Environment Canterbury
The more we understand societal impact on the environment the greater the apparent need for rules, regulation, and interventions to manage this impact to some form of “acceptable” level, a level that’s more often politically or economically acceptable than it is environmentally or culturally.
The Essential Freshwater package introduced by government in 2019 appeared to swing the pendulum back into the “environmentally acceptable” space with limits and approaches more consistent with environmental health than economic health.
Alongside this package we’ve had the Climate Change (Zero Carbon) Amendment Act, the three waters (drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater) reform is ongoing, and we know there will be reform of the resource management system at some point soon. Add to this new National Policy Statements on highly productive land and indigenous biodiversity, environmental standards on greenhouse gas emissions, and amendments to the air qua
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What s on at Whanganui Regional Museum this summer
18 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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Whanganui Regional Museum staff are ready to welcome summer visitors to the exhibitions and special tours on offer.
Photo / Bevan Conley
Whanganui Regional Museum staff are ready to welcome summer visitors to the exhibitions and special tours on offer.
Photo / Bevan Conley
Liz Wylie is a reporter for the Whanganui Chronicleliz.wylie@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron
About 4500 people visited the Whanganui Regional Museum during the weekend it reopened in March last year, and staff are hoping to see record numbers of visitors this summer. Head curator and acting director Libby