Natives

Urban issues commentator Bill McKay joins Kathryn to talk about what recent weather events might mean for city planning into the future. Which parts of the infrastructure network held up well and… Audio

We're in the car with Herb Christophers who has just retired from the Department of Conservation after a 30-year career. Herb is a walking encyclopaedia on everything you need to know about our native… Audio

Sharing produce and growing know-how is rooted in Vanya Maw's philosophy. She's been running Wyenova Organics since 1992 and farms just about anything edible that grows with passion and pride. Audio

More than 20 million trees and other natives are to be planted around New Zealand's biggest harbour in a $200 million Kaipara Moana Remediation project. Audio

Dr. Andrea Clavijo McCormick of Massey University in Palmerston North recently secured $300,000 in funding from the Royal Society Te Aparangi annual Marsden Fund to study how plants communicate. And… Audio

Lynn Freeman talks to members of the Ashley-Rakahuri Rivercare Group, who are working to protect endangered wildlife living on the braided river. 

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Volunteers have now bedded in around 20,000 plants along the Opotiki Dunes Trail as part of an ambitious environmental restoration programme.

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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

Forestry bosses say it's difficult to get and keep workers in what is a physically demanding job, but just how hard is it? Checkpoint host Lisa Owen planted trees for the day to find out. Video, Audio

Kathryn Ryan speaks to the minister responsible for planting a billion trees in ten years - Shane Jones, following questions on what to plant, where and who will decide. This follows urgent calls from… Audio