around the use of a neonicotinoid insecticide to stop brown marmorated stink bugs (BMSB) invading New Zealand should be changed. The Ministry for Primary Industries ... More >>
Fresh Funding For Nationwide EDNA Waterways Initiative
Thursday, 13 October 2022, 11:46 am | Environmental Protection Authority
From Northland to Southland, communities will be wading into their waterways to test what native plant life and animal species are there, thanks to funding from the Environmental Protection Authority’s (EPA) Wai Tuwhera o te Taiao - Open Waters ... More >>
Import Limits Reduced For Potent Greenhouse Gases
Friday, 7 October 2022, 12:40 pm | Environmental Protection Authority
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has lowered import limits for hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), a group of harmful greenhouse gases used in heat pumps, air conditioning and refrigeration. HFCs have a global warming potential more than 50 times higher ... More >>
EPA Puts Spotlight On Waterway Weedkillers
Wednesday, 28 September 2022, 12:11 pm | Environmental Protection Authority
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) is taking another look at the use of some chemicals in aquatic herbicides, following significant new information on their effects. It has established grounds to reassess the following chemicals: diquat dibromide ... More >>
Public And Industry Views On Kiwifruit Spray Released
Wednesday, 21 September 2022, 11:18 am | Environmental Protection Authority
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has released a summary report of submissions about hydrogen cyanamide, a key chemical used in the kiwifruit industry. Hydrogen cyanamide is used in the kiwifruit industry to help buds form by simulating the effects ... More >>
Fast-track Panel Approves Ariki Tahi Sugarloaf Wharf Upgrade
Tuesday, 20 September 2022, 2:11 pm | Environmental Protection Authority
An independent panel has approved an application to upgrade wharf facilities at Te Ariki Tahi Sugarloaf Wharf, Waipapa Bay, south of Coromandel Harbour. Ariki Tahi Sugarloaf Wharf Limited applied for resource consents under the COVID-19 Recovery ... More >>
Power To The People - Go-ahead For Solar Farm
Tuesday, 20 September 2022, 2:06 pm | Environmental Protection Authority
An independent fast-track consenting panel has granted resource consent to build a solar farm in Te Aroha West, in the Hauraki Plains. The application was granted with conditions, which are in the panel’s decision linked to below. Harmony Energy ... More >>
