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Residents flee from waters edge as coastal erosion sets in at Cooks Beach

It's not unusual for waves to lap at the windows of Chris Ellett's Coromandel seafront home.  Even after the Cooks Beach woman pulled up her two-storey home and took it s...
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Urgent work on breakwater planned

Major damage to the Oamaru Harbour breakwater, particularly from recent heavy seas, has prompted the Waitaki District Council to carry out urgent work.
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Aquaculture - Priority growth areas to boost the Bay region

Five workshops held throughout the region last month to help implement the Bay of Plenty's Regional Growth Study have produced a list of nine potential priority areas for...
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Aquaculture - Priority growth areas to boost the Bay region

Five workshops held throughout the region last month to help implement the Bay of Plenty's Regional Growth Study have produced a list of nine potential priority areas for...
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Hauraki Gulf marine protection plans to move forward

The Waiheke Local Board will be moving forward in its bid to create greater marine protection in the Hauraki Gulf but there will be no rash decisions over the location of...
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Coastal erosion eats away at Mokau

At one pristine coastal spot in the Waikato, less than $100,000 can buy you a tidy, three-bedroom bach. The catch is, the sea may steal the land underneath it at some poi...
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NZ and Japanese scientists study Pacific submarine research

Six NIWA scientists led by marine biologist Dr Ashley Rowden are working with scientific colleagues from Japan in the four-day workshop supported by the Royal Society of ...
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SPREP and New Zealand collaborate

A partnership to undertake a 1.8 million NZD project on Ocean Acidification has been signed between the Government of New Zealand and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regio...
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Calls for more deep sea mining protections

The Center for Ocean Solutions' new policy report “Managing mining of the deep seabed”, published on 10 July 2015 in the American Association for the Advancement of Scien...
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NIWA’s Rob Murdoch wins Marine Sciences Award

Dr Rob Murdoch, General Manager of Research at NIWA has won the prestigious New Zealand Marine Sciences Society Award.
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