Kate Gudsell

The Morgan Foundation has accused New Zealand Steel, Fonterra and three other companies of buying cheap overseas emission units to offset their pollution. Audio

Farmers say they're going to need an incentive from large companies like Fonterra if they're to follow in the footsteps of Landcorp and phase out the controversial use of palm kernel. Audio

200 Super Rugby fans were in luck this afternoon as the Hurricanes put the last of its tickets on sale for tomorrow's final against the Lions. Audio

TradeMe is calling for ticket companies to impose tougher restrictions on the sale of bulk tickets. Audio

As the sea increasingly encroaches on their properties the residents of Haumoana fear that their time is running out. Our environment reporter Kate Gudsell visited the sea side settlement in Hawkes… Audio

Asian families with young children have been found to be at risk of exploitation and are more likely to feel unease at expressing their identities. Audio

Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Jan Wright believes 1080 is just holding the line in the battle for New Zealand's native birds - and she wants to see the country win the war. Audio

The Treasury says the Government faces big bills in the future through the Emissions Trading Scheme, and suggests one solution could be to make agriculture start paying its way. Audio

Passengers on a Cook Strait crossing had a white knuckle ride this morning after a truck's trailer units crashed through the ferry's barriers in rough seas. Audio

There are calls for police to start wearing body cameras in the wake of the fatal shooting of Nick Marshall in Frankton on Tuesday. Kate Gudsell reports. Audio

New Zealand is being criticised by an international law expert for being too slow to sign up to an agreement to make countries that carry out crimes of aggression subject to sanctions by the… Audio

A big stumbling block for the Government's radical plan to get investors to fund social services - investors aren't interested. The first of the so-called social bond projects has been shelved but the… Audio

The Crown company set up to oversee public financing of irrigation projects is defending its spending. Our environment reporter Kate Gudsell investigates. Audio

The country's environmental watchdog says New Zealand will not be able to uphold the climate commitments it made in Paris unless the government starts taking climate change more seriously. Audio

The tourism and aviation industries have put the Department of Conservation under intense pressure to get an eight-fold increase in the number of helicopters allowed to land on a Fiordland glacier… Audio

A community project to get school lunches to hungry Upper Hutt children has foundered after not one of the 3-hundred local businesses approached for help agreed to dip into their pockets. Audio

The Government has done no analysis on the impact its multi-billion dollar roading projects will have on the country's greenhouse gas emissions. Audio

An historic Antarctica-New Zealand site is likely to be submerged under water this summer due to climate changes which are causing lake levels to rise in the McMurdo Dry Valleys. Audio

An independent expert says the official Budget documents show the Department of Conservation's funding has been cut. Audio