Environment
Mountain of farm waste plastic on the way out
Wastebusters is happy to see the first loads of farm plastics hit the road after four years of stockpiling, but its green waste collection is in breach of the land and water regional plan.
The Week in Detail: ADHD, protests, an inland port
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
The Week in Detail: ADHD, protests, an inland port
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
AudioBacking for Ngāi Tūhoe's 'enlightened' plans for Urewera huts
The Federated Mountain Clubs says people shouldn't be anxious about Ngāi Tūhoe's plans for new huts in Te Uruwera.
Climate change: UN warns key warming threshold slipping from sight
The time for 'incremental changes' to tackle rising global temperatures has passed, says the report's producer.
Solving the mystery of Aotearoa's butterflies
The Butterfly Discovery Project is launching a full study to analyse the DNA of New Zealand's largest group of butterflies. Joining the show to tell us more is project manager and butterfly lover… Audio
Critter of the Week: The Kitefin Shark
This week's critter lives in the twilight zone of the world's largest ecosystem and is the largest glow-in-the-dark vertebrate in the world. The kitefin shark is a powerful and solitary hunter. Audio
Meridian Energy tees up solar, battery and wind projects to meet green energy goals
Meridian Energy is accelerating its renewable energy projects as the sector moves to decarbonise by 2030.
NZ's role in Antarctica 'incredibly important', says PM
Jacinda Ardern has stressed the importance of New Zealand maintaining its strong connection with Antarctica as other countries contest territory in the region.
Possums should be treated as a 'resource' - West Coast Conservation Board member
Ngāi Tahu board member Rob Wilson proposes considering the usefulness of possums for the local economy with an incentive for hunters to help control their numbers.
'It's not going to stop here': Kaumātua on demolition of Te Urewera DOC huts
A Tūhoe kaumātua is warning of further demonstrations after about 200 people gathered to protest the demolition of back country huts in Te Urewera. Audio
The race to save the fastest-warming place on Earth
On a chain of Norwegian islands the world's northernmost permanent settlement is heating at six times the global average. So what is being done to save it?
How an 'acquired taste' could save Australia's Great Southern Reef from ruin
Investing in Australia's commercial sea urchin industry could be the solution needed to tackle one of the Great Southern Reef's biggest environmental problems, a senate inquiry hears.
Richard Wolfe: The impact of humans on New Zealand
Whether accidentally, or by design, humans have had a great impact on the face of New Zealand. Richard Wolfe unravels the history and considers our future in his 41st book: Footprints on the Land: How… Audio
'Effectively environmental vandalism' - Auckland Council asking residents to stop releasing goldfish into waterways
Auckland Council is pleading locals to stop releasing goldfish into local lakes and streams as the fish and plants play havoc with the water quality.
Goldfish have turned up in ponds and streams… Video, Audio
Jacinda Ardern visits Scott Base
After a false start being turned around mid-air on Tuesday, the Prime Minister has touched down in Antarctica. Despite being the nation's leader, Jacinda Ardern will be expected to pull her weight… Audio
Why has this river of Antarctic ice stalled?
How do you drill through 600m of thick Antarctic ice? Using hot water, of course. In this episode from the 2020 series Voices from Antarctica, Alison Ballance joins researchers hoping to solve the… Audio
Why has this river of Antarctic ice stalled?
How do you drill through 600m of thick Antarctic ice? Using hot water, of course. In this episode from the 2020 series Voices from Antarctica, Alison Ballance joins researchers hoping to solve the…
AudioDOC's 2023 national predator eradication work to focus on West Coast
Much of the Department of Conservation's national predator control work in 2023 will be concentrated on the West Coast, and most of that by way of aerial 1080 poison.
1080 use on DOC estate valuable, but alternatives being investigated
The ongoing use of 1080 poison to control predators on the DOC estate is finite, the West Coast Conservation Board has heard.
