Nicola MacDonald is being celebrated as an environmental hero. The dedicated conservationist has been named 2024 New Zealand Environmental Hero of the Year.
There's growing concern for the fate of kororā penguins on Waiheke island with several found dead and others severely malnourished this moulting season. During January to March, adult kororā penguins shed their waterproof feathers to grow new ones. But as Louise Ternouth reports, a lack of food in the Hauraki Gulf means many birds aren't making it, renewing calls for urgent action.
An economic consultancy estimates Auckland's sewer collapse and resulting pollution has cost the city millions of dollars in lost recreational fishing.
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The no-swim warning for the Waitemata harbour could be in place for up to ten days, because of human waste overflowing from a busted sewer pipe. About three tonnes of material was cleared out of the pipe last night. And Watercare is building an overland bypass to transfer waste around the blockage, but that will take days. In the meatime the Harbour's taking a hit. Hauraki Gulf Forum co-chairperson Nicola McDonald speaks to Lisa Owen. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default default/index.html?videoId=6337962497112