Nature & Environment

Today's expert is Amy Robbins from Auckland Zoo. Amy shares what it is like to care for orangutans and answers all our questions about being a zookeeper! Audio

Aucklanders are being urged to be on the lookout for stranded Cook's Petrels. Birdcare Aotearoa general manger, Lynn Miller, shares some advice on what to do if you come across a grounded petrel. Audio

Māori knowledge is critical to respond to climate change, that's one of the key findings in the latest IPCC report.

The Deep South Science Challenge is commissioning fourteen projects for… Audio

They are enormous, highly intelligent and threatened. Vice president of Asia-Pacific Marine Programs at Conservation International Mark Erdmann leads a team of researchers trying to build on our scant… Audio, Gallery

The Environmental Law Initiative is concerned re-classification of Stewardship land is being pushed through too quickly, with potentially disastrous consequences, including that some of our public… Audio, Gallery

This week’s critter is a long skinny fish that looks like a ribbon of seaweed. It’s a weak swimmer and hangs out in seaweed meadows around the east coast of Aotearoa. Audio

Sam Gibson AKA 'Sam the Trap Man' tells Jesse about the work of the Eastern Whio Link. Audio

Wild weather has affected large swathes of the North Island this week, causing widespread damage around Tairāwhiti where a state of local emergency was declared.

The Climate Change Minister James… Audio

A hill country farm near Te Puia springs has recorded nearly 800-millimetres of rain this week.

It's caused widespread damage to fencing and the land.

Dan Russell who runs a hill country beef and… Audio

Adam Nicolson has been obsessed with the landscape we live in his entire life. Recently Adam has been staring into rockpools, trying to work out what might stare back. The journalist, broadcaster and… Audio

Two stories on addressing our energy problem - using AI to maximise locally produced renewable energy and reducing the carbon footprint of ammonia production. Audio

Panellists David Slack and Nalini Baruch discuss the severe weather in Bay of Plenty and share what they've been thinking. Audio

Alison Ballance meets some engineers from Victoria University of Wellington who are coming up with smart ways to keep the lights on, using renewable electricity produced locally. Audio

In Tairāwhiti, a red warning for heavy rain is in place.

A massive downpour of biblical proportions hit Tolaga and Tokomaru Bays and Te Puia overnight.

Rivers burst their banks - washing out roads… Audio

A fifth of our drinking water is lost to leaks - that's just one of the grim findings in the latest National Performance Review from Water New Zealand.

The report also found hundreds of sewage spills… Audio