Environment

The NZ Foreign Minister says countries talking about the transition to a green future must understand that "we cannot get there unless...we are engaged in extraction."

Two plucky bird have wandered from their home, all the way to Upper Hutt. Audio

Gratiola concinna is nationally-endangered and under threat from habitat loss and introduced weeds.

The beaked specimen found near Taieri Mouth is thought to be a spade-toothed whale.

An awareness campaign has been launched to better control leptospirosis after surge. Audio

DOC has confirmed it received wellbeing complaints before it began restructuring its Chatham Islands office.

The project would have severed the iwi's connection to a beach and a reserve considered their traditional whenua and moana.

The West Coast Regional Council is again investigating dead eels below the Arnold River power scheme.

Climate-change-induced sea level rise is happening. What will this mean for our low-lying wetlands? Will they get eroded away – releasing more carbon? Or will they grow at the same rate, and hold…

People in Ashburton are cranking up their wood burners in the face of the cold winter weather and the town has already breached the high-pollution threshold twice.

Climate scientists and researchers are highly critical, pointing to the lack of specificity, given the large number of climate policies repealed.