Pollution

New Plymouth District Council says its warning signs matched the risk – yet it changed a crucial alert sign from green to red after Local Democracy Reporting raised concerns.

Iwi and hapū reinforced their consistent call for the highest freshwater standards at hui across the region, calling for awa healthy enough for people to collect kai.

A 200,000-litre diesel leak into Tafitoala reef, Samoa, raises concerns of long-term ecological risks from toxic chemicals, despite Navy assurances.

Early results from the river that turned bright orange on Friday have shown elevated levels of arsenic in the discharged sediment.

Around November last year the Dargaville stay-at-home dad noticed a change in the fish he pulled out of the Northern Wairoa River.

The spillage was caused by the sinkhole which impacted a larger sewer. Watercare was made aware of the hole on Monday afternoon and are still working to clear the blockage.

Te Papa Ahurewa Manager of Te Arawa Lakes Trust is concerned about unauthorised research by a Waikato University fresh water ecologist in Lake Rotorua.