Conservation
A kaitiakitanga approach to studying pēpi kōura
Both Mātauranga Māori and marine science are informing PhD student Kiamaia Ellis’s research into the resilience of baby crayfish. Audio
Draft of rules for Aoraki Mount Cook to be released next year
A draft of the new rules governing Aoraki Mount Cook National Park is expected to be published in 2023, three years after a review of them resumed.
Helping seabirds return to Karioi
Working with the community and local schools, the Karioi Project aims to turn the tide on biodiversity loss in their area. In recent years they've rallied around the grey-faced petrel, or Ōi, who they… Audio
Our Changing World - Karioi and the grey-faced petrel
Claire Concannon visits Raglan to chat with the Karioi project team. With extenstive predator-trapping, bird-monitoring and education programmes, the team are working with the community to help turn… Audio
Newly-approved weedkiller could help halt spread of wilding pines
Method 240 SL is new to Aotearoa and can be applied aerially to better target hard-to-reach areas of the country.
Plan for Aoraki Mt Cook park's future moving at glacial pace
A draft of the new rules governing Aoraki Mt Cook National Park is expected to be published in 2023 - three years after the process was restarted.
World Albatross Day takes flight
Aotearoa's threatened precious birds need a helping hand to keep flying high.
NZ should celebrate its prehistoric past with fossil emblems
It's time New Zealand copied Australia's high regard for fossils, by putting together a list of favourites and promoting fossil tourism, Nic Rawlence writes.
United Taranaki hapū ask minister for kaimoana ban
The fisheries minister is considering an application from the hapū of Taranaki iwi to ban shellfish collection along their coastline for two years.
Kokako breeding season a roaring success
The sound of kōkako is being heard more often now, especially in Auckland's Hunua Ranges.
That's because this breeding season has been a record-breaking success.
Auckland Council general manager… Audio
Recreation fishers take 35 tonnes of paūa from Kaikōura
It was the first paūa season for Kaikōura in five years, but data is showing around 35 tonnes were taken by recreational fishers during the three-month season - more than the commercial and customary… Audio
Marina construction harming nesting efforts of kororā, expert says
A little blue penguin expert is concerned kororā made homeless by a marina development on Waiheke Island are trying to nest amid the construction.
Christchurch's tale of two rivers
The Ōtakaro-Avon and Ōpāwaho-Heathcote in Christchurch are some of the most polluted in the region.
While the Avon has received a lot of attention since the Canterbury Earthquakes with $100 million… Audio
The New Zealand Bird Conference
Almost 200 people with a common passion for NZ Birds are in Christchurch this weekend to share the latest findings and information about about our amazing seabirds, shorebirds and land birds! The New… Audio
Wāhine Toa graduates give back to West Coast
A female employment skills course in Greymouth has helped several women into work in the environment sector on the West Coast.
Cave closure to protect NZ's biggest spider
A cave in the Kahurangi National Park's Ōparara Basin will close for a year to protect the rare Nelson cave spiders which live in it.
'It's our identity claim': Fund to protect Māori intellectual rights welcomed
But those behind a decades-long campaign say there is still a long way to go.
Discovery of tagged snapper 20 years on unusual, NIWA says
The fish tagged by researchers has been reeled in by a fisherman in almost exactly the same spot two decades later.
Contraceptive injections to cull Kaimanawa wild horse herd growth
Contraceptive injections are being given to Kaimanawa wild horses to curb herd growth and take pressure off the rehoming programme.
Contraceptive injections to cull Kaimawa wild horse herd growth
Contraceptive injections are being given to Kaimanawa wild horses to curb herd growth and take pressure off the rehoming programme.
Musters have been held every one or two years to keep numbers in… Video, Audio
