Nature & Environment

A farming family in Banks Peninsula is playing its part in protecting the largest little penguin colony on mainland New Zealand.

An interactive map which enables people to monitor nitrate levels in their drinking water is being launched today. Audio

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.

Last week the world recorded temperatures 2 degrees Celsius warmer than pre-industrial levels for the first time in modern recorded history. It's an important development as countries get to adress…

Northlanders keen to cool off this summer can now get real-time quality updates before they hit the water.

At almost 4000 square km, the Antarctic iceberg is moving for the first time in more than 30 years.

The court has finishing hearing a challenge to the Climate Change Commission. There were some heated moments (literally) and a series of dinner party-related analogies, involving baguettes and wine.

Todd McClay, Nicola Grigg, Andrew Hoggard and Mark Patterson are among the line-up of ministers for the primary industry sectors.

Persistent marine heatwaves in Cook Strait are thought to be behind the record-breaking sea temperatures.

Offsets from planting and protecting trees are often used by companies wanting to claim they are carbon neutral or doing extra to reduce their impact, on top of cutting raw emissions at the source.

A landmark Wellington motorway once lauded for its green credentials is being investigated for its impact on streams, native fish and one of the country's most sensitive inlets.

A small coastal town in the Bay of Islands is mourning the loss of a much-loved member of the community.

Auckland Council is to vote on the way forward for damaged homes that can be salvaged if work is done to protect them from future hazards.

Auckland's aquatic backyard and prime fishing grounds are weed-deep in trouble from exotic caulerpa, a fast-spreading algae that smothers everything in its path.