hawkes bay Archive

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    Dairy pollution in a protected Wild River



    The Fishing News reported last year that: The Mohaka River has to be the jewel in the crown of Hawkes Bay trout fisheries, yet the upper reaches of this magnificent river are in decline due mainly to intense dairy farming and the subsequent effluent run-off. One of its tributaries is the Taharua River, into which flows pollution [...] read more
    August 4, 2009 7:30 am - 14 Comments
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    Dairy Manager of the Year Convicted with Record Environmental Fine



    A record fine has been handed down by the Environment Court in Napier for the breach of a resource consent. What is so heartbreaking is that the fine goes to the Dairy Manager of the Year, someone who is being celebrated within the dairy industry for ’success’. Clearly success in this context means maximum profits [...] read more
    August 2, 2008 5:02 pm - 10 Comments
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    A one cow economy



    With 400 meat workers from Oringi sheep processing plant near Dannevirke heading off to a meeting today where they might lose their jobs, it looks again like our regions are suffering from the government’s failure to promote a diverse economy.  Dannevirke suffered job losses at the Norsewear clothing plant in which moved off shore last [...] read more
    May 13, 2008 9:54 am - 24 Comments
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    Joining the dots



    You’d think from listening to Radio New Zealand news this morning that something was going on.  First Al Gore collects his Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, and says we face a  ”planetary emergency“.  “Without realising it, we have begun to wage war on the earth itself.  It is time to make peace with the planet”. Gore says [...] read more
    December 11, 2007 9:12 am - 63 Comments