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Revised Harbour Strategy Released - Porirua

The Te Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour and Catchment Strategy and Action Plan 2015 has been reviewed and amended after its first three-yearly review. The document reaffirms the ...
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$6.5m boost for Tauranga Harbour

Bay of Plenty Regional Council will invest $6.5 million on work to care for land, water, wildlife and boating safety in the Te Awanui Tauranga Harbour and its catchment t...
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Sounds Guardians challenge change in barge design

New Zealand King Salmon's plans to place a recycled floating building at a new farm in Tory Channel rather than a barge resembling a boat raised objector's hackles at a h...
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Life in the World's Oceans

Every day, Wellington marine biologist Daniel Leduc comes past a small, popular swimming beach on his way to work. One morning, he decided to grab a handful of sand from ...
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Chatham Rock Phosphate seeks more capital to rebuild

Chatham Rock Phosphate is embarking on a new round of capital-raising for the shortfall of its earlier share issue. CRP is seeking to raise $766,000. The shares are being...
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Antarctic life – highly diverse, unusually structured

The variety of plant and animal life in the Antarctic is much greater than previously thought, reveals an assessment of Antarctic biodiversity published by a team of scie...
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Mapping Underwater Landscapes

Marine geoscientists from the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) are mapping the submarine landscapes around Kapiti Island, north of Wellington, ...
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China's massive seawalls decimate godwit populations

New Zealand's bar-tailed godwit population is predicted to halve in the next 10 years with research pointing to China's massive habitat destruction along its coastline as...
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LINZ Hydrographic Group: Creating a Strategic Vision for the Future

LINZ is reviewing its future direction for its hydrographic group considering what it should be doing beyond its remit of charting, particularly what the benefits might b...
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Aquaculture Jobs To Boost The Eastern Bay’s Prosperity

Creating permanent jobs in the Eastern Bay of Plenty for local residents is no easy task. Agriculture, horticulture and forestry are the dominant industries but technolo...
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