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Reid’s Piggery is once again under fire from a neighbour who says the business has failed to honour renewed consent obligations granted early last year. (Read on …)

Environment Minister Nick Smith announced an 8-member technical advisory group today to support the Government’s programme of reform of the Resource Management Act.

The advisory group will be chaired by Auckland barrister Alan Dormer, an independent hearings commissioner and president of the Resource Management Law Association in 2005-06. Other members are: (Read on …)

The parties found guilty of undertaking unauthorised building works at a Te Atatu subdivision have been fined more than $80,000. (Read on …)

More than 160 workers at NZ Mushrooms in Morrinsville will lose their jobs after the company announced it was closing its Waikato operation.

The parent company, Christchurch-based Meadows Mushrooms, said today that meeting court-imposed compliance requirements to stifle an offensive pong from its composting site were too expensive and as a result it would cease its Morrinsville operations by the end of 2010. (Read on …)

A South Canterbury farmer has been fined $3000 after pleading guilty to taking water for irrigation when a full restriction was in place. The case was heard in the Timaru District Court on November 27, 2008. (Read on …)

The Accord’s failure has been outlined in a Forest and Bird/ Fish and Game report out today. (Read on …)