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Green Light For Glen Innes To Tāmaki Drive Shared Path
Thursday, 21 September 2023, 11:03 am | Environmental Protection Authority
An independent panel has granted resource consent to construct a pedestrian and cycle path in Auckland. Auckland Transport applied for resource consent under the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Act 2020. The shared path will start at ... More >>
Fast-track Approval For Strathmill Development In Ōrewa
Monday, 18 September 2023, 12:56 pm | Environmental Protection Authority
An independent panel has granted resource consent to develop a residential subdivision at West Hoe Heights, Ōrewa, Auckland. Shildon Limited applied for resource consent under the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Act 2020. The development will ... More >>
Drury Housing Development Gets Consent
Thursday, 7 September 2023, 9:53 am | Environmental Protection Authority
An independent panel has granted resource consent to subdivide land and build a housing development in south-eastern Drury, South Auckland. Fulton Hogan Land Development Limited applied for resource consent under the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) ... More >>
Council Applies For Insect Quartet To Stop Wetland Invader
Wednesday, 6 September 2023, 1:22 pm | Environmental Protection Authority
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) wants people’s views on an application to release four different insects to control the spread of purple loosestrife, an invasive wetland weed. Horizons Regional Council has applied to introduce the four ... More >>
Fast-track Consent Approved For Waihoehoe Precinct
Friday, 1 September 2023, 1:01 pm | Environmental Protection Authority
An independent panel has approved resource consent, subject to conditions, to subdivide and construct a housing development in Drury, South Auckland. Oyster Capital Limited applied for resource consent under the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) ... More >>
EPA Approves First Methane Inhibitor In New Zealand
Thursday, 10 August 2023, 12:09 pm | Environmental Protection Authority
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has approved a feed additive to reduce methane emissions in livestock. DSM Nutritional Products Ltd (DSM) applied to import or manufacture a substance containing 10-25% of 3-nitrooxypropanol (3-NOP) - a chemical ... More >>
Hananui Aquaculture Project Fast-track Consent Declined
Wednesday, 2 August 2023, 11:40 am | Environmental Protection Authority
An independent panel has declined consent to construct and operate an open ocean salmon farm off the north-eastern coast of Stewart Island/Rakiura. Ngāi Tahu Seafood Resources Limited made the application under the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) ... More >>
Fast-track Approval For St Heliers Residential Development
Wednesday, 2 August 2023, 11:04 am | Environmental Protection Authority
An independent panel has approved consent to subdivide land and construct a housing development on Waimarie Street and Riddell Road, Saint Heliers, Auckland. Sanctum Projects Limited made the application under the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) ... More >>
Faringdon Oval Development Gets Fast-track Consent
Wednesday, 26 July 2023, 3:22 pm | Environmental Protection Authority
An independent panel has approved resource consent, subject to conditions, to subdivide and develop land in Rolleston, Canterbury. Hughes Developments Limited applied for resource consent under the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Act 2020. The ... More >>
EPA Releases Findings On Forever Chemicals In Groundwater
Wednesday, 19 July 2023, 11:11 am | Environmental Protection Authority
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has released a report with results from the first large-scale survey of per-and-polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in New Zealand groundwater wells. The EPA commissioned the tests for PFAS in 2022, as ... More >>
Fast-track Approval For Retail Centre In Drury
Tuesday, 18 July 2023, 10:53 am | Environmental Protection Authority
An independent panel has approved resource consent, subject to conditions, to subdivide and develop land in Drury, South Auckland. Kiwi Property Holdings No. 2 Limited applied for resource consent under the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Act 2020. ... More >>
Have Your Say On Hazardous Substances Infringement Scheme
Monday, 17 July 2023, 3:16 pm | Environmental Protection Authority
The Ministry for the Environment (MfE) and the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) are calling for submissions about a proposed infringement scheme for hazardous substances. The infringement scheme would add an intermediate enforcement tool for ... More >>
Whenuapai Business Park Fast-track Consent Declined
Friday, 30 June 2023, 12:07 pm | Environmental Protection Authority
An independent panel has declined consent to subdivide land in Whenuapai, Auckland, for industrial development. Neil Construction Limited made the application under the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Act 2020. The company applied to subdivide ... More >>
SH1 Upgrade For South Auckland Approved
Tuesday, 13 June 2023, 3:42 pm | Environmental Protection Authority
An independent panel has granted resource consents, subject to conditions, to upgrade State Highway 1 between the Papakura BP service station on-ramp and Bremner Road overbridge in Auckland. This project includes replacing the Otuuwairoa bridges, widening ... More >>
Kiwifruit Spray Reassessment Hearing Rescheduled
Friday, 2 June 2023, 12:05 pm | Environmental Protection Authority
The public hearing in the reassessment of hydrogen cyanamide has been postponed to early 2024. Hydrogen cyanamide is widely used in the kiwifruit industry to help buds form by simulating the effects of frost. The Environmental Protection Authority ... More >>
Browns Bay Apartments Get Fast-track Consent
Tuesday, 23 May 2023, 11:39 am | Environmental Protection Authority
An independent panel has granted consent, subject to conditions, to construct four apartment blocks and associated infrastructure on Browns Bay Road in Auckland. The application was made by Matvin Group Limited under the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track ... More >>
Te Rere Hau Windfarm Redevelopment Plans Approved
Friday, 19 May 2023, 1:37 pm | Environmental Protection Authority
An independent fast-track consenting panel has granted resource consent, with conditions, for a project to redevelop and expand Te Rere Hau wind farm on the Tararua Range, east of Palmerston North. NZ Windfarms Limited plans to remove 97 two-blade, 47 metre ... More >>
Fresh Funding For Nationwide eDNA Waterways Initiative
Tuesday, 2 May 2023, 11:05 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 >>
Catchment Groups Receive EPA Funding For Water Testing
Tuesday, 2 May 2023, 11:04 am | Environmental Protection Authority
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has partnered with NZ Landcare Trust and Wilderlab to fund 19 community catchment groups to test a waterway in their region to discover the plants and animals living in it. They will test for environmental ... More >>
Call For Information On Waterway Weedkillers
Thursday, 20 April 2023, 12:48 pm | Environmental Protection Authority
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) is seeking information on how aquatic herbicides containing specific chemicals are used in Aotearoa New Zealand. Aquatic herbicides are used across the country to control pest plants in ponds, lakes, and ... More >>
