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A sweltering weekend's ahead for many parts of the country - and Fire and Emergency's warning the risk of fires and wildfires is high

9 January 2026

A sweltering weekend's ahead for many parts of the country - and Fire and Emergency's warning the risk of fires and wildfires is high

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Biosecurity teams are ramping up controls in Auckland - after catching a single male Queensland fruit fly in a Mount Roskill surveillance trap on Tuesday
	9 Jan: Biosecurity teams are ramping up controls in Auckland - after catching a single male Queensland fruit fly in a Mount Roskill surveillance trap on Tuesday... more

A warm welcome for significant changes to laws for earthquake-prone buildings
	9 Jan: A warm welcome for significant changes to laws for earthquake-prone buildings... more

If you think 2025 was a particularly warm year, you'd be right
	8 Jan: If you think 2025 was a particularly warm year, you'd be right... more

Parts of the South Island are in for a lashing today
	8 Jan: Parts of the South Island are in for a lashing today... more

Severe thunderstorms have been detected near the Raukumara Range and are moving south
	7 Jan: Severe thunderstorms have been detected near the Raukumara Range and are moving south... more

A strong earthquake has hit the Phillippines
	7 Jan: A strong earthquake has hit the Phillippines... more

Hunters and fishermen are welcoming more attention on public access to the great outdoors
	7 Jan: Hunters and fishermen are welcoming more attention on public access to the great outdoors... more

Fresh warnings of possible surface and flash flooding in central parts of the North Island
	7 Jan: Fresh warnings of possible surface and flash flooding in central parts of the North Island... more

Hopes all the right conditions will mean a bumper breeding season for kakapo
	7 Jan: Hopes all the right conditions will mean a bumper breeding season for kakapo... more

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Most Popular Recent Environment News

09 Feb: A major blaze at a Taupo high school's been brought under control +++++++++++++++++++++++++

13 Feb: Police are advising motorists in the Waikato area, including Te Awamutu, Otorohanga, and Waipa Districts, to stay off the roads this evening due to heavy rainfall and flooding ++++++++++++++++++++

08 Feb: Wellington Water are still urging people to avoid the water along the capital's south coast - despite remediation works running smoothly ++++++++++++++++++++

13 Feb: Winter Olympics 2026: Breezy Johnson gets engaged at the Games, Snoop Dogg shows plenty of support — quick hits from day six +++++++++++++++

13 Feb: Evacuations and power outages - as strong weather traverses the North Island, with weather watches for most parts +++++++++++++++

18 Feb: Dozens of Canterbury kids spent a night hunkering down in Banks Peninsula - which was cut off by yesterday's torrential rain +++++++++++++++

14 Feb: A state of emergency has been declared for the Otorohanga District in the Waikato - which has been inundated with widespread flooding and slips overnight +++++++++++++++

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3 Mar: Why your ai videos look distorted—and 5 fixes that actually work (PC World)

1 Mar: Samsung unveils all new galaxy buds4 series (GeekZone)

28 Feb: Perplexity computer is agentic ai like openclaw but safer (PC World)

28 Feb: Samsung movingstyle m7 review: a monitor that rolls wherever its needed (PC World)

27 Feb: Oled is old news. mini-led is the future (PC World)

26 Feb: I hate that we need scam protection in chatgpt. but we do (PC World)

25 Feb: An ai agent nuked 200 emails. this guardrail stops the next disaster (PC World)

25 Feb: Shark attack fatality reignites safety v environment debate in new caledonia (RadioNZ)

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