Greater Wellington and the Porirua City Council are taking a closer look at the health of the Porirua Harbour and Pauatahanui Inlet.

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Taranaki Civil Defence Emergency Management Group media release Taranaki people are obviously keen on the idea of getting text alerts about impending Civil Defence emergencies. More than 1,200 have so far subscribed to a new service offering just that – and the region’s Civil Defence authorities are delighted at such a huge response.

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The water quality of Auckland’s rivers and streams is improving, although it is still the worst in the country and has some “ugly hotspots”, says the Auckland Regional Council.

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A Northland dairy farmer has been fined $23,000 after a jury in Whangarei found him guilty of polluting a stream.

The jury heard that when pumping equipment failed on Henry Van Den Bogaart’s farm effluent overflowed for at least five days into a drain feeding into the Paiaka Stream.

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