J Swap, a company involved in quarrying, wants land protected under QEII covenants to be available to quarry. It donated $11,000 to NZ First in December, after the coalition was formed. It also gave ...

Gibson’s and Antipodean albatrosses are citizens of no one nation. They are ocean birds, living on the wind and waves, travelling massive distances, passing back and forth over the high seas and the ...

A cetologist who has been researching Cook Islands whales for the past three decades says she is proud of the indigenous leaders for taking a stand for the conservation of to’orā (whales) across the ...

The Bounty Islands jut out of the water like giant granite fins. Steep and sheer, with no greenery in sight. Covered instead by a mottled white – guano or bird poo from the tens of thousands of ...

Between 6–10 metres of rain falls in Fiordland each year. An incredible amount. It’s part of what powers the forest-to-fiord carbon storage pump that makes Fiordland exceptionally good at locking away ...

Ocean Beach used to process lambs, a record of 20 000 in one day, but now it’s gullies and troughs run with seawater, not blood. Home to the New Zealand Abalone company and Manaaki Whitebait it’s ...

Kina numbers have exploded as we’ve eaten too many of their predators – like big snapper and crayfish – that usually keep them in check. The urchins munch through kelp and seaweed, leaving bare rock ...

Journalist Kate Evans and presenter Claire Concannon discover a world of snapping shrimp, singing whales and barking John Dory. Researchers Professor Craig Radford and Dr Jenni Stanley are uncovering ...

Half an hour south of Kirikiriroa Hamilton, the Rotopiko wetland reserve is an oasis of trees in a desert of farmland. At dusk these trees fill with hundreds of thousands of starlings and sparrows, ...

As dusk falls at Rotopiko wetland reserve in the Waipā district, a pretty incredible sight emerges: an overhead stream of birds, small dark bodies flitting their way across the fields. The birds home ...

The government has announced a new recycling project that will prevent the equivalent of approximately 45,000 tonnes of carbon emissions by 2035. The initiative aimed to have a standardised recycling ...

The emperor penguin mums and dads of Cape Crozier are returning from their fishing trips, bringing back a treasure trove of scientific data along with a full belly. The team of NIWA scientists camped ...