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Kumara in the Kaipara rebounds after Cyclone Gabrielle
It's almost a year since kumara crops, which were ready to be harvested in the Kaipara District in Northland were pretty much wiped out by two major weather events. Audio
Research aimed at protecting communities against wildfires
Canterbury researchers hope models they are building will help firefighters get ahead of severe blazes.
Summer bugs with Morgane Merien
Why do flies want to get inside our houses so bad? Why do mosquitoes bite some people and not others? And why oh why is New Zealand home to so many creepy crawlies? Audio
Transforming the garden into a 'lizard manor': a guide.
"Think like a skink" - that's the advice of wildlife photographer and enthusiast Holly Neill, who for the past couple of years has been nurturing a lizard garden, or 'Mokomoko Manor'. Audio
Pod of false killer whales euthanised after stranding
Joy turned to sadness on the Māhia Peninsula on Sunday after a pod of around 40 false killer whales and bottlenose dolphins had to be euthanised.
Rescuers worked to successfully re-float the animals… Audio
The carbon cost of home delivery
Shampoo in one parcel, socks in another - for many of us, it's become normal to hear several knocks on the door from a courier during a week.
But all this to-ing and fro-ing has an impact on the… Audio
The climate cost of 'need it now' home deliveries
Before you click that online order, have a think about what all these door-to-door deliveries are doing to the climate. It may be worse than you think.
Pod of stranded 40 false killer whales and dolphins euthanised
A pod of 40 false killer whales and bottlenose dolphins have been euthanised after becoming stranded again on a reef near Mahia.
Silvia Pinca: Rewilding pine forest into native bush
Silvia Pinca is a biologist and ecologist living on 180 hectares of native bush in Northland. She is in the process of removing invasive species and replanting native trees on her former sheep and… Audio
Naomi Arnold: Phoning in from Te Araroa Trail - Week 3
Each weekend during our show we've been catching up with New Zealand Geographic writer Naomi Arnold who is walking the 3,000-kilometre Te Araroa Trail from Cape Reinga to Bluff.
The weather hasn't… Audio
Tūtūkākā student lobbies for safer weed spraying near school
An 11-year-old Tūtūkākā student's push for safer Whangārei District Council weed-spraying around his school is paying off.
My Hometown: Keeping faith in Gisborne, and an eye on the forecast
Coping with extreme, often traumatic, weather events is nothing new for the people of Tai Rāwhiti, says RNZ's chief executive and former resident Paul Thompson. Just don't call them resilient.
Scrapping clean car discount cost $138m in fuel savings – transport officials
The advice was never officially presented because the new government suspended the need for regulatory impact statements for undoing Labour-era policies.
Ngāti Kuri ancestral knowledge rescues endemic species from extinction
Far north iwi Ngāti Kuri will inject more resource into its successful environmental restoration projects with a $6.6 million Foundation Far North Grant.
Deadly fire ants form 'flood rafts' to spread
One of the world's most invasive species is taking advantage of Australia's wild weather.
Smelly substance on Napier beach likely from wastewater
The test results confirmed it was consistent with a discharge of animal byproducts, and aligned with a discharge from the council wastewater treatment plant.
How much road user charges will cost EV drivers
Owners of a fully electric vehicle could end up paying twice as much per kilometre as someone with a petrol car, a climate and energy expert says.
Warning over toxic algae at Hawke's Bay river
Toxic algae has also been widespread throughout the East Coast this summer.
'We need to prepare for the consequences' of climate change - expert
The University of Auckland's climate scientist Dr Kevin Trenberth says it is "not surprising" that 2023 was the hottest year on record.
'We don't usually get penguins wandering onto our forecourt'
An Oamaru service station did not give a young penguin an icy reception after it waddled into the store.
