3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (709+ words) The East Coast is in crisis. Recent coverage in the New Zealand Listener and on 1News has again shown the scale of the challenge facing Tairāwhiti. Vast areas of highly erodible hill country remain planted in production forestry, communities live with…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (731+ words) The North Island’s Whanganui National Park and Waitōtara Conservation Area will share in a $9.7 million funding boost towards protecting native ecosystems from wild goats and deer. But Federated Farmers and local hunters fear conservation land isn’t the only recipient of the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (419+ words) More than a year after the last community workshop, Gisborne District Council has paused work on the Wainui Coastal Adaptation Plan. The plan was set to update the 2014 Wainui Erosion Management Strategy with a community-guided approach for coastal hazard risks…...