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Climate change means more landslides in NZ – but new tech can help reduce the risk

Thousands of slips in Tairāwhiti in January. The loss of eight lives in the Bay of Plenty later that month. And, days ago, landslides that damaged homes, forced evacuations and blocked roads across the North Island.

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Carbon, cows and the conundrum of pine

is Tairāwhiti locked into a political deal made in Wellington that will eventually destroy it? Aaron Smale continues a series on the slow destruction of Tairāwhiti.

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Bought out and sold down the river

The government subsidised pine on the East Coast for nearly 30 years. In that time huge tracts of that forestry have ended up in the hands of foreign companies with a track record of environmental damage. The latest in a series on the slow destruction of Tairāwhiti.

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Decades of damage: Ocean bears brunt of Tairāwhiti erosion

It’s been known for over a century that the East Coast was vulnerable to erosion. But continued decisions have it at a catastrophic turning point that could decide the future of the region. Aaron Smale continues a series on the slow destruction of Tairāwhiti.

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Rare private prosecution in forestry death

A Tairāwhiti family has brought a rare private prosecution against a logging contractor over the workplace death of their son in a Hawkes Bay pine forest. Rebecca Macfie reports.

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Scathing slash report takes aim at multiple parties

A ministerial inquiry into forestry debris in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle didn't pull any punches.

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Forestry firms should honour their promises

New Zealand's forestry standards are weak, but the industry is already bound by international standards it is breaching routinely in Tairāwhiti, writes Dame Anne Salmond

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Forestry industry shows its cards at slash inquiry

Things have to change, the forestry industry says, but not too much or firms might walk away. David Williams reports.

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Anne Salmond: Greenwashing and the forestry industry in NZ

The inquiry into forestry slash destruction in Tairāwhiti, and review of the Emissions Trading Scheme, should prioritise the state of the planet not the balance sheets of global corporations, writes Dame Anne Salmond.

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‘Like a tsunami’: the role of forestry waste in New Zealand’s cyclone devastation

The pine industry is expanding, but questions are being raised about the potentially destructive role of ‘slash’, the offcuts it leaves behind

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Crackdown: Pawnbrokers and payday lenders target cyclone victims

Commerce Commission files court action to regulate pawn loans, but too late for vulnerable communities of Hawkes Bay and Tairāwhiti. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Cyclone aftermath: Lies, damned lies and statistics

Dame Anne Salmond has seen some actual research on what is in the forestry 'slash' bedevilling Tairāwhiti, and it doesn't bear out the forestry minister's claim

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Parker's office says slash an issue for Nash

On the day Cyclone Gabrielle was smashing into Tairāwhiti, Environment Minister David Parker was already passing the buck. Aaron Smale reports.

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We planted pine in response to Cyclone Bola – with devastating consequences. It is now time to invest in natives

During Cyclones Hale and Gabrielle the poor management of exotic plantations – primarily pine – has again led to extensive damage in Tairāwhiti. Critical public infrastructure destroyed; highly productive agricultural and horticultural land washed away or buried; houses, fences and sheds knocked over; people’s lives and dreams upended; people dead.

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Fifth cyclone death as body found in Gisborne, PM says NZ accepting offers of international assistance

A child is among five confirmed deaths, while there are serious concerns for those missing after more than 1400 people were reported uncontactable.

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Kiwi whistler now world No.1

From not wanting to be left out in the cold to the world’s top hockey umpire, Amber Church has come a long way. Yet no matter where around the globe the sport takes her, the centre of her universe remains Tairāwhiti, Aiden McLaughlin discovers.

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