Kate Gudsell

Wellington City Council has been applauded for taking a bold move to regulate cats and protect the city's native wildlife today. Audio

Strong wind and rain has battered the lower half of the country overnight with little relief in sight until at least lunchtime. Audio

The Federated Mountain Clubs has been forced to get its begging bowl out to ask for public support to pay for it to seek more information on DOC's decision to increase daily helicopter landings on a… Audio

A scientist who has discovered startlingly high rates of sea level rise in the Solomon Islands due to climate change says inhabitants displaced by rising waters are getting no assistance from the… Audio

Hawkes Bay Regional Councillors are accusing council officials of witholding information over the failure of the Waihi Dam. Audio

A company whose damaged dam poured silt into Wairoa waterways for months over summer had been breaching its resource consent for years. Audio

The Government's plan to use private investors to front up the cash for social services, rather than using tax payer money, may have hit a stumbling block, and it could be the lack of a government… Audio

Freshwater ecologists say claims that dams benefit the environment don't stack up and smack of desperation from lobby groups. Audio

Climbers and trampers say a Department of Conservation plan to allow a big increase in helicopter landings in a remote part of the Fiordland National Park will ruin the experience and is potentially… Audio

Endangered bottlenose dolphins are at risk of being displaced or even driven to extinction in the Bay of Islands. Kate Gudsell reports. Audio

NZ Post has announced ACC and the Super Fund have offer to buy 45% of Kiwibank and its related insurance and investment arms. RNZ reporter Kate Gudsell explains the details of the announcement. Audio

Academics and environmental groups say putting a charge or tax on water use would force the resource to be better used and improve conservation outcomes. Kate Gudsell reports. Audio

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment says climate change could cause coastal homeowners' equity to plummet, unless the government and private sector intervene. Audio

A Hawke's Bay farmer says she's been forced to sell her underweight stock because a broken privately-owned dam allowed silt to contaminate the water supply. Audio

Wairoa iwi are angry at the way a private company has treated local waterways, after a dam broke three months ago, contaminated rivers and stopped people from fishing and swimming over the summer. Audio

The Department of Conservation is being accused of neglecting its core functions after failing to repair and reopen a West Coast track damaged in a storm two years ago. Audio

Tourism and environmental groups say the Government's decision to pour hundreds of millions of dollars into irrigation is a gamble, particularly in the wake of the dairy downturn. Environment reporter… Audio

Environmental groups have panned the Government's rationale for breaking its promise to allow marine reserves up to 200 miles from New Zealand's coast. Audio

An agri business consultant says dairy farmers won't necessarily see their bottom line suffer if dairy is included in the Emissions Trading Scheme. Audio

The Fish and Game Council says the Government's proposals to shake up water conservation applications is a win for the private sector but not the environment. Audio