Increasing health risks from exposure to asbestos has forced the operators of the Lawrie Road and Rustybrook Road refuse and recycling centres, to stop accepting all types of fibre cement board. Mahurangi Wastebusters general manager Matthew Luxon......
Fire and Emergency has launched a new summer wildfire prevention campaign using three well-known native New Zealand birds. Its national advisor for fire risk management, Pete Gallagher, said with a warmer environment this year he's concerned about......
The head of a delegation from Nepal's earthquake recovery body says his country has struggled to balance the desire to preserve heritage sites while making them earthquake safe. Dr Chandra Shrestha, from Nepal's National Reconstruction Authority,......
Government workers say electric bikes are life changing after a new initiative that gives them up to 50 percent off purchase prices. The discount initiative was launched by the Associate Minister of Transport to improve health, reduce emissions and......
The Department of Conservation is assessing if foot access to the Tasman Glacier and Ball Hut can be restored, after a metre of damaging rain in eight days. Torrential rain scoured out the loose moraine at Husky Flat, where a 300m wide gulf has obliterated......
Thousands of freedom campers descending on Whangārei will be getting visits from locals wanting them to clean up their act. The Whangārei District Council (WDC) is sending ambassadors to the 13 most popular freedom camping spots over the next three......
