Pollution

Wellingtonian Sean Barry lives in Yasamal, which is a 10 minutes' walk from the centre of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. A teacher by trade, Sean lives in an apartment with his wife Jamila and… Audio, Gallery

The dirt beneath our feet can be easy to take for granted. But it's incredibly important for the food we eat, the air we breathe and the water we drink. Twelve years ago Australian chef and food… Audio

It's a sign of the times that these days we have to check whether an awa, roto, or moana is "swimmable" before taking a dip. Ingrid Horrocks has just published a piece for The Guardian about her… Audio

Shifting advertising strategies towards larger, more polluting vehicles is being blamed for a boom in the number of SUVs and utes on New Zealand roads. An environmental sociologist says the rising… Audio

It's Code Brown at Wellington's popular Island Bay beach because of a sewage overflow discharging into the bay. Wellington City Council has tweeted the beach is closed to recreational users. The… Audio

A new studyhas conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of all the evidence about how blue space positively impacts health, and the news is good for people who live in areas with access to… Audio

A recent study has showed that the large majority of the microfibres polluting our oceans are not plastic - which has long been assumed - but actually natural fibres like cotton, wool and other… Audio

Forest and Bird says multiple Canterbury councils are reporting high readings of pollution in public drinking water that could be linked to cancer.

The organisation says the data - obtained through… Audio

The Karori community is asking for a toxic stream to get signage warning people of the risk - but that request has been refused. Audio

The Indonesian professional football league kicks off Febuary 29 under a cloud - fan violence has resulted in many deaths and the league could be abandoned if trouble flares again this season. What… Audio

Victoria Hoult has been living and teaching in Porto Alegre for the past two and a half years. She and partner Ben have immersed themselves in the local community and culture and both love the… Audio

Tennis correspondent David Luddy joins the show live from the 108th edition of the Open at Melbourne Park for an update on all the latest. Audio

Chris Eden was diagnosed with incurable lymphatic cancer in 2005. Then he came up with a simple(ish) plan: ride a motorcycle solo across, round or through every continent in the world. So far he's… Audio, Gallery

What if plants are smarter than we think - a lot smarter? That's the central premise for an essay, published in The Paris Review by New York-based writer and editor Cody Delistraty.  Audio

Bell Block residents and local hapū say they are "stoked" that the New Plymouth District Council is to be prosecuted over a massive discharge of raw sewage into the Mangati Stream in January.

More… Video, Audio

Changes in policy-making and infrastructure provisions by Pacific governments are said to be critical in tackling the impacts of e-waste in the region. Audio

A new generation of never-before-seen plastic pollution has been discovered on the shoreline of the volcanic island of Madeira. Scientists are calling it 'plasticrust' as it forms a grey-blue crust on… Audio