Foamy discharge in Waikato River remains a mystery
It may be days before the cause of the foam in the Waikato River is known.
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Special Report: The tragedy of our environment in four dismal figures
A sweeping audit has revealed an environment under attack from virtually every direction.
Kindergarten kids join strike for climate
Waihi people are divided over kindergarten kids joining a global strike for climate.
Local Focus: Rubbish start for Seaweek
Seaweek's Waitangi Regional Park cleanup. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Environmentalists welcome new tax proposals
Environmentalists have welcomed a proposed water tax, amid other suggested overhauls.
Brown discolouration pollutes river at Huka Falls
Waikato Regional Council is advising people to be cautious about using river water.
Nursery raises seedlings and awareness
Young people grow 90,000 native plants. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Would you drink river water from a dairy farm?
Excellent rating for water on Te Anga farms. Made with funding from NZ on Air.
Rachel Stewart: Fry me a river, climate denialists
COMMENT: There's no ignoring what's happening with the weather all over the world.
Catastrophic floods predicted in North Queensland
Officials are fearing totals of up to two metres of rainfall.
Rogue penguin causing a fuss in Avon River caught
The penguin was rescued from the Avon River in Christchurch earlier this evening.
Solving NZ's freshwater headache: 'We have waited far too long'
As Kiwis head to their local swimming holes, Dr Mike Joy discusses our freshwater crisis.
Brazil dam collapse: 9 dead, hundreds feared buried in mud
Finding many more survivors was looking increasingly unlikely.
World-record angler - leave me be or I'll hide the mega-fish
It would be the biggest brown trout ever - if it ever emerges.
Tim Mackle: Dairy farmers leading charge to clean up water
COMMENT: The simple reality these days is that no dairy cow can get into a stream.
68 people - mostly men - drowned in 2018
In 2018, 24 fewer people died from preventable drowning than year before.
Eye in the sky to check on our lakes
Scientists will use satellite imagery in the battle to control toxic algal bloom.
Nationwide river stocktake needed after 'disturbing' findings
Disease-causing bacteria and antibiotic-resistant E. coli detected in Canterbury rivers.
Rachel Stewart: Environment, Facebook, free speech among big issues of 2018
COMMENT: Rachel Stewart looks back on 2018.
Regional council sets summer targets for river swimmability
Horizons wants 80 per cent of rivers and lakes good enough for summer swimming by 2040.
Climate change: Revealing its hand in today's extreme weather
We'll soon be able to reveal climate change's hand in extreme weather - and in real time.
Lucky escape after girl, 12, swept down Motueka River
Girl survives by holding on to branch after being swept down Motueka River.
Woman missing in swollen West Coast river after torrential rain
The region has been hampered by heavy rain for much of the day.
Whistling up a fight-back for our rarest duck
Our $10 whistling duck, the whio, needs protectors.
Deadly toxic algae found in river
Scientists are concerned dogs, small children and babies could eat the deadly algae.
Rachel Stewart: Drums of water war echoing in pipeline
COMMENT: Minister's lack of action on vital resource letting council dig in defences.
Dead man's wishes for $500k ignored by Fish & Game
North Canterbury Fish & Game took legal advice before ignoring last wishes of fisherman.
Aerial drops of 1080 opposed by those living nearby
Residents say they understand that the science. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Mike Joy: Clean, green NZ? Yeah, nah!
COMMENT: No country in the developed world is trashing its rivers as fast as we are.
Comment: Why business confidence has fallen
COMMENT: We are clearly experiencing management by an unwieldy committee, says Paul Glass.
Three of four NZ freshwater fish 'staring extinction in the face'
A new study looking at plight of native fish and land use change paints a grim picture.
Nitrogen leaching maximums to be raised
Changing numbers on table will not increase nitrogen in waterways, councillors say
Council to defend complaint alleging race-based policy
Waikato Regional Council to defend race-based policy claim.
Two rescued from sinking car near Nelson
The pair sat on the roof of their 4x4 to escape the rising water level.