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Turning Biowaste into Compost

Turning Biowaste into Compost

The Thames Coromandel District is one of the very few districts in the country mixing biosolids with green waste and turning it into Grade Aa compost with its own Biosolid Composting Facility. “This is an innovative and sustainable outcome of creating a beneficial product from human waste,” says Thames Coromandel District Council Project Manager Rob […]

Planting Public Places Productively

Planting Public Places Productively

Landscape Architect Jenny Wood from Natural Habitats shares her ideas about planting public places. If you have the benefit (or the curse) of living in a city, you will have noticed that on average our backyards are getting smaller, while our waistlines are getting bigger. You don’t have to know a lot about physics to […]

Report Major Assault on the RMA

Report Major Assault on the RMA

5 July 2012       The proposed changes to the purpose and principles of the Resource Management Act (RMA) are a major assault on the Act and on sustainable management, said Green Party environment spokesperson Eugenie Sage today. The report released today by the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) outlines substantive changes to the principles […]

Report on RMA principles released

Report on RMA principles released

5 July, 2012 Environment Minister Amy Adams today released an independent report which considered changes to sections 6 and 7 of the Resource Management Act to address, among other things, management of natural hazards. “After the Canterbury earthquakes, it became clear that consents for subdivisions had been granted without any consideration of the risk of […]

Anti-tree litigation has EDS bemused

Anti-tree litigation has EDS bemused

The Property Council has launched an unusual challenge in the Environment Court to Auckland Council’s tree protection rules, says the Environmental Defence Society. “We are aware that papers have been filed seeking a declaration from the Court with respect to matters that were subject to very similar proceedings and a decision just last year,” said […]

Survey Insight

Survey Insight

In November and December 2011 we surveyed directory clients and businesses about their current forms of advertising, business outlook and what they were planning. Scroll down this page to view results Overall feedback was  mixed and relied on the economy improving which most experience as being fairly slow. Some businesses are in growth mode looking […]

Opinion: when agriculture goes mad.........

Opinion: when agriculture goes mad………

Wally’s view on the negative impact GE crops are having globally.

Wally Richards: Roundup - how safe is it?

Wally Richards: Roundup – how safe is it?

Wally Richards strongly believes that Glyphosate (Roundup) is one of the worst and most dangerous chemicals man has ever made. What do you think?