Trees still protected in Auckland
Auckland City Council’s restrictions on the removal of trees still apply until 1 January 2012 despite the passing of the Resource Management (Simplifying & Streamlining) Amendment Bill last night.
Tag: "Environment"
Strike while the iron is hot
The met service has reported that we had the warmest August ever since records began with about 1.5 degrees above average, which does not seem a much on those odd cold days, but for a lot of insect pests it means an early arrival.
A good hard, cold winter takes its toll on insect populations from [...]
Sep 07, 2009 | 2 comments
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NIWA selects IBM to provide new Supercomputer to advance environmental forecasting
Auckland, New Zealand, 31 August 2009 – The National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA) and IBM (NYSE:IBM) today announced a multi-million dollar partnership where NIWA will purchase one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers for use in environmental forecasting.
Sep 03, 2009 | 0 comments
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Cuba: Gardening its Way Out of Crisis
Sunlight brightens the paved streets and historic buildings of Havana, Cuba, bouncing off the tents of vendors and the tin drums of a street band. Once stricken by poverty and inequality, the city has slowly blossomed as a result of the bustling enterprise of urban agriculture. Between buildings and behind street walls, in every green [...]
Aug 17, 2009 | 0 comments
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Denmark is truckloads of waste ahead of New Zealand when it comes to recycling.
Denmark is truckloads of waste ahead of New Zealand when it comes to recycling.
When you visit a typical recycling depot in Denmark it can be difficult to know where to back in the trailer.
After all there’s the not just the sections for paper or glass, but rows of options like for gib-board, electronic equipment and [...]
Aug 10, 2009 | 0 comments
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World-first technology to launch in Auckland – $50,000 challenge to other pump manufacturers
Potential to slash world greenhouse gas emissions
The first significant change in internal pump design has been patented by New Fluid Technologies and will be on display at the SPLASH! New Zealand Trade Show on July 29 and July 30 at the Auckland Hilton.
This global launch will showcase a pump using an entirely new concept called [...]
Jun 17, 2009 | 3 comments
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Automation, arborists & new investment to bust blackouts
Local electricity generation & distribution company, Top Energy has embarked on a multi-million dollar network investment plan aimed at improving reliability, performance and security of electricity supply.
The plan includes a $4.4 million, automation programme which is nearing completion, a $2m programme to reduce the effects of lightning strikes, a 3-year, $9 million vegetation control programme [...]
Apr 09, 2009 | 0 comments
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Soil Carbon – the new cash crop?
Hawke’s Bay to host New Zealand Soil Carbon Conference
The international spotlight will be on Hawke’s Bay when the NZ Soil Carbon Conference is held in Napier in June.
Featuring international experts, renowned scientists and industry leaders, the three day conference will focus on the reality of climate change, biological farming and the huge global opportunity the [...]
Feb 20, 2009 | 4 comments
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