Kevin Hague

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.  Audio

Are the Greens better off as activists and agitators? Or is there strength in softening to the centre? Audio

A conservation group is calling on the government to push for mass environmental destruction, or ecocide, to be declared a crime by the International Criminal Court.

The move would mean individuals… Audio

Across the main centres today expect to see some "confronting" billboards accusing the Government of failing to protect the environment.

Environmental group Forest & Bird is behind the billboards… Audio

New Zealand is likely to import more coal this year than it ever has before, in the midst of a self-declared climate emergency.

Last year was already the highest in 14 years and we're bringing in… Audio

Environmental campaigners are thrilled by the government's decision to put cameras on 300 inshore fishing boats, and stop fish -- and anything else caught at sea -- being dumped overboard. Auckland… Audio

A court decision is likely to mean there'll be less of a favourite fish - tarakihi - on our plates in the short term.

The High Court has ruled that sustainability of the fish stock must come before… Audio

New Zealand is being branded a 'climate criminal' in the wake of a new report that warns of rapidly increasing fire danger and punishing traffic pollution.

The 84-page report, from the Ministry for… Audio

Environmental lobby group Forest and Bird has released a report blaming local and regional councils for not doing enough to protect the natural environment against vandals. Chief Executive of Forest… Audio

We return now to Lake Ohau Village in the Mackenzie Basin where many residents' homes were destroyed in Sunday's wildfire. Many spoke about the wilding pines, also known as wilding conifers, which… Audio

An environmentalist group has failed in its attempt to block the construction of a huge waste dump for gold mines at Waihi.

A High Court decision to clear the sale of land to OceanaGold marks a… Audio

The head of Forest and Bird feels genuinely hopeful about the future of Aotearoa for the first time in his life, following the launch of the government's biodiversity strategy.

It was launched by the… Audio

Satellite images detailling the destruction of thousands of hectares of New Zealand's native habitat is concerning Forest and Bird.

The organisation says just one native habitat type out of 13 has… Audio

Picture and personal details of Department of Conservation staff are being shared online by those opposed to 1080. Incidents paint a picture of some protesters who will stop at nothing to halt use of… Audio

The new political party Sustainable New Zealand thinks they have what it takes to be the next minor party in Parliament, with a simple approach to politics.

The Party's leader Vernon Tava told… Audio