Let’s recognise our environmental champions.
Do you know someone who deserves a Taranaki Regional Council environmental award?
If you’re school student, farmer, big business, iwi or hapū, conservation group or an individual committed to helping our environment, the Taranaki Regional Council wants to hear about it and celebrate your success.
Nominations for the Taranaki Regional Council Environmental Awards are open until Friday 19 July. To nominate yourself or someone else for an award go to https://www.trc.govt.nz/environmental-awards/
There are five award categories:
• Environmental leadership in business, sponsored by Govett Quilliam.
• Environmental leadership in dairy farming, sponsored by Fonterra.
• Environmental leadership in land management, sponsored by Corteva Agriscience.
• Environmental action in the community, sponsored by Methanex.
• Environmental action in education, sponsored by Contact Energy.
• Sponsor — Todd Energy Ltd.
Some Choice News!
DOC is rolling out a new tool to help figure out what to tackle first when it comes to protecting our threatened species and the things putting them at risk.
Why does this matter? As Nikki Macdonald from The Post points out, we’re a country with around 4,400 threatened species. With limited time and funding, conservation has always meant making tough calls about what gets attention first.
For the first time, DOC has put real numbers around what it would take to do everything needed to properly safeguard our unique natural environment. The new BioInvest tool shows the scale of the challenge: 310,177 actions across 28,007 sites.
Now that we can see the full picture, it brings the big question into focus: how much do we, as Kiwis, truly value protecting nature — and what are we prepared to invest to make it happen?
We hope this brings a smile!
Poll: If we want to reduce speeding, what do you think actually changes driver behaviour? 🛻🚨🚓
In the Post's article on speeding penalties, the question is asked whether speeding fines are truly about road safety, or are they just a way to boost revenue for the Crown?
What do you think? Should speeding motorists receive speeding fines or demerit points?
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31.9% The sting of a fine (Money talks!)
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68.1% The threat of demerit points (Nobody wants to lose their license!)
Share your favourite main crop potato recipe and win a copy of our mag!
Love potatoes? We will give away free copies of the May 2026 issue to readers whose potato recipes are used in our magazine. To be in the running, make sure you email your family's favourite way to enjoy potatoes: mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz, by March 1, 2026.
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