Environment

The Environmental Protection Authority is under fire for not insisting that a leaking oil and gas well off the coast of Taranaki be formally abandoned and made safe.

The Kupe South-2 well has been… Audio

Te Papa curator and ornithologist Colin Miskelly is heading out of the museum and walking the length of Aotearoa to document and count every single bird he sees and hears along the way! Audio

Bottled water is now a $300-billion global industry and the most consumed packaged drink. So why are we drinking so much of it and what's the environmental cost? Sociologist Daniel Jaffee explores… Audio

The chances of hiking the Lake Waikaremoana Great Walk this summer are not great with the track likely to stay closed until at least mid January next year. It's been shut for more than a year with… Video, Audio

Summer is on its way and that means our cicadas are crawling their way out of the ground to sing up a storm. Did you know Aotearoa is home to the world's only alpine cicadas? It's the Canterbury scree… Audio

Suddenly everyone wants to be a culler but who will make the cut? Audio

A group of New Zealand scientists have developed ground-breaking new technology in the shape of portable chambers which measure the methane emissions from cattle. Suzanne Rowe speaks to Jesse. Audio

Growing up Gretchin Mornin never predicted she'd become a lotus farmer or all things - but that's exactly what she's ended up doing. Gretchen speaks to Jesse about their operation and unique approach… Audio

Entries for the BioHeritage National Science Challenge closes later this evening. The competition gave kids young and old the opportunity to make and colour their own paper kanakana in the hopes of… Audio

Mike and Rebecca Casey have what could be the first zero-fossil fuels orchard in the world. Their Forest Lodge Orchard - growing mainly cherries - in Cromwell has no diesel or petrol on site and has… Audio

6.5 million tyres reach their end of life in New Zealand every year and now a long awaited regulation change is set to improve the way they are disposed of. From March next year, when you buy a new… Audio

Visitors to the Taranaki Garden Festival this year are being encouraged to go a bit troppo.

Long famed for its rhododendrons and magnolias, it's taking a step closer to the equator and embracing… Audio

Our Australian correspondent Pam Corkery joins Nathan Rarere from across the ditch where bushfires are burning throughout Queensland. Audio

The elimination strategy hasn't worked. In 20 years, the cullers have shot perhaps 10% of the deer. It’s time to up the ante. Audio

The kingi chopping board is a chef-grade chopping board created using fishing nets and recycled post-consumer packaging. It was devised by Rui Peng, co-founder and CEO of CRITICAL and Tom Hishon… Audio