Environment

From no-mow trials in public parks to soft plastic recycling, Carterton council is adopting sustainable practices across its business units.

It comes despite a Climate Change Commission warning that New Zealand is being hit sooner and more severely than expected.

There's a lot of hand-wringing but few answers when it comes to culling the rapidly expanding deer population.

The government's claim it can meet emissions targets without writing "billion-dollar cheques" is implausible, experts say.

The decision not to close the ramp at Lake Taharoa was made as the threat of invasive freshwater gold clams grows.

And staff say they love working at Te Oraka so much, they'd do it for free.

Nicola Willis has cast fresh doubt on whether New Zealand will pay for the offshore carbon credits needed to meet its 2030 promise to halve emissions.

Northland conservationist Brad Windust says authorities need to look at casting the net wider ahead of summer. Audio

Nothing prepared me for the rapid transformation unfolding in the Waikato River since the invasion of the Asian clam, Adam Hartland writes.

The Environmental Law Initiative has filed court proceedings against the oceans and fisheries minister for failing to protect hoiho, or yellow-eyed penguins, from the risk of extinction.

Another yellow-legged hornet queen has been found as Biosecurity New Zealand escalates its attempts to eradicate the invasive insect. Audio