Hamish Cardwell
Government grappling with flood insurance question
An expert in climate risk is predicting in just 20 years a million dollar property on the Petone foreshore in Wellington could cost $100,000 dollars a year to insure.
Belinda Storey, from Climate… Audio
Podcast Critic: Hamish Cardwell
Today RNZ's Hamish Cardwell talks to Anna about Grove Road, a Newshub podcast on the Allan Hall miscarriage of justice. He's also been listening The Commune Stuff podcast and Endless Honeymoon by… Audio
Communities set to be abandoned as climate change bites
Some communities may be abandoned as climate change results in more intense storms and flooding.
The Government will today release the first national strategy for dealing with the inevitable effects… Audio
COP26 President urges NZ build on emissions reduction plan
The head of the organisation tasked with cutting climate gases globally says New Zealand must follow through on its promise to halve emissions - and look at doing more.
COP26 President and UK… Video, Audio
Air pollution killing thousands annually
New stats show Invercargill is the deadliest place in New Zealand when it comes to air pollution - it's more dangerous than larger cities.
A study that has shocked scientists has found air pollution… Audio
Salmon exporter wants to head to the ocean
The country's biggest salmon exporter is desperate to start farming in the open ocean away from warming coastal waters that are killing thousands of its fish.
A record breaking marine heatwave has… Audio
Let's Get Wellington Moving - gov opts for tunnel, lightrail
The Government has released its preferred option to Get Wellington Moving.
It includes light rail from the city centre through Newtown and Island Bay to the south coast.
The plan is part of the… Audio
Damage from mass sea sponge bleaching worsens
Scientists now fear that the mass bleaching of native sea sponges in Fiordland is the largest event of its type in the world. And there's emerging evidence that an ongoing marine heatwave is also… Audio
Uncertainty about when emissions tech will hit farms
The agricultural sector says while there has been big strides in the research to reduce climate emissions, considerable uncertainty remains about when technology will actually be available for… Audio
Alan Hall no longer a convicted murder
Alan Hall is no longer a convicted murderer and questions are now being asked about the police and lawyers who helped put him behind bars.
The Supreme Court has found a substantial miscarriage of… Audio
Police yet to reveal whether man shot had a weapon
Police have yet to reveal whether a man they shot multiple times in a Wellington suburb yesterday afternoon had a weapon.
The house in Kingsbridge Place in Newlands remains under guard this morning.
…Serious incident in Wellington suburb
Police have cordoned off a property in Kingsbridge Place in the Wellington suburb of Newlands following a 'serious incident' this afternoon. Armed police and ambulances have been at the scene… Video, Audio
Police release progress report into bias in the force
The release of a police progress report on bias in the force is being met with muted approval by justice advocates, but fears remain the whole exercise could come to nothing. The programme was started… Audio
Kāpiti Coast chaos as tornadoes take roofs, down trees
There was chaos on the Kapiti Coast today after tornados ripped through - tearing rooves of houses and knocking trees down.
About five properties in Waikanae Beach were damaged, with at least two… Video, Audio
Agriculture gets $700m in Emissions Reduction Plan
Agriculture was a major winner in the Government's plan to cut emissions, despite farmers having yet to pay a cent into the pot of money set aside for climate spending.
Industrial energy and… Video, Audio
Bleaching of Aotearoa sea sponges raises alarm
For the first time there has been a mass bleaching of native sea sponges in New Zealand waters, raising alarm about the impact climate change is having on marine ecosystems. The south of the South… Audio
Government told to speed up climate spending
The Government is being told to shift to a war footing on climate spending in this year's budget.
Climate change, along with health, will be a focus of Budget 2022 on Thursday 19 May.
There are… Audio
Police urged to apologise for threat over Armenian flag at Anzac event
A Wellington man who claims police threatened to trespass him from an Anzac Day memorial if he displayed an Armenian flag in memory of genocide victims says it is "shameful".
He says it's kowtowing… Audio
Construction company's folding affects Wellington developments
Wellington developers are insisting peoples' homes will be finished and their money is safe despite the company building the projects being put into liquidation.
Grant Thornton liquidators says the… Audio
Wellington youth mental health service near collapse, staff say
Wellington clinicians say the Capital's youth mental health service is desperately short staffed and has all but collapsed.
RNZ reported last year about patients facing long wait times as demand… Audio