Science and environment

‘You can’t plant your way out of this problem’: Worry at government’s pine-heavy carbon plan

The government’s focus on planting pine trees to solve climate change will only push costs...

Science and environment

NZ First donor wants Fast Track to free up QEII land for quarry

An NZ First donor wants Fast Track legislation to free up permanently protected land for quarrying. RNZ In Depth's Farah...

New Zealand

Greenpeace concerned about high levels of nitrate in Canterbury’s drinking water

The organisation tested 445 water samples in Canterbury and results indicate multiple town supplies had nitrate levels above the threshold....

Country

Wilding pine work ‘will go backwards’ with reduced funding

Land cleared of the pest plants is now "prime for re-infestation"....

New Zealand

The ‘treasure’ plant mistaken for algae in Marlborough Sounds

A seagrass still found in the region is in global decline and many don't know of its importance, a coastal...

Science and environment

Global leaders take major step to reduce gas emissions

Global leaders take major step to reduce gas emissions.

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Global leaders take major step to reduce gas emissions
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Science and environment

‘You can’t plant your way out of this problem’: Worry at government’s pine-heavy carbon plan

The government’s focus on planting pine trees to solve climate change will only push costs...

Science and environment

NZ First donor wants Fast Track to free up QEII land for quarry

An NZ First donor wants Fast Track legislation to free up permanently protected land for...

NZ First donor wants Fast Track to free up QEII land for quarry
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New Zealand

Greenpeace concerned about high levels of nitrate in Canterbury’s drinking water

The organisation tested 445 water samples in Canterbury and results indicate multiple town supplies had...

Country

Wilding pine work ‘will go backwards’ with reduced funding

Land cleared of the pest plants is now "prime for re-infestation"....

New Zealand

The ‘treasure’ plant mistaken for algae in Marlborough Sounds

A seagrass still found in the region is in global decline and many don't know...

Science and environment

Global leaders take major step to reduce gas emissions

Global leaders take major step to reduce gas emissions.

...
Global leaders take major step to reduce gas emissions
0:00 / 7:28

Turning the tide – what it takes to take out rats

Kate Evans visits a passionate team as they carpet a remote volcanic island in Tonga...

Turning the tide – what it takes to take out rats
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New Zealand

‘Shaky’ times for scientific research with decade-long Our Land and Water challenge set to end

The gains made in agricultural science over the past decade could slow as the government...

Science and environment

A quest to demystify creatures of the deep sea

Dr Thom Linley has always been fascinated with fish, how they behave, their ecology and...

A quest to demystify creatures of the deep sea
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Summer 34 – Three decades of albatross research

Journalist Rebekah White meets two people who have been counting albatrosses on remote islands in...

Summer 34 – Three decades of albatross research
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Pacific

Indigenous leaders seeking legal personhood for whales make ‘a really big statement’

Aotearoa's Kiingi Tuheitia and the Cook Islands Kaumaiti Nui Tou Ariki have signed a declaration...

New Zealand

Department of Conservation set to lose scientific expertise in job cuts

"DOC won't have the capacity to deliver on species conservation programmes," an academic says....

New Zealand

Glass recycling may be kicked back to the kerb in Porirua proposal

People once put out bottles and jars out knowing they'd go toward making new containers,...

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