Environment
The Pre-Panel with Jo McCarroll and Raj Chakraborti
Wallace and panellists Jo McCarroll and Raj Chakraborti speak to those behind the booming Bonsai culture in Otago and Gore. Plus, our Panellists tell us what has been on their mind this week. Audio
Environmental Protection Spend in 2020
According to the Simon Upton, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, $2.6 billion was spent on environmental protection in 2020. Troy Baisden talks to Jesse. Audio
Meridian focuses on a future powered by green hydrogen
New Zealand energy companies will need to invest at least $30 billion in renewable energy over next few decades to meet carbon zero targets by 2050.
What's really happening with whitebait?
It's been a tough season for many whitebaiters - some say it's been one of the worst they can remember. NIWA freshwater ecologist Mike Hickford and DOC's Director Aquatic Kirsty Knowles join Kathryn… Audio
One plant put in the ground every four seconds over winter in Wellington
One plant every four seconds - that's how many were put in the ground across the Wellington region over the winter planting season.
The number of plants sowed between June and August this year hit… Audio
Climate change and our survival instincts
The news is filled with doom and gloom about climate change - is there any reason to be optimistic? Audio
Climate change and our survival instincts
The news is filled with doom and gloom about climate change - is there any reason to be optimistic?
AudioTuatara are returning to the mainland - but feeding them could prove tricky
New research on the diets of tuatara living on Takapourewa/Stephens Island reveals that larger individuals are eating a surprising amount of seabirds - or at least seabird matter.
Sustainability targets will be in mix for Fonterra's future borrowing
The country's biggest company is aligning its funding strategy to meet its sustainability goals as well as those of an increasing number of funders.
Could crustaceans be key to future plastic production?
Researchers Otago University may have found us an option for food packaging that doesn't involve harmful plastics. It's called Chitosan, and it's a material derived from the outer shells of… Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy has an update on incoming flights of bar-tailed godwits, arriving on our shores from Alaska.
He also explores a remarkable new decision from the Supreme Court on the place of tikanga in New… Audio
Does our EV charging network need powering up?
If the government's zero emissions target is to be met - we'll need another 1.5m low emission cars on our roads in the next 13 years. So is our charging infrastructure up to the job? Kathryn talks… Audio
Season 2 Ep 1: Rabbits & other Pests
No-one knows for sure who first introduced rabbits to New Zealand, because no-one wanted to take the blame for what became one of New Zealand's biggest environmental and economic disasters. We start… Video, Audio
No certainty global emission 'leakage' will come from reduced dairy exports
There is little reason to conclude reducing New Zealand's agricultural output is certain to lead to increased global climate emissions, reports show.
E-waste: Five billion phones to be thrown away in 2022
This year, 5.3 billion mobile phones will be thrown away, the international waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) forum says. Its estimate, based on global trade data, highlights the…
From music to mosaics: Artists transform supercity's 'flow of junk'
An artist residency project at a recycling hub in Auckland is transforming or repurposing discarded objects into art.
Junk to treasure: Auckland artists turning waste into art
The adage of one's junk being another's treasure is very much on show at an artist residency project in Auckland, where discarded stuff from the inorganic waste collection is being made into art, or… Video, Audio
The Panel with Chris Wikaira and Julia Hartley-Moore (Part 1)
Today on the Panel Wallace and panellists Chris Wikaira and Julia Hartley-Moore discuss the arrival of the first recorded case of the Omicron subvariant B.Q.1.1 and whether we need a return to an… Audio
Critter of the Week: Barrel shrimp
This week's critter has been dubbed a 'monster in a barrel' and a 'sinister squatter.' The barrel shrimp, makes its home out of transparent sea creatures like salps and jellyfish by eating out their… Audio
Council supports landowners in planting millions of trees planted on unproductive land
Waikato landowners have retired the equivalent of 21 average-sized farms of unproductive land and planted over 3 million trees in the past five years.
