Have we become a more wasteful culture?
Earlier this year it was revealed that New Zealand has become one of the worst in the world for the generation of waste. This is...
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The latest freshwater policy "bombshell" – like a rendition of "Hamlet"
The latest "shock" announcement by Environment Minister David Parker, that limits need to be set at a national level to curb further...
Undoing environmental history (with a spade)
This blog was originally published in 2011 on envirohistory NZ. Though my implement of choice for environmental history is the pen (or...
Pohangina River
A bend in Pohangina River, near Totara Reserve. Catherine Knight.
Ever seen a fairy egg?
Our hens surprise us with one of these every so often. On the left is a fairy egg (also known as a 'witch egg'), on the right is a...
Autumn is ... apples, red leaves, walnuts
Most of the trees we have planted at our 'permanent retreat' in Pohangina Valley (see Life changes) are New Zealand natives - and to the...
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