Conservation
Iwi-led conservation group begin Raukūmara regeneration
The Raukūmara Pae Maunga restoration project is underway with the first lot of workers being sent into the ancestral forest to cull deer and goats.
Fears ships from hundreds of ports could take invasive species to Antarctica
Species from around the world that are "hitching a lift" on ships threaten Antarctica's pristine marine ecosystem.
Reward for information leading to conviction of Kaikōura fur seal killers
A $5000 reward is being offered to help catch those responsible for killing at least eight fur seals on the Kaikōura coast late last year.
Happen Films: How a couple are making documentaries to change the world
The Happen Films YouTube feed is a treasure trove of beautiful, insightful documentaries about changing the world. The brains behind the outfit speak about what they hope to achieve. Video
Summer Science: Black Sheep - Invasive: the story of Stewart Sm
Summer science continues with a play of a science related episode from RNZ's Black Sheep podcast. Invasive tells the story of one man who released thousands of invasive fish into New Zealand's rivers… Audio
Trying to fight off sea lion wrong, DOC says
A video of a body boarder wildly swinging his board at a New Zealand sea lion at a Dunedin beach reveals ignorance of the threatened species, a DOC biodiversity ranger says.
Dozens spotted taking pāua from marine reserve near Kaikōura
Around 50 people in about an hour have been spotted trying to get pāua from a South Island reserve where it is illegal to take them.
Canterbury rivers' revival to encompass 'the idea of a living river'
Canterbury Regional Council will work with local communities, private landowners and iwi to improve the health of rivers, which have deteriorated over the past few decades.
Kerry-Jayne Wilson: Flying with the seabirds
Conservationist Kerry-Jayne Wilson, author of New Zealand Seabirds: A Natural History, says the best way to protect threatened birds is for people to take care around them and be aware of their… Audio
Kerry-Jayne Wilson: flying with the seabirds
New Zealand is the seabird capital of the world! We also have more than twice as many threatened species of seabirds than any other country. Our seabirds are more threatened than our land birds and… Audio
Bindi Irwin: 'Our grief walks beside us every day'
Bindi Irwin wants to make sure her daughter understands life and death from a young age because that was a "gift" her parents gave to her.
Boat crash report highlights DoC 'organisational deficiencies'
The Department of Conservation has made moves to fix "organisational deficiencies" highlighted by a near-fatal jet boat crash with a kayaker.
Concerns over deer and pigs in Waitākere Ranges and wetland
Forest and Bird fears the Waitākere forest and wetlands are at risk, with concerns a warming climate is partly driving the growth of deer and pig numbers in the area.
Eighteen kakī chicks hatch over three days
One of the rarest wading birds in the world has had a busy festive season, with 18 chicks hatched between Christmas Eve and Boxing Day.
Department of Conservation trialling ground-based hunters to target Himalayan tahr
Ground-based hunters are being trialled this summer on the West Coast as the of Department of Conservation continues to manage tahr populations.
'Only one photograph of it in flower' - Kaimaumau fire an eco 'disaster'
The Kaimaumau fire is being described as an ecological "catastophic disaster" by Forest and Bird.
D'Urville Island stoat eradication plan put on hold
A large-scale stoat eradication programme on d'Urville Island can no longer go ahead because of problems with land access.
Unwelcome visitors
How to deal with unwelcome visitors. Katy Gosset learns about a native fungus that might help in the battle against wilding pines. And two national research programmes combine on an expedition to… Audio
Our Changing World - The pine-fighting fungus
Katy Gosset finds out about a native fungus that could help slow the spread of invasive wilding pines. Audio
DOC urges upper South Island residents to look out for at-risk dolphins
People are being urged to keep an eye out for Hector's Dolphins along the northern coastlines of the South Island this summer.
