Climate
A solution to plastic recycling problems?
Australian scientists have developed a technology they say could make all plastic recyclable, as the country grapples with how to deal with its waste crisis.
Australia enters era of disaster: bushfires and drought
Given the devastation and the geographical spread of bushfires in New South Wales and Queensland this week, a risk reduction expert has warned that Australia needs to prepare for ongoing disasters… Audio
Venice flooding: Basilica damage 'will run into hundreds of millions'
The damage from the 1.87m high waters is a "blow to the heart of our country", Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte says.
Jack Daniels, beer after overnight blaze battle to save home
An Australian woman has told her story of survival after battling seven hours through the night to save her house from a deadly bushfire.
Ann Windress, her husband Mick and two relatives used hoses… Video, Audio
Crowds of farmers march on Parliament protesting forestry creep
Hundreds of farmers marched on parliament on Thursday, saying the countryside risks being swamped by tree planting and their livelihoods risk going to the wall.
They say slow-growing trees do not pay… Video, Audio
Climate change, warmer waters to blame for profits drop - Sanford
New Zealand's largest seafood company says warmer waters are affecting its bottom line as it announces a 1 percent drop in profits for the year.
Australia bushfires: 'The worst of the season - still ahead of us'
Huge blazes continue to rage in two drought-hit states amid warnings of a dangerous summer.
Venice mayor blames record flood on climate change
A state of disaster is declared as the Italian city is hit with a high tide of more than 1.87m.
Venice overwhelmed by flooding
Severe flooding in Venice that has left much of the Italian city under water.
The flooding is being blamed on climate change by the city's mayor. Mayor Luigi Brugnaro says it's the highest water… Audio
Australia fires : Update
10.30 Bushfires continue to rage in Australia
Across the Tasman, fires continue to burn in New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia and Brisbane.
In Queensland firefighters face hot… Audio
Australian bushfires wipe out half of koala colony
Bushfires have wiped out about half the koalas living on a coastal reserve in New South Wales, experts estimate.
Extra $208m for NZ's largest wind farm
Mercury NZ will spend another $208 million building the country's largest wind farm near Palmerston North.
Climate activists plan a citizen's assembly
Climate change campaigners are meeting at a conference in Wellington today to talk about setting up a Citizens Assembly in 2020. Aotearoa Climate Emergency say they want to break the political… Audio
Climate change conversation rejected as Australia burns
Australian political leaders including the deputy prime minister are angry some people the issue of climate change.
Carol Sparks is the mayor of a northern New South Wales town, Glen Innes, where two… Audio
Dateline Pacific for 12 November 2019
A trial beginning on Tuesday in Nauru has been called "a parody of justice"; Vanuatu's Labour Commissioner says her decision to refuse an application for the renewal of a work permit for the Daily… Audio
Confronting the 'double headed' health crisis in the Pacific
The region is confronting what the head of the Pacific Community calls a "double-headed crisis" with the climate crisis and the non-communicable disease crisis. Audio
Indigenous voices drowned out at Madrid climate talks
There are fears indigenous voices are not being heard at climate talks in Madrid. Audio
Dunedin faces summer without main water supply after fire
Dunedin will not run out of water after a massive fire damaged the city's water supply, but it will come at a cost.
The fire took hold near Middlemarch on Saturday, spreading across about 5000… Audio
NSW bushfires rage, hundreds of homes burn, worst to come
Across the ditch, huge areas of New South Wales are burning.
Three people have died and 100 others have been given medical assistance as early-season bushfires races through suburbia.
At least 150… Video, Audio
Capital's slim new e-ferry sets industry abuzz
Wellington's new electric cross-harbour ferry is shaping up to slash its owners' fuel bill by $250,000 a year - and every kilogram counts towards efficiency.
