Climate Change
Pure NZ? Yeah right - litter pollution increasing across the country
It turns out 'Tidy Kiwi' are actually increasingly untidy. The country's latest litter audit shows Aotearoa's rubbish problem is gettting worse with the total number of items, volume and weight of of… Video, Audio
Our Changing World - Warming mountains
What will happen to our iconic alpine plants in a warmer and wetter world? Claire Concannon visits Mt Ruapehu with a research team investigating the future for mountain flora. Audio
Assessing Labour's record on climate action
Labour came to power promising to take climate change seriously - has it done that? Audio
Assessing Labour's record on climate action
Labour came to power promising to take climate change seriously - has it done that?
Audio"We all dream of going to Banaba" - Phosphate plunders from the Pacific and a forgotten community
The forgotten community of Banaba who were displaced from their homes to the Pacific island of Rabi in 1945, are seeking justice and restoration of their island. Banaba was all but destroyed by over… Audio
"We all dream of going to Banaba" - Phosphate plunders from the Pacific and a forgotten community
The forgotten community of Banaba who were displaced from their homes to the Pacific island of Rabi in 1945, are seeking justice and restoration of their island. Banaba was all but destroyed by over…
AudioClimate minimisation still has a foothold in media
National MP Maureen Pugh was censured by her bosses and made to walk back her words after calling man-made climate change into question earlier this week. But similar sentiments still find a platform… Audio
Mediawatch for 26 February 2023
Claims and counter-claims on post-Gabrielle crime spike; boring old infrastructure surges to the top of the agenda; climate minimisation still has a foothold in the media. Audio
Climate minimisation still has a foothold in media
National MP Maureen Pugh was censured by her bosses and made to walk back her words after calling man-made climate change into question earlier this week. But similar sentiments still find a platform…
AudioWhen plans change
Not everything goes to plan on research trips. And when the trip is to a remote island aboard a navy ship designed to help with disaster relief, and happens to overlap with one of the worst weather… Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: On the ground in Hawke's Bay
The cyclone may be gone, but the damage remains. Locals tell The Detail their stories of picking up the pieces. Audio
When plans change
Not everything goes to plan on research trips. And when the trip is to a remote island aboard a navy ship designed to help with disaster relief, and happens to overlap with one of the worst weather…
AudioCyclone Gabrielle: On the ground in Hawke's Bay
The cyclone may be gone, but the damage remains. Locals tell The Detail their stories of picking up the pieces.
AudioOur Changing World – Peat coring adventures
Claire Concannon joins students and scientists on an expedition to Campbell Island to collect some peat core samples. Audio
Maureen Pugh's climate change denial gone by lunchtime
An own goal for National today, with MP Maureen Pugh plunging her party into a controversy over climate change.
She began the day telling reporters she was still waiting to see evidence of whether… Video, Audio
Linesman describes 'awesome feeling' getting Hawke's Bay's power back on
Hundreds of men and women in hi-vis gear are scaling infrastructure and working around the clock.
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy joins the show from Urupukapuka in the Bay of Islands. He talks to Susie Ferguson about the overwhelming sense of Maori history in the area and also about how the popular understanding of the… Audio, Gallery
Cyclone Gabrielle: Friday's response in pictures
Civil Defence, NZDF and countless community organisations are doing what they can to help. See how the clean-up is going with RNZ's photo gallery.
Gabrielle damage prompts worry about rapid growth in Drury
"Where's all that stormwater going to go?" asks a businessman whose premises were flooded on Valentine's Day.
West Auckland homes still trapped by slips
Some residents in the Waitākere Ranges area near Titirangi are still dealing with no power or water, closed roads and limited mobile coverage. Audio
