Environment

At a time when severe weather events are wrecking the environment, contractors on small building sites ignoring the rules are adding to the problem. 

Global carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels are set to hit a record high this year, exacerbating climate change and fuelling more destructive extreme weather, scientists say.

Opinion - It has taken decades, but the increasingly urgent issue of "climate mobility" is now central to international climate negotiations, Dalila Gharbaoui writes.

Waka Kotahi has been making exaggerated claims about how 'green' its highways are. This has come to light amid investigations into Transmission Gully's impacts on fish, streams and Porirua Harbour.

Scientists have developed a smartwatch-like sensor which listens to a cow urinate, measuring the amount of nitrogen hitting the pasture.

Heavy industry is set to stay in Mount Maunganui despite air pollution problems, but stricter controls have been put in place on what will be allowed in future.

The regional council says it has cleared the substance, and taken samples away for analysis.

The government confirmed on Sunday it was scrapping the Lake Onslow scheme in Otago. Audio

More than 100 countries at UN climate talks in Dubai have promised to treble world renewable energy use by 2030.

Governments and investors are pouring billions of dollars into emerging technologies to combat global warming in long-shot bets that entrepreneurship can help lead the way to a climate-friendly world.

A resident at Pūkaha since 2005, Kahurangi was the only one of her species held in captivity anywhere in the world.

In 2026, a crew of six fully-trained aquanauts will be deployed to a new oceanic habitat system - beginning what promises to be the era of humanity's continuous presence underwater.

A councillor fears the city's kerbside rubbish collection could be reduced from a weekly to an "inconvenient" fortnightly service.