The Planet
Hundreds evacuated in South Island after a weekend of severe rain and flooding
Hundreds of people have spent another night away from their homes on the South Island’s West Coast.
Parts of the Amazon now emitting more carbon than they absorb
Some regions of the Amazon rainforest are now emitting more carbon dioxide than they absorb.
300 lawyers are suing the Climate Change Commission for not doing enough
They say current aims “will fail to achieve our goal of avoiding catastrophic climate change”.
Cotton buds, meat trays and plastic forks to go with new plastic ban
The plastics phase-out will take place in three stages from 2022 to 2025.
NZ households throw out $23 of food a week each
We’re chucking out 8.6 percent of our groceries each week - mostly fruit and veg.
A scientist tells us where to find NZ’s secret glaciers
Did you know Te Ika-a-Māui / the North Island has its own glaciers?
10 out of 18 freshwater taonga struggling to survive
Tuna, kākahi (freshwater mussels) and kōura (freshwater crayfish) are all at risk.
Māori may have been exploring Antarctica as far back as the seventh century
New research shows Māori and other Polynesian voyagers have been navigating Antarctica for a long time, despite the dominant narrative in the past 200 years focused…
This man has spent 40 years looking for a probably extinct bird
We ask him about his beloved hobby he calls a “bong fix”.
A weather expert explains how severe floods are linked to climate change
This article was originally published on the 5th of May 2021.
The heavy rainstorm we saw in Canterbury in May has been called a one-in-100-year downpour, but…
Do you need a freezer in Antarctica? A chef lets us know
Tom Thorpe goes about his job like any other chef, but with one major difference: it's -40C outside.
Stop fkn tapping on the glass of kiwi enclosures, you're making them stressed
Surprise, surprise: new research has found visitor noise outside kiwi enclosures is no good.
NZ’s glaciers are melting seven times faster than they used to
Researchers at the University of Toulouse, France, analysed half a million satellite stereo images to study mass changes of glaciers worldwide.
Globally they estimate glaciers lost 267…
You could probably outwalk a T-rex
A study found the T. rex’ preferred walking speed is estimated at 4.6 km per hour - similar to the natural walking speed of humans, horses,…
Students at school strike 4 climate tell us what changes we need right now
“We are wanting our government to take some accountability to move forward and do something."
Trashing our beaches: Plastic and glass found on Rangitoto
A mass garbage collection on Rangitoto is part of a nationwide beach cleanup. The coastline initiative is also telling us about what we're dumping into our…
Losing forests results in more human disease, research shows
A new study has linked deforestation with a higher risk of disease in humans. The researchers say we need to protect global forests to prevent future…
Growing weed indoors is actually really bad for the environment
According to research published today, growing cannabis indoors produces up to 5000kg of carbon dioxide per one kilogram of dried flower.
That’s roughly 4850 times the emissions…
Live updates: Evacuation warning lifted after 8.1 earthquake hits Kermadec Islands
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The evacuation advice has been lifted, says the National Emergency Management Agency. Anyone who had moved to higher ground is now safe to return home.
There is…
The government has completely changed our land and environmental management laws
The Government announced today it will get rid of the Resource Management Act and replace it with three new pieces of legislation. The long-awaited move is…
Mystery continues over how female eagle rays got pregnant without any males
When Aretha Franklin and Annie Lennox said “sisters are doin’ it for themselves,” perhaps they were imagining two female eagle rays at a New Zealand aquarium…
What you need to know about the Climate Commission report
Here are the major points from the Climate Commission report.
Using poetry to talk about the climate crisis
Jordan Hamel is a writer, poet and award-winning poetry slam performer. He is one of the co-editors of the Climate Change Poetry Anthology, due to be…
The fight over Auckland’s new dump at Dome Valley raises the question - what happens when a…
Is it sustainable to just keep putting our rubbish in the ground?
The director of I Am Greta tells us why we need to stop being polite about climate change
I Am Greta is a revealing documentary about the life of climate activist Greta Thunberg.
Protestors marched against a new dump they say will 'poison the Kaipara Harbour’
Hundreds of protestors marched down Queen Street in a hīkoi against the Dome Valley dump proposal.
How to rebuild a more sustainable New Zealand after Covid-19
Lockdown has shown we can take bold action that would have previously been unthinkable.
Three things you can grow during lockdown without going to a garden centre
Two weeks into the nationwide Covid-19 lockdown people are stuck at home with loads of time but no idea how to use it productively. I decided…
We can’t keep treating indigenous knowledge as a backup plan
Australia is on fire and the seas that surround Aotearoa are rising. Why are we waiting for a climate crisis to listen to indigenous knowledge?
Despite only…
Pasifika voices at the climate strike
In 2012, Tokelau became the first country in the world to switch to 100% renewable energy.
Meanwhile, in New Zealand, we’re extending the lives of our coal…