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Great white shark 'sent chill up spine' during filming - Gayford
The global lockdown caused by Covid-19 has quietened the oceans and is luring some of New Zealand's biggest great whites out of hiding. Marine filmmaker Clarke Gayford and shark expert Kina Scollay… Audio
Alan Brady on Neil Diamond's Cracklin' Rosie
Fifty years ago, Neil Diamond's 'Cracklin' Rosie' was on top of the NZ music charts. 'Crackling Rose' was an inexpensive sparkling wine. The founding father of Central Otago wine, Alan Brady remembers… Audio
Polar scientists wary of impending satellite gap
The key missions recording the loss of thickness in glaciers and sea-ice won't last the decade.
Long-standing environmental foes try to find common ground
Fish and Game and Federated Farmers have met up for a 'goodwill' meeting in an effort to work better together.
Fight against food waste: 'It's not about blaming, it's looking at the opportunity'
The average New Zealand household sends almost 10 times as much food waste to landfill per capita as supermarkets per capita, an award-winning expert working in the field says. Audio
Francesca Goodman-Smith: tackling supermarket food waste
26 year old Francesca Goodman-Smith is on a mission to tackle New Zealand's food waste problem. Working for Foodstuffs, one of the country's biggest supermarket chains, she's designed an award-winning… Audio
Dispute heats up over woodburner
Nelson City Councillor Tim Skinner joins The Panel to explain why. Audio
Firm fined $32k for sediment discharge into Waikato River
Waikato Regional Council said the visual impacts on the river was significant, but that the Expressway project had otherwise been very well managed.
Critter of the Week: Chaffey's Forget-me-not
The Forget-me-not is this week's pick of the bunch for Critter of the Week. Audio
Lynda Hallinan - Monarch butterflies in the garden
Gardening guru Lynda Hallinan talks to Jesse about the importance of monarch butterflies in the garden. Audio
Restrictions stymie re-use of industrial-purpose plastic bags
A big user of industrial-size plastic bags has found a way to re-use them, helping stem the dumping of thousands of bags each year into landfills.
Hunt on for vandals who wrecked skink habitat
The Department of Conservation is appealing for information after four-wheel drivers put rare West Coast skinks at risk by driving over their habitat.
Flexi-tank user finds way to reuse them
A big user of industrial-size plastic bags has found a way to re-use them, helping stem the dumping of thousands of bags each year into landfills.
Bureaucracy at the wharf is standing in the way of… Audio
AK's water restrictions eased from 14 December
Auckland's water restrictions will be eased in a few weeks after the region's lingering drought. The city has been under restrictions since May, when water levels across all reservoirs fell to just… Audio
The baggage our tourists bring
The tourism industry has some big decisions to make, and it's had an enforced break to think about them. But with vaccines on the horizon we'd better hurry on policies that decide what type of… Audio
The baggage our tourists bring
The tourism industry has some big decisions to make, and it's had an enforced break to think about them. But with vaccines on the horizon we'd better hurry on policies that decide what type of…
AudioOzone holes & UV radiation
NIWA's Richard Querel talks about the ozone hole, including this year's large one, and Ben Liley explains why NZ has such high UV levels. Video, Audio
Ozone holes & UV radiation
NIWA's Richard Querel talks about the ozone hole, including this year's large one, and Ben Liley explains why NZ has such high UV levels.
Video, AudioOur Changing World for 26 November 2020
NIWA experts explain the science behind this year's large ozone hole and New Zealand's high UV levels. Audio
More than half of New Zealand lakes surveyed 'poor' or 'very poor'
Lawa's national summary reveals the poor condition of many lowland lakes, but also the "spectacular quality" of some upland water bodies.
