Environment
Changes to Clean Car Discount will hike prices - car industry
How do you feel about the cheapest new car being $15,000 more expensive in three years time?. That is where the industry is warning prices could go as five out of the eight most popular hybrids lose… Audio
Car dealer responds to govt tweaks to clean car rebate scheme
Thousands of customers on the wait list for cleaner cars could be in for bigger bills after the government cut some vehicle rebates and raised taxes on other models.
Joining us now from Simon Lucas… Video, Audio
Manawa Energy may build wind farm to power 100,000 homes
The electricity generator is looking at building a wind farm in the central North Island, between Taihape and Waiouru.
We found long-banned pollutants in the very deepest part of the ocean
Comment - Anna Sobek was part of a team that discovered human-made pollutants in one of the deepest and most remote places on Earth, 8000m down in the Pacific Ocean.
Christchurch to get city to sea walkway
The central river in Christchurch is getting an 11 kilometre walkway which will run from the city to the sea. New details have been released of the Ōtākaro Avon River revamp, which covers 602 hectares… Audio
Native plant used in sand dune restoration in short supply
A Coromandel environmental group has warned that spinifex, a native plant used in sand dune restoration after erosion events, could be in short supply this year.
Brazil's Lula recognises six new indigenous reserves
Brazil has set up new indigenous reserves where mining and some farming are banned - a milestone after international outcries over deforestation of the Amazon.
Material from diseased site dumped at private landfill
Material from a diseased Nelson site was briefly dumped at the Taylorville Resource Park landfill, it has been confirmed.
Mountain camera at Nelson Lakes DOC hotspot hut to improve visitor safety
A remote camera has been installed near one of the most popular huts in the Nelson Lakes National Park in a bid to improve visitor safety.
Employee sought for one of world's remotest places
A British wildlife group is looking for someone to work on one of the remotest islands in the world for 13 months.
Australian mining company reapplies for consent to start open-cast mine
TiGa contends it will earn the West Coast millions but have only a light environmental impact.
Aucklanders told to 'have a plan' as more wet weather approaches
Weather alerts have been issued for the upper North Island as a tropical system bears down on the country.
Critter of the Week
Ongaonga (Urtica ferox) is arguably the most notorious plant in Aotearoa. The large woody shrub has pale green leaves bristling with syringe-like hairs filled with toxin - just brushing against a few… Audio
Ethique founder on mentoring other social entrepreneurs
Brianne West founded the plastic-free beauty bar business Ethique 11 years ago while she was studying chemistry at university. It's now a $100 million business, exporting shampoo bars and soaps to… Audio
Carbon neutral 2050: 'Imperative we get on with it' to prevent cost blowouts, scientist says
It will be more costly for New Zealand to try and become carbon neutral in the future if it does not pick up the pace now, one of the climate change commissioners warns. Audio
Climate Commissioner: 'current pathway will not get us there'
The government needs to take more urgent and bold actions on climate change, or risk missing its own emissions targets for 2026 to 2030 according to the Climate Change Commission. The Commission says… Audio
We can't plant our way out of trouble, Climate Change Commission says
The Climate Change Commission is warning decision makers that we can't plant our way out of trouble.
It's released draft recommendations to the Government for the next Emissions Reduction Plan, and… Audio
Blooming cyclones
Tropical cyclones can cause rampant destruction, but sometimes, these wild weather systems can seed life at sea too. This week we meet a storm-chasing researcher in search of phytoplankton blooms like… Audio
Blooming cyclones
Tropical cyclones can cause rampant destruction, but sometimes, these wild weather systems can seed life at sea too. This week we meet a storm-chasing researcher in search of phytoplankton blooms like…
AudioGovt moving too slow on climate action - commission report
The Climate Change Commission says current government policies do not go hard or fast enough on cutting damaging gases.
That's one of the messages from the Commission which today released its draft… Video, Audio
