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Urban planners to review housing crisis, climate challenges
About 1000 urban planners will gather in Christchurch next year to discuss some of the country's biggest challenges, including housing affordability and climate change.
Climate-fuelled disasters in 2021 bring 'grave' costs across globe
Climate change-fuelled disasters have cost the world tens of billions of dollars in 2021, with both the poor and the rich hit hard, researchers says.
Eighteen kakī chicks hatch over three days
One of the rarest wading birds in the world has had a busy festive season, with 18 chicks hatched between Christmas Eve and Boxing Day.
What is the real cost of a switch to biofuels?
The shift to use more biofuels is forecast to raise petrol prices and knock up to $1b off NZ's economic growth within four years, but not making a move could also carry big, uncalculated costs.
Letters between officials reveal strained relationship on Three Waters
Newly released letters show that cracks in relations over the Three Waters reform appeared months before it was mandated.
Department of Conservation trialling ground-based hunters to target Himalayan tahr
Ground-based hunters are being trialled this summer on the West Coast as the of Department of Conservation continues to manage tahr populations.
What's the best way to travel and cut emissions?
Opinion - As New Zealanders plan their summer holiday trips, it's worth considering different travel options and their respective costs, Emeritus Professor Ralph Sims writes.
'Only one photograph of it in flower' - Kaimaumau fire an eco 'disaster'
The Kaimaumau fire is being described as an ecological "catastophic disaster" by Forest and Bird.
D'Urville Island stoat eradication plan put on hold
A large-scale stoat eradication programme on d'Urville Island can no longer go ahead because of problems with land access.
Refund offer to Stewart Island trampers over bed bug infestation concerns
Trampers who plan to walk the Rakiura Track on Stewart Island this summer are being offered the option of a refund as the battle against bed bugs continues.
Govt decision to delay Clean Vehicles Bill will cost $40 million
The delay of bringing in the Clean Vehicles Bill will cost the government about $40 million as it continues to fund rebates under the scheme for electric vehicles, without being able to bring in the…
Unwelcome visitors
How to deal with unwelcome visitors. Katy Gosset learns about a native fungus that might help in the battle against wilding pines. And two national research programmes combine on an expedition to… Audio
Unwelcome visitors
How to deal with unwelcome visitors. Katy Gosset learns about a native fungus that might help in the battle against wilding pines. And two national research programmes combine on an expedition to…
AudioA new take on sunsets and sunrises
Today is the longest day of the year in the Southern Hemisphere.... also the shortest night Our summer solstice officially took place at 4-59 this morning... marking the beginning of the astronomical… Audio
Climate change: Council consents deadline, coal-fired boilers ban quietly delayed
The government has quietly delayed a deadline for councils to consider climate gas emissions when deciding whether to grant consents.
Our Changing World - The pine-fighting fungus
Katy Gosset finds out about a native fungus that could help slow the spread of invasive wilding pines. Audio
How to check water quality at summer swimming spots
Karyn speaks to scientist Anna Madarasz-Smith about how water quality is monitored, and what to look out for Audio
Global ecological art project that begins and ends in NZ
Environmental artists and climbers, Martin Hill and Philippa Jones live and work in Wanaka, but have used the world as their canvas. They conceived of the Fine Line Project, 25 years ago. It consists… Audio, Gallery
'Cleared out': Fears for future of Fiordland fish stocks
A governance group protecting marine species in Fiordland say current levels of fishing in the area are unsustainable, and key fish stocks now require rebuilding.
Hapū fears damage to sacred sites after Kaimaumau fire
Whānau who whakapapa to Wharemaru hapū o Kaimaumau are expecting to find extreme fire damage to sacred historic sites.
