Hamish Cardwell

Businesses will be left behind if they don't get to grips now with Artificial Intelligence such as ChatGPT.

That's the message from people who are already using the systems to do their work faster… Audio

The era of artificial intelligence has arrived but with no comprehensive national strategy in place there are warnings New Zealand is walking blind into an uncertain future. 

The release of the… Audio

A new study shows deep ocean currents around Antarctica that circulate nutrients which are the base of the food chain, are set to significantly weaken.

The Australian research published in the… Audio

Overseas managed retreat experts say residents most devastated by recent extreme storms must get a seat at the decision-making table about possible red zones. 

The Government, the Cyclone Taskforce… Audio

"There is much to win by trying" to take action on climate change.

A major new international climate report is being called a "survival guide for humanity" by the UN chief. It is something of a mic… Audio

A climate risk expert from the Wellington Regional Council, says the council consent staff are coming under pressure to give the go-ahead to developments in flood risk areas. 

But the Council's chief… Audio

A group of local and international scientists say climate change played a role in the devastating rainfall from Cyclone Gabrielle which claimed lives and wrought massive destruction.

Their rapid… Audio

An internal police report shows officers were routinely photographing young people despite no policy allowing them to do so.

The report, from May 2021, was triggered after RNZ stories, and a joint… Audio

Residents and business owners who properties have been destroyed by the cyclone face an agonising wait to see if they'll be red-zoned.

The Government's spent years working on still unfinished plans… Audio

A climate risk expert says many homes devastated by floodwater and silt should not be rebuilt as they will almost certainly be hit again.  

She wants comprehensive nationwide mapping to properly… Audio

A company specialising in decarbonisation wants to build a facility to suck millions of tonnes of climate pollution out of the air by 2030.

Sceptics say it is prohibitively expensive and we instead… Audio

New Zealand businesses are among tens of thousands of people who have converged on Egypt for the annual UN climate conference. 

They are looking for information, to make contacts, and to cut deals.  

A world leading expert on climate refugees says the world needs to come to grips with the issue to avoid chaos at countries' borders.

The Bahamas' Prime Minister Philip Davis told the COP27 UN… Audio

The scene is set for fraught negotiations at the COP27 climate conference in Egypt over who should pay for climate damage. 

Rich countries are slowly acknowledging they should contribute for the loss… Audio

Climate experts are not holding their breath for major breakthroughs in this year's annual UN climate conference. More than 45-thousand people including world leaders and our own Climate Change… Audio

A Wellington man facing a number of rape charges has rejected the complainants' accusations, but the Crown says they both cannot be right.

The 25-year-old man, faces sex offences against six women… Audio

On the grounds outside Parliament, a so-called freedom protest is underway.

It's being opposed by the counter-protest of an anti fascist movement. 

RNZ Wellington reporter Hamish Cardwell spoke to… Audio

Supporters of the Freedoms and Rights Coalition - associated with Destiny Church - are marching through central Wellington to Parliament where they will rally. Along the way, theyt are passing a… Audio