Pollution
Beijing on 'red alert' over pollution
Outdoor construction work is to stop and schools are urged to close as China's capital Beijing issues its first 'red alert' on smog levels.
Waikanae river wins award for most improved water quality
From contamination to clean up and a small stream on the Kapiti Coast which was once so polluted its water was white, has been awarded the country's most improved river. Audio
Whale's stomach full of rubbish
Taiwanese marine biologists have discovered a mass of plastic bags and fishing net in the stomach of a dead whale.
Residents reassured water safe after Opuha River poisoning
Health officials in South Canterbury are reassuring residents the water supply is safe, despite the discovery of DDT and arsenic in the Opuha River. Audio
Chemicals sat on riverbank for more than a month
DDT and arsenic sat beside a South Island river bank for more than a month because test results took longer than expected, says the Canterbury Regional Council. Audio
Space Between
Space Between is a sustainable zero waste fashion design project run through Massey University. Sonia Sly meets the designers and team behind the project to look at why they're reconstructing… Audio
Council removes embarassing dairy farm pollution data
A dairy lobby group appears to have pressured the Manawatu Wanganui Regional Council into removing potentially embarrassing information about dairy farm pollution. Audio
Near-$8 billion to clean up rivers
It could cost nearly $8 billion to clean up the Waikato and Waipa rivers and their tributaries.
Paris: 'journée sans voiture' (day without car)
The Mayor of Paris has banned cars for a day to cut down on pollution. Our correspondent Elaine Cobbe has been out and about on the Parisian streets. Audio
Study shows 90% of seabirds have plastic in their guts.
A new international study estimates 90 percent of the world's seabirds have pieces of plastic in their stomachs. The Tasmania based Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, CSIRO… Audio
ExStream - How River Life Responds to Environmental Stresses
The ExStream system allows biologists to study how river life responds to stresses such as sediment, nutrients, and changing water temperatures and flows Audio
ExStream - How River Life Responds to Environmental Stresses
The ExStream system allows biologists to study how river life responds to stresses such as sediment, nutrients, and changing water temperatures and flows
AudioCrossing Planetary Boundaries
An international team of scientists has issued a warning that we have now crossed four out of nine planetary boundaries. Audio
Crossing Planetary Boundaries
An international team of scientists has issued a warning that we have now crossed four out of nine planetary boundaries.
AudioMeka Whaitiri on the Tukituki river pollution
Sewerage plants in the Hawkes Bay continue to pump harmful bacteria and wastewater into the Tukituki River at unacceptable levels and residents have had enough. Audio
CHBDC responds to concerns about toxic waste in the Tukituki
Listening to that is Central Hawke's Bay District Council chief executive, John Freeman. Audio
HBRC wont prosecute council
Recreational river users are considering legal action against the Hawke's Bay Regional Council after it decided not to prosecute a council for pumping toxic pollutants into the Tukituki River. Audio
Tukituki river users may take Council to court
Recreational river users are considering taking the Hawke's Bay Regional Council to court for deciding not to prosecute a district council for pumping toxic pollutants into the Tukituki River. Audio
Cleaning up the coastline - Hayden Smith
Hayden Smith is the man behind the organisation known as Seacleaners dedicated to cleaning up our coastlines Audio
Board of Inquiry ordered into the Ruataniwha Dam
The High Court has ordered the Board of Inquiry into the Ruataniwha Dam to change a controversial rule that allowed farmers to breach pollution limits while at the same time saying they weren't. Audio
