2+ hour, 6+ min ago   (334+ words) Minister for Biosecurity Andrew Hoggard says landowners should not spread wilding pines to other landowners and those who do should foot the management bill. Speaking at the Wilding Pines Conference 2026 in Invercargill, Hoggard said part of a National Pest Management…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (804+ words) In a region where plenty of productive farmland has disappeared into pine trees, two farming couples are doing something uncommon – turning a forestry block back into a working farm. Sam and Gemma Hain, and Matt and Kate Long, have just…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (549+ words) Farming groups say their concerns appear to have largely been addressed by the Select Committee considering changes to the rewrite of the Resource Management Act. The government’s proposed RMA replacement legislation, the Planning Bill and Natural Environment Bill, was this…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (207+ words) Last week’s poll question is based on the the North Island sika get their own herd of special interest article. We asked readers: Will establishing herds of special interest in NZ’s national parks hinder conservation in those areas? Almost 65% of…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago   (492+ words) Auckland/Waikato Fish & Game is buying strategically located properties from willing landowners to secure public access to rivers in perpetuity, while also helping landowners turn habitat protection and river access into development opportunities. Auckland/Waikato Fish & Game chief executive David…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago   (665+ words) An ecologist is concerned the government’s Conservation Amendment Bill puts the country’s national parks at risk of being developed for financial gain. Conservation Minister Tama Potaka said the Bill did not include a plan to sell great swathes of conservation…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (948+ words) Russell Palmer of RNZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says Resource Management Act reforms will make building infrastructure easier, faster and more affordable. But opposition parties warn the changes could make the system more unworkable, and dilute environmental protections. The select…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (324+ words) Sika deer in the Kaimanawa and Kaweka forest parks have been designated the North Island’s first Herd of Special Interest, hot on the heels of Fiordland wapiti being given similar status by Hunting and Fishing Minister James Meager. Sika Foundation…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (525+ words) Regenerative agriculture in New Zealand needs a rebrand if its practices are to be taken seriously by the industry. Multiple sources have pointed out thatwhen the word regenerative is mentioned, many farmers stop listening, or reading, because they feel the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (485+ words) By Mary Argue of RNZ New legislation that seeks to protect introduced species from eradication will prioritise “wealthy trophy hunters” over conservation, according to Forest and Bird. But the minister who introduced it says that’s “unnecessary scaremongering”. Forest and Bird…...