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Bringing back lizards in Central Otago
Conservationists are bringing endangered skinks back to the dryland wilderness of Central Otago.
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What a rare summer La Niña could mean for Australia
7 Jan 2025The great rainmaker, La Niña, could be back for the fourth time in five years, increasing the prospect of a soaking start to 2025. Video
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Lifeguards swap beach patrol for dolphin rescue
7 Jan 2025The Bottlenose dolphin was trapped in the shallows of an estuary in Otago.
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Nature's milestones you may have missed
6 Jan 2025From cliff-scaling skinks to takahē on tramping tracks.
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How to recycle your Christmas tree
4 Jan 2025If you bought your live tree in the first flush of festive spirits, chances are it'll be looking past its use-by date by now. Here's how to get rid of it without causing an eyesore.
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Tasmania's coast glows with algae - a sign of environmental imbalance
1 Jan 2025The state's southeastern ocean is experiencing a rare bioluminescent red algal bloom that bursts into vibrant blue at night.
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Chch quake recovery leader Peter Skelton becomes a knight
31 Dec 2024Sir Peter Skelton - who was also an Environment Canterbury Commissioner - has been made Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to environmental law.
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Heat wave caused 'catastrophic loss' in bird species
27 Dec 2024A marine heat wave has killed approximately half of Alaska's common murre population, marking the largest recorded die-off of a single species in modern history, research has found.
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Do EVs still stack up after a tough year?
20 Dec 2024Subsidies are gone, road user charges are in, and ACC levies are up. So do electric cars still make financial sense?
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Our Changing World: Top 10 listens for 2024
26 Dec 2024From the puzzles of our mind to the deep sea and the far-flung subantarctic islands, these podcast episodes have explored our changing world in 2024.
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What methane seeping from Antarctic might mean
19 Dec 2024Methane is escaping from below the seafloor in Antarctica - what are the potential implications for further warming of the planet?
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Whanganui rejects fast-track seabed mining project
13 Dec 2024Local councillors have opposed seabed mining in the South Taranaki Bight and applauded an impassioned first-term councillor for bringing the issue to the table.
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The bacterial world inside New Zealand's 'living fossil'
12 Dec 2024Tuatara have changed little since their ancestors hung out with dinosaurs, but what about their gut bacteria?
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New emissions plan still not on track to meet 2031-2035 climate targets
11 Dec 2024However the government's new plan moves the country closer to its crucial emissions budget for 2031-2035. Audio
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How pills for cows and 'light recipes' may help slow global warming
7 Dec 2024A range of tools are not too far off to knock back greenhouse gases from livestock burps.
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The glass sponges of Antarctica
6 Dec 2024Underneath the flat white expanse of sea ice, the Antarctic seafloor is a world of colour, structures and life, with mysterious giant glass sponges at the centre of it all.
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Methane debate still rages after government-initiated review
5 Dec 2024Both sides of methane debate claim to be backed by science, but say their opponents are "political".
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Is your KiwiSaver as green as it claims to be?
'Greenwashing' - making investments seem more responsible than they really were - is a critical challenge for fund managers.
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Emissions Trading Scheme 'will fail' without radical reform - Rod Carr
ETS is the government's major tool for lowering planet-heating gases that contribute to heating, droughts and extreme floods and storms around the globe. Audio
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Government weighs up next climate target under Paris Agreement
5 Dec 2024New Zealand's current target is to cut net emissions by 50 percent by 2030.
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'These things can just disappear in silence' - Robins at risk of extinction
4 Dec 2024A population of South Island robin living near Dunedin is at risk of local extinction without intervention.
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Onehunga lagoon build-up leaves boats stuck in the mud
4 Dec 2024An Auckland community say they are stuck in the mud, with years of silt making their lagoon unusable, and they are pushing for it to be restored.
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Dissection of rare whale begins: 'This is an extraordinary thing'
2 Dec 2024The dissection of a rare spade-toothed whale in Dunedin is extraordinary and a world first, say scientists.
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How queen bees set our backyards abuzz in readiness for summer
28 Nov 2024As the weather heats up bee and wasp queens emerge from hibernation in search of a place to start their nests.
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The case for COPs (even this one)
Pacific Island nations and other vulnerable countries don't have a voice at the G20, but they make themselves heard at climate summits.
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Gas supply shrinkage sparks fears of suburban shortages
26 Nov 2024Customers are being warned that in a worst case scenario, Vector might have to stop supplying gas to some suburbs. Audio
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Whales refloated stay at sea, locals asked to stay vigilant
25 Nov 2024Local iwi and members of the public helped refloat a pod of stranded pilot whales at a Northland beach. Audio
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Bringing back ngutukākā from the brink
21 Nov 2024A community of conservationists is turning State Highway 35 into a Crimson Highway by rewilding the iconic and critically endangered kākābeak.
