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EU unveils sweeping climate change plan
The European Union has announced a raft of climate change proposals aimed at pushing it towards its goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050.
Wildfires rage in US state of Oregon
Wildfires are burning across the American west including the largest in Oregon, called the Bootleg fire.
The fires come after major heat events across the extremely dry region. Firefighters have been… Audio
Breaking down bird song
On this week's Our Changing World – how songbirds learn their song, and how researchers in the Southern Hemisphere are trying to correct a long-standing male bias in the songbird world. Audio
Breaking down bird song
On this week's Our Changing World – how songbirds learn their song, and how researchers in the Southern Hemisphere are trying to correct a long-standing male bias in the songbird world.
AudioCommunity rallies around orca: 'There is some terrific support here'
Efforts continue to reunite a stranded orca with its pod, while work is underway to strengthen its temporary pen as bad weather is forecast.
NZ imported more than a million tonnes of 'dirty' coal last year
In the same year that the government declared a climate emergency, imports of an especially dirty type of coal from Indonesia topped a million tonnes for the first time since 2006.
Trucking company fined $15k for creek contamination
Marlborough trucking firm Broadbridge Transport has been fined fifteen-thousand dollars after its wash water residue contaminated a creek in Renwick.
Orca pod search -- the view from the air
Along the North Island's southern coastlines, countless people are on the lookout for an Orca pod. Whale rescuers are hoping to reunite a young orca, now named Toa, with his family (or any pod of orca… Audio
Property owners about to find out if they're in tsunami zone
The owners of over 20,000 properties in Hawkes Bay could be about to find out they live within a tsunami evacuation zone.
With a large tsunami likely in the next 50 years, not everybody knows the… Audio
Whole energy sector needs to change to fix coal problem - campaigner
Despite declaring a climate emergency last year, Aotearoa imported more than one million tonnes of low grade coal from Indonesia.
Imports of the fossil fuel in 2020 were six times larger than in… Audio
Dirty coal imports top a million tonnes
In the same year that the government declared a climate emergency, imports of dirty coal from Indonesia topped a million tonnes.
That's only the second time it's happened in two decades.
Imports of… Audio
National Party says not enough planning to get away from coal use
Aotearoa's hooked on coal, importing more than one million tonnes of low grade coal from Indonesia last year.
The fuel was burnt at the Huntly power station to keep the lights on, as gas fields… Audio
Imports of low-grade coal spiked over four years
Imports of some of the dirtiest, lowest grade coal have rocketed in each of the last four years.
Most of it comes from Indonesia and last year, and for only the second time in 20 years, New Zealand… Audio
Climate explained: Is New Zealand losing or gaining native forests?
Apart from wetlands, land above the treeline, coastal dunes and a few other exceptions, New Zealand was once covered in forests from Cape Reinga to Bluff.
Watch: Aerial search continues in effort to save lost orca calf
Two orca sightings have been reported today in what's now an international effort to keep a lost calf alive.
Significant number of New Zealanders overestimate sea-level rise - survey
About 35 percent of Kiwis overestimate sea-level rise. That might seem positive as it could lead people to be more prepared, but the evidence indicates that's not the case.
Watercare to take additional 50 million litres a day from Waikato River
A new $145 million Watercare water treatment plant in Tuakau will from tomorrow provide Auckland with up to 50 million litres of water a day from the Waikato River.
Animal welfare campaign targets colony cage ban
Animal welfare group SAFE have launched a campaign asking for colony cages to be banned in New Zealand.
Conservationist Emma Marris on trapping animals to save them
Somewhere between the impulse to protect wild animals from extinction and animal welfare we've forgotten the wild part says conservationist Emma Marris. She talks to Jesse about the blurred lines of… Audio
Creating the largest wildlife corridor in the world
California has approved a 'freeway' of sorts for its animals, which is being billed as the 'largest wildlife passage in the world'. Tiffany Yap explains it all to Jesse. Audio
