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Getting kids engaged in the outdoors
Adventurer and educator Sash Nukada believes saying 'be careful' to children at play is counter-productive and can induce fear and make them risk averse. He says it's more beneficial to explain what… Audio
Gilt-y pleasures: Justin Eden on the lure of gold
The heyday of New Zealand's gold rush may have passed, but there's still gold in those rivers - if you know where to look. Justin Eden has spent forty years mining gold both here and in Australia. He… Audio, Gallery
Taking The Electric Car Leap
We're joined by Kathryn Trounson, the Chair of the Better NZ Trust to answer any questions you have and she hopes bust some myths about electric cars. Audio
Survivors remember Hawke's Bay quake, 90 years on
Today marks 90 years since New Zealand's deadliest natural disaster.
The Hawke's Bay earthquake struck the cities of Napier and Hastings, killing 256 people.
The quake's anniversary was marked with… Video, Audio
Cones on Wellington's Jervois Quay as sinkhole opens
A sinkhole has opened up in central Wellington on Wednesday afternoon. Crews are at the site on Jervois Quay near the waterfront.
RNZ reporter Charlotte Cook is there. Video, Audio
East Otago locals frustrated over contaminated water response
Residents in two East Otago towns are frustrated they do not know when they can drink water out of their taps and not a tanker.
Yesterday people in Waikouaiti and Karitane were told to stop drinking… Video, Audio
Water restrictions to curb sprinkler use in Hamilton and Waipā
Hamilton and parts of Waipā district will be placed under alert level two water restrictions from tomorrow.
Fairfield Project restoring the Kukutāruhe gully
Jesse speaks to Vic Arcus who has been running the project for the past 6 years. Audio
90 years since the Napier earthquake
A special service has been held in Napier today to mark 90 years since the deadly magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck. Audio
Arguing over herd sizes predicted
Marc Daalder believes there is going to be much debate about herd sizes in the coming years. Audio
Dunedin City Council unsure when water will be safe again
Residents in two coastal Otago towns don't know when they'll be able to safely drink their tap water again due to high levels of lead.
Yesterday the Dunedin City Council informed the 1,500 residents… Audio
New book collects tales of a climate-altered future
It's the burning issue of our time - what to do with a climate that's rapidly warming and threatening the world as we know it. On Monday the Climate Change Commission released a blueprint outlining… Audio
Toxic waste removal deal a 'huge relief', but some still sceptical
Tonnes of Ouvea premix will be removed from Mataura, but some residents say that after many failed promises, they'll hold off celebrating. Audio
Dross to go: Samson and Goliath poisonous waste removal deal
A small environmental group has taken on Rio Tinto, the biggest mining company in the world. Through court mediation, a deal has been reached to get rid of toxic waste stored at a disused paper mill… Audio
Lead found in coastal Otago towns' water supply
Residents of the Otago towns of Waikouaiti and Karitane won't be drinking the tap water for at least the next few days.
Samples taken in early December found nearly four times the safe amount of lead… Audio
'I heard this rumbling noise, rather like a train coming into the station'
A Hawke's Bay man recalls the earthquake on 3 February, 1931, which killed 256 people, turning Napier and Hastings to rubble.
Mataura residents holding off celebrating dross removal
It's good news that tonnes of toxic waste will finally be removed from a Southland town, but some Mataura residents say that after many failed promises, they'll hold off celebrating until they see… Audio
Government's hands tied over Mataura dross removal - Parker
The 8000 tonnes of toxic waste that has been stored in a disused factory in Mataura since 2014 should be gone from the town by the end of April.
Flooding and fire last year in the building where the… Audio
Climate change recommendations - what they might mean for you
The Detail - Some of the changes proposed by the Climate Change Commission may seem hugely ambitious - so what would they mean for everyday people?
Goat Island marine reserve encroached by poachers
Goat Island locals have been left outraged and bewildered that a group of anglers cast off from the marine reserve's beach and caught one of its large resident snapper. Despite signs everywhere saying… Audio
