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New Zealand pine planting cuts streamflow by up to 30% in Waikato catchment

Converting grazed pasture to pine plantation can significantly reduce the amount of water flowing through streams, according to a hydrological modelling study of 2 afforested catchments in New Zealand’s Waikato region. Published in Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies in 2024, the study, titled Modelling the hydrological impact of afforestation in…

The Times of India · Oct 24

Anzac Day 2026: how the poppy has endured as our symbol of war and remembrance

In 1916, in the middle of the Great War, 2nd Lieutenant Leonard (Len) James Shaw of the 2nd Auckland Battalion sent a pressed Flanders poppy in folded paper to his niece Jessie Osborne in Waikato.

The Conversation · Apr 22

'Very special': NSW Waratahs chase rare win in Waikato

The NSW Waratahs are preparing to face the Chiefs having not won in Hamilton since the club's famous 2014 title-winning Super Rugby season.

AAP · Apr 3

‘Like you’re in a horror movie’: pollution leaves New Zealand wetlands irreversibly damaged

Ecologists say some bodies of water may already have passed the tipping points from which they may never recover

The Guardian - AU · Mar 24, 2023

10 is too young to be in court – NZ should raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility

Recent news that thousands of charges have been filed in the Waikato and Auckland youth courts in the past nine months once again put a spotlight on youth crime and our responses to it.

The Conversation · Oct 27, 2022