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Warning for dog walkers after kororā found dead in Wellington
A conservation group is warning people to watch their dogs on beaches, after an endangered native penguin was found mauled to death on Wellington's south coast.
Falconer Noel Hyde: rescuing karearea, ruru and barn owls
Noel Hyde is one of New Zealand's most respected wildlife taxidermists, but it's with live birds as a falconer he's now making his mark, helping save karearea, ruru and barn owls. Audio, Gallery
Dogs join Auckland's fight against kauri dieback
After three years of training Pip, Mawhai and Marty have become the city's first specialist kauri dieback sniffer dogs. Audio
Weather: Heavy rain, strong winds expected across North Island, top of South
Forecasters are warning of heavy rain and strong winds across the country this evening and through the weekend.
Critter of the Week: Bounty Island spider
This week's critter is the rare and elusive banded Bounty Island spider, Pacificana cockayni. This spider only lives on the Bounty Islands - a remote and rugged collection of rocks far off the east… Audio
Keeping the worst marine weed pest away from Northland waters
For thirty years, caulerpa seaweed has been known as the single worst marine weed pest. Northland Regional Council is determined to keep it out of Te Tai Tokerau due to the risks to local environment.
…'Incremental' climate funding a politcal choice - Greens
The Green Party says the government is making a political choice not to move faster on climate change. It has applauded the $1.5 billion dollars allocated in this year's Budget to cutting greenhouse… Audio
Greenpeace is describing the Budget as a gamble
Greenpeace has called the Budget a gamble with the climate crisis. The Budget has allocated more than 3-billion dollars for climate initiatives - including 1-point-9 billion dollars for emissions… Audio
Did the Budget do enough for climate and science? Here's what the sectors say
Prominent environmental groups are less than impressed with the budget investments in climate, but an expert says the government has taken a multifaceted approach.
Free transport for children, warmer homes on tap in Budget
Free public transport for children and more money to insulate homes are the main climate announcements from this year's Budget.
Global temperatures likely to surge - expert
Global temperatures will likely surge to record levels in the next five years, according to a new update issued by the World Meteorological Organization. A combination of man-made greenhouse gas… Audio
'More likely than not' world will soon see 1.5C of warming - WMO
For the first time ever, global temperatures are now more likely than not to breach 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming within the next five years, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said today.
Freshwater friends at Zealandia
Claire Concannon meets the latest addition to the Zealandia ecosanctuary family - toitoi, or common bully. Zealandia CEO Dr Danielle Shanahan explains why these little fish will be an important part… Audio
Iwi call on government to commit to forestry report recommendations
Immediate action is needed to address unsustainable forestry practices that have put an iwi's lands and waterways at risk, they say.
Southern Europe braces for climate change-fuelled summer of drought
Some regions are already suffering water shortages, with farmers expecting their worst yields in decades.
Our Changing World – New fishy friends at Zealandia
More than 100 toitoi, or common bullies, have been reintroduced to Zealandia Ecosanctuary in Wellington as part of an ambitious vision to restore the mauri of the freshwater catchment. Audio
Finding out where butterflies originally came from
After 20 years of hot debate in the field scientists have finally settled on the origins of butterflies. To explain is entomologist and Associate Professor at the Australian National University… Audio
Signing up to be frozen after death
A US firm is promoting a unique cryogenics programme where clients are preserved in a specific way shortly after death with the promise, if they can, will be woken again with a cure for their… Audio
Funding for carbon checks cut, why it matters
Roughly every five years, conservation workers go deep into the forests of Aotearoa to count animal droppings, birds and carbon. But government funding for the task has quietly been halved, meaning… Audio
Science: Death cap mushroom antidote
Science correspondent Dr Siouxsie Wiles joins Kathryn to talk about a new study from Australian researchers into the death cap mushroom - responsible for 90 per cent of mushroom poisoning deaths… Audio
