The land around Lake Taupo may soon be dotted with dairy goats and sheep, blueberries, grapes and willows for biofuel as farmers look for alternatives to current pastoral farming practices, the main source of nitrogen leaching into Lake Taupo. (Read on …)

Morrinsville-based New Zealand Mushrooms has been fined a total of $32,000 after admitting six charges brought by Environment Waikato related to the discharge of objectionable odours from the company’s composting operation. (Read on …)

Environment Waikato is welcoming significant fines of more than $60,000 handed out to those responsible for illegal and environmentally damaging earthworks at a 129-hectare dairy conversion near Tokoroa. (Read on …)

Environment Bay of Plenty officers are disappointed by a poor start to their annual dairy farm inspection programme.

Of those sites visited, more than 20 sites have already shown serious or major non-compliance with many resulting in unauthorised discharges of effluent to land and/or waterways. (Read on …)

A North Canterbury dairy farmer was fined $8500 after discharging dairy effluent onto his property that ended up in the Northbrook Stream. A guilty plea was entered when the case was heard in the Christchurch District Court on September 17, 2008. * (Read on …)

Dairy giant Fonterra and Environment Waikato officials have met ahead of next week’s Waikato Agriculture Summit to start developing an agreement about what future environmentally sustainable dairying in the region should look like. (Read on …)

Leaders from sectors involved in managing the impact of agriculture on water and soil health in the Waikato are gathering for a summit in Hamilton on Wednesday. (Read on …)

Lake Taupo’s pristine water quality will be protected into the future following a landmark decision released by the Environment Court today finding in favour of Environment Waikato’s new rules. (Read on …)