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		<title>Conservation Authority releases &#8216;Protecting New Zealand&#8217;s Rivers&#8217; paper</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent report outlines proposals for improving river protection.
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		<title>Urgent recall of strawberry kits sold by The Warehouse</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MAF is urgently recalling strawberry seed kits sold by The Warehouse due to biosecurity risk.

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		<title>Rose named after city gardens blooms in awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A rose named after Hamilton Gardens has claimed a category award at the annual Pacific Rose Bowl.
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		<title>&#8220;Greening the Rubble&#8221; wins growing support</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A community response to the Canterbury earthquakes has received a prestigious local award for building temporary parks and gardens on damaged sites.
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		<title>NGIA life member Mark Dean wins major conservation award</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Campaigner and conservationist Mark Dean has been awarded the prestigious Loder Cup.
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		<title>Size does matter&#8230;.. are our kiwifruit exports in jeopardy?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 22:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Eco-friendly swimming pool revolution reaches NZ</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 03:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Pest Alert! Rainbow Skink</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may be aware that, in July last year, Department of Conservation and MAF Biosecurity New Zealand declared rainbow skink (Lampropholis delicata) an Unwanted Organism (UO) under the Biosecurity Act 1993. The declaration was based largely on the risk posed to native lizards from competition for resources with this invasive Australian skink.
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		<title>Removing the stink from household rubbish</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Putaruru trials New Zealand’s first food waste collection

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		<title>Baring Head Property Deserves Protection, Says Wellington Natural Heritage Trust</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[INTRODUCTION
On 11th June, tenders close for the Mortgagee Sale of a stunning block of undeveloped coastal land at Baring Head, right at the eastern entrance to Wellington Harbour.
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