Native Forest
On the hunt for wallaby at Ground Zero
A group of Te Arawa iwi are trying to reclaim their forest from mobs of wallabies which they say are killing the bush and gobbling up farmland pasture. While, national efforts to eradicate the pest… Audio
A year on the farm: A tractor on crutches and a Wi-Fi drenching gun
The replacement heifer calves are drenched and weighed, mating gets underway in the sheep paddocks and the tractor needs urgent repairs. Audio
A year on the farm: Stoked to win four good practice farming awards
Genna says the New Zealand Farm Environment Trust Biodiversity Award acknowledges the couple's focus on protecting the 200 hectares of native bush on the property. Audio
The Living Laboratories project
The Auckland University of Technology Living Laboratories project is all about investigating how best to grow back native forest. At Pourewa creek, this collaboration between AUT and Ngāti Whātua… Audio
Our Changing World - Researching native regeneration
The Auckland University of Technology Living Laboratories project team are running planting experiments to investigate how best to restore native forests. Audio
New Native Forests
Nights' Forest Correspondent, Dean Baigent-Mercer joins us once again. Tonight he takes a look at new native forests - the fire-resistant ones be need to plant as permanent carbon sinks and the native… Audio
Native forests barriers to protect East Coast waterways
An East Coast forestry project will see native forest barriers planted along the coast to protect waterways in future storms. Jesse talks to eLandNZ managing director Sheldon Drummond. Audio
Wheel of Fortune
Malcolm Smith and Robyn Curtis-Smith have transformed an abandoned West Coast gold mining valley into fertile farmland for their cattle. They've also built a house and a huge waterwheel that generates… Audio, Gallery
Designing Landscapes with People in Mind
Landscape architect Mick Abbott wants to involve as many people as possible in meaningful ecological restoration projects Audio
How Nature is Good for our Well-being
Environmental scientist Lin Roberts argues that nature's ecosystem services are good for our well-being as well as the planet Audio
Making Urban Bushland Better
New Plymouth has more pockets of urban bush than any other NZ city, and ecologists study them to improve the success of ecological restorations Audio
Strong man of the bush marks kiwi conservation milestone
On New Zealand Society, find out how one Kiwi 'chick' flew home to help another on its way. Audio
