Environment
Is the heat about to go on Fonterra over farming on drained peat?
Government officials have been quietly exploring how much carbon dioxide could be saved if the country reflooded its peat soils.
Minerals potential mapped: now what?
A new report by GNS maps the country's potential for new mining. Minister of Resources Shane Jones hopes the information will spark new investment in the sector. Audio
Genomics and the future of gene technology in Aotearoa
Advances in the field of genomics (the study of DNA and genomes) have meant big leaps in our ability to sequence, understand and manipulate the genomes of living things. Damian Christie explores… Video, Audio
Arsenic still present in Ohinemuri river
Scientists at Waikato Regional Council have been working around the clock carrying out tests after arsenic was found in the Ohinemuri river. The river turned a bright orange colour after it was… Audio
What if... we sequenced every waterway in New Zealand?
Living things leave tiny traces of DNA as they move around their environment. Now scientists can determine the quality of a waterway by using eDNA to see who lives there. Video
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What if... genomics could help save an endangered species?
In 2018 the kākāpō became the first species in the world to have every individual's genome sequenced. How is the information being used today to help conservation? Video
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Stocktake reveals how many bird species make Auckland their home
Auckland Council has put its bird population under the microscope by releasing its first ever stocktake of birds around the region.
The bat-bridge
Hamiltonians are always working hard to protect and nurture their population of long-tailed bats - or pekapeka-tou-roa - a species under critical threat. Audio
Christchurch man spending inheritance to fight landfill
One Canterbury man is choosing to spend some of his inheritance to fight a landfill proposal. "Self-appointed mayor of Whiterock" Mike McCaleb has already spent nearly $25,000 of his own money on… Audio
Gardening guerilla aghast as council shuts down flower patch
Heath Ling planted out a barren strip at an intersection in Woolston, but Christchurch City Council banned him from tending it - saying it is a distraction to drivers. Audio
The Panel with Ben Thomas & Penny Ashton (Part 1)
Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Ben Thomas & Penny Ashton discuss whether importing LNG is a good idea, and Upper Hutt councils removal of a healthy stand of beech trees. Ben… Audio
Allegations of stock shooting, poor pest management in forestry blocks in Clutha
Tensions are flaring in a small Clutha District community with allegations of stock shooting, poaching and poor pest management in nearby forestry blocks. Farmers near Lawrence and Tuapeka said they… Audio
One of world's most endangered frogs released at Zealandia
There are no other wild populations on the mainland as they're heavily impacted by habitat loss, disease and predation.
Gardening guerilla's flower patch shut down by council
A gardening guerilla who's turned a concrete jungle of a median strip into a colourful flower patch is being shut down by Christchurch council for safety reasons. Heath Ling planted out the barren… Audio
Thrift
Katy Gosset meets a Christchurch woman who's teaching a new generation of New Zealanders how to pickle and preserve. Audio
Some brand-new wallabies and what they mean for the environment
Researchers have discovered a new species of wallaby living undetected around Rotorua. Audio
Elevated arsenic levels found in river that turned orange
But the levels are well within drinking water guidelines, the council says.
Campaigns kick off for Bird of the Year 'election'
Organisers say they don't expect the competition to go global again, but there's plenty of room for things to go awry. Audio
'Terrible decision making': Beech trees hacked down to improve subdivision access
For the past two years, the Upper Hutt community of Katherine Mansfield Drive had been fighting to keep chainsaws away from a stand of beech trees.
