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Power companies lead charge on cutting emissions
A new analysis of the biggest companies on the New Zealand stockmarket found only 18 had a consistent trend of lowering their emissions.
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Emissions Trading Scheme 'will fail' without radical reform - Rod Carr
4 Dec 2024ETS is the government's major tool for lowering planet-heating gases that contribute to heating, droughts and extreme floods and storms around the globe. Audio
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Our Changing World: Glass sponges in Antarctica
4 Dec 2024On Our Changing World, we head to Antarctica to join an international team of researchers studying the giant glass sponges that live on the seafloor.
While… Audio
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Changing the conservation model
4 Dec 2024According to the Manaaki Kaimai Mamaku Trust, our current funding model for conservation is "broken". Audio
Power companies lead charge on cutting emissions
A new analysis of the biggest companies on the New Zealand stockmarket found only 18 had a consistent trend of lowering their emissions.
Emissions Trading Scheme 'will fail' without radical reform - Rod Carr
ETS is the government's major tool for lowering planet-heating gases that contribute to heating, droughts and extreme floods and storms around the globe. Audio
Our Changing World: Glass sponges in Antarctica
On Our Changing World, we head to Antarctica to join an international team of researchers studying the giant glass sponges that live on the seafloor.
While the sea ice might be a flat white… Audio
Changing the conservation model
According to the Manaaki Kaimai Mamaku Trust, our current funding model for conservation is "broken". Audio
Vanuatu's landmark case at ICJ seeks to hold polluting nations responsible
Vanuatu's special envoy to climate change says their case to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is based on the argument that those harming the climate are breaking international law. Audio
Buy now for a well priced EV, industry expert says
The vehicles are selling more cheaply than when the rebate scheme was in place, a motoring editor says. Audio
Search for three climbers missing on Aoraki/Mount Cook delayed
Three men who disappeared while attempting to climb Aoraki/Mount Cook over the weekend are still missing. The Mountain Safety Council's Chief Executive Mike Daisley spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio
Vanuatu-led climate case gives evidence at Int Court
The International Court of Justice will hear testimony from nearly 100 countries including Vanuatu, the Pacific island nation that initiated the effort to get a legal opinion. Vanuatu's Special Envoy… Audio
Taranaki region leaders at odds with government plans
There's a clash of wills going on between central and local government in Taranaki when it comes to plans for seabed mining.
Seabed mining left out of regional plan for Taranaki
There's a clash of wills going on between central and local government in Taranaki when it comes to plans for seabed mining Audio
Shower Thoughts: Where does water come from?
Each Tuesday, here on Nights we're aiming to answer those unshakable questions lurking in the back of your mind. Tonight... Where does water come from? Which seems like a very simple question but we… Audio
Fast Track Bill: Students march on Parliament to voice dissent
Students are marching to Parliament during rush hour to oppose the bill which is expected to become law by year's end.
Whales at Farewell Spit restranded
Some of the whales that were refloated at Farewell Spit in Golden Bay today have already become stranded again. Audio
'Self-serving' methane change could mix science with political views - climate group
The executive director of a climate lobby group says she fears the government's methane review will be used to present politics as scientific fact, bypassing the Climate Change Commission because it…
Two whales die amid mass stranding at Farewell Spit
Project Jonah says almost 40 pilot whales have stranded, and rescue medics have been deployed.
NZ lagging in supportive solar policy
Experts and industry professionals are calling for rooftop solar policy changes in the wake of the announcement of the closure of SolarZero. Audio
Jones 'considering options' after oil lobby request to underwrite gas exploration
A fossil fuel body is warmly praising the government's "no nonsense" draft emissions plan. Audio
'It's our future that's in jeopardy': Ni-Vanuatu teen at World Court representing Pacific
Judges of the International Court of Justice have been requested to give an advisory opinion on the obligations of states in respect of climate change. Audio
Delay in releasing fast-track info prompts complaint to Ombudsman
The documents were to be released in November, but may now not be released until 20 December - after the bill progresses to its next stage. Audio
Greens on request from oil and gas lobby group for govt to underwrite risk of oil exploration
Resource minister Shane Jones is considering a request from the gas and oil lobby to underwrite the risk of fossil fuel exploration. Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio
