Science & Environment

Artist Joseph Michael is best known for his full-scale 360° projection of an iceberg onto the Auckland War Museum in 2017. Audio, Gallery

In less than two years, the deaths of up to 80 New Zealanders have been attributed to synthetic cannabis (known more accurately as synthetic cannabinoids). Yet currently little is known about why they… Audio

Director of the tree ring lab at the School of Environment at the University of Auckland, Dr Gretel Boswijk, tells Kathryn Ryan how analysing Kauri rings helps her discover more about the history of… Audio

After a fierce struggle for naming rights, the last lanthanoid element to be discovered was eventually named after Paris, says Allan Blackman in ep 45 of Elemental. Audio

There have been 130 complaints of businesses breaking the law, and supermarket customers now pay for their bin liners - how is the country coping with the plastic bag ban three weeks in?  Audio

Electroclear is a start-up company at the University of Auckland using electric fields to deter small marine organisms from settling on boats and underwater structures. Video, Audio

South Canterbury Deerstalkers Association and the Timaru Pistol Club have no choice but to move, because the cliff edge - only metres away from their club rooms - is falling into the sea. Video, Audio

DOC says it won't hesitate to prosecute people who repeatedly flout access to public land for commercial gain. It follows a crackdown by the department on the number of people guiding tourists through… Audio

After a bumper kākāpō breeding season, DOC's kākāpō team has been waiting with bated breath for the results of some very important paternity tests.

RNZ's Kākāpō Files producer, Alison Ballance… Audio

Sustainable building campaigners want the construction industry to reduce its carbon emissions.

It's not usually the first industry that springs to mind when talking climate change but its emissions… Audio

Tuvalu is looking to use its climate change fight as a marketing tool to attract more tourists.

The low lying coral atoll nation of just under 11,000 people is the least visited country in the world.

At 7.30pm on July 21st 1969, New Zealanders tuned into the news and watched man walk on the moon for the very first time. But that footage wasn't beamed straight from the moon to our TVs - in fact… Video, Audio

Fifty years after the moon landings - during which the space race slowed to a crawl - exploration is speeding up again.  Audio

Former New Zealander of the Year Dame Anne Salmond has taken a swing at the government's Billion Trees Programme, saying it's going off track. Logan Church reports. Video, Audio