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Mega-irrigation schemes back to court, as Canterbury water wars heat up | The Post — January 2025

DOC, MPI acted unlawfully in failing to protect sea life | The Post — December 2024

High Court rules DoC failed to protect marine species for decades | NZ Herald — December 2024

High Court finds DOC has failed to manage and report bycatch | RNZ — December 2024

New Zealand court rules government failed to adequately address fishery bycatch | Seafood Source — December 2024

Canterbury’s rivers deserve better than ‘quick and dirty’ | The Press — October 2024

Court challenge over toxicity of Roundup | The Post — October 2024

A cry for kelp – our kelp forests are in deep trouble | Newsroom — October 2024

Trust takes council to court over wetland loss | Otago Daily Times — September 2024

Southern council taken to court over wetland loss | The Post — September 2024

Legal case over Z Energy's emissions reduction claims moves towards trial | RNZ — August 2024

Canterbury Regional Council unlawfully granted discharge resource consent - High Court | RNZ — March 2024

Greenwashing claims on trial: should NZ ban fossil fuel advertising? | The Conversation — March 2024

Consumer NZ seeks High Court declaration Z Energy has misled Kiwis | 1 News — November 2023

Group files judicial review over DOC decision allowing for deaths during Mt Messenger project | RNZ — October 2023

Landmark legal challenge to mega-irrigation scheme in Canterbury | Sunday Star Times — May 2023

Government agency to face court over "failure" to protect endangered species | Stuff — May 2023

Court orders minister to reconsider 'unlawful decision' on number of crayfish being caught | Stuff — December 2022

Group plans further legal action against govt after landmark decision on crayfish catch limits | RNZ — December 2022

DOC permit allows kiwi to be killed on Bypass project | RNZ — November 2022

NZ’s inaction on turtle bycatch in fisheries risks reputational damage – and it’s pushing leatherbacks closer to extinction | The Conversation — August 2022

We need to ask harder questions about the herbicide glyphosate | Newsroom — July 2022

Without a better plan, New Zealand risks sleepwalking into a biodiversity extinction crisis | The Conversation — May 2022

Legal case against government over protection of marine animals | RNZ — May 2022

How New Zealand’s review of ecologically important land could open the door to more mining on conservation land | The Conversation — March 2022

Concerns Stewardship land won't be guided in the right direction | RNZ — March 2022

Climate change is everyone's business | Newsroom — June 2021

Limits are limits in high-stakes environment bill | Newsroom — September 2021