Environment
Concrete v Timber: the pros and cons from an environmental
Urban issues correspondent Bill McKay joins Susie to talk about the differences between the use of concrete and timber in the building industry and the carbon footprint created by their use. Bill… Audio
Extreme weather has lashed the world already this year - and it could be just the start
From blistering heatwaves in southern Europe and Asia to month-long floods in California, extreme weather has swept the world this year and climate scientists warn it may be just a taste of what's to…
The Week in Detail: Cluster bombs, Whakaari, and Fukushima waste
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
The Week in Detail: Cluster bombs, Whakaari, and Fukushima waste
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
AudioHigh levels of toxic nitrates in water moving under and through South Auckland to harbour
The levels detected in a new GNS study in groundwater and streams around Pukekohe and Bombay are eight times the 'national bottom line' in rivers.
Government ordered to review Emissions Trading Scheme settings
The High Court has ordered that the Emissions Trading Scheme settings must be reconsidered.
Facts are up against fear ahead of Fukushima water release
Locals struggle to believe the plant's treated radioactive water is safe to pump into the Pacific Ocean.
Seafood organisations calls for pause on deep sea mining
Seafood organisations calls for pause on deep sea mining. Audio
More transparency would help build trust in NZ farmers, study finds
Opinion - At a time when urban communities want higher transparency, there are ways farmers could strengthen agriculture's social license to operate, researchers say.
'Everybody run' tourist recounts terrifying experience on Whakaari
'Everybody run.' An Australian tourist has recounted the terrifying experience of being on Whakaari / White Island when it erupted. This week, Auckland District Court has heard at times graphic… Audio
Plastic pollution in Lake Rotorua similar to lakes in Europe and US - study
Researchers looked at 38 lakes across the world and found there was plastic in every single one of them, no matter the amount of human activity. Audio
Cook Islands PM: Treated nuclear wastewater plan 'doesn't breach treaty'
Cook Islands PM says Japan's wastewater plan does not breach treaty. Audio
Plastic pollution in Lake Rotorua similar to levels in Europe
A global study has found plastic pollution in Lake Rotorua is similar to lakes in Europe and the United States where the population around the shore is much higher. The researchers who looked at 38… Audio
Our taiao, our tohu - protecting the Waihi estuary
Tauranga-based producer Justine Murray dons some gumboots and meets some teeny-tiny cockles as she joins a team surveying the Waihi estuary. Professor Kura Paul-Burke is weaving mātauranga Māori and… Audio
Our taiao, our tohu - protecting the Waihi estuary
Tauranga-based producer Justine Murray dons some gumboots and meets some teeny-tiny cockles as she joins a team surveying the Waihi estuary. Professor Kura Paul-Burke is weaving mātauranga Māori and…
AudioDeparting Green MP Eugenie Sage reflects on time in Beehive
After 12 years at the heart of New Zealand politics, a Green Party MP who will not be standing for election in October speaks about her time in Parliament.
Global temperature rises - why we can expect a steep climb this year and next
Analysis - Every decade after the 1960s has been warmer than the one before and the 2010s were the warmest on record. But there can be a lot of variability from one year to the next, Kevin Trenberth w…
UN tour of nations concerned about nuclear wastewater wraps up
The head of the UN's Atomic Energy Agency has wrapped up his tour of nations with concerns about Japan's upcoming release of treated nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean. He was met with fierce… Video, Audio
'My heart sank': Emotional description of Whakaari eruption at court
A survivor of the Whakaari White Island eruption has told the court she wanted to hold her husband's hand so she could die next to him. Graphic and emotional descriptions of the eruption on December 9… Audio
Our Changing World - Protecting the Waihi estuary
The health of the Waihi estuary is in decline, threatening its important role as a mahinga kai, or food-gathering site. Justine Murray meets the team trying to turn things around. Audio
