Eugenie Sage

The manager of one of New Zealand's largest e-waste firms, Computer Recycling describes the amount of electric goods being thrown away as "an epidemic". Patrick Moynahan has started a petition calling… Audio, Gallery

The Milford Track is reopening next week after storm damage caused rockfalls and slips.

Tourists and New Zealanders will be able to walk a shortened version of the popular track.

Eugenie Sage is the… Audio

Many of us have been recycling for years - but it turns out we're not that good at it. Research from the Waste Management Institute's found almost 40 percent of plastics that can be recycled end up in… Audio

The government says it will phase out more single-use plastics like polystyrene meat trays, takeaway cups and containers, after a new report on plastic waste from the Chief Science advisor.

According… Audio

Deerstalkers are protesting against 1080 drops during the deer breeding season.

They fear fawns will starve to death if their mothers die from eating the poison and are questioning the Department of… Audio

A government plan to save thousands of seabirds from being killed by the fishing industry each year is being called weak and ineffective.

The action plan details what fishers should do to avoid… Audio

The volunteers who are racing to clean up the mess at Fox River before spring rains arrive say they wouldn't have to be there if the government had acted sooner.

They're calling on authorities to… Video, Audio

The Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage says local councils shouldn't expect her department will come to their rescue if they run into problems with old landfills.

She says while DOC is now running… Audio

West Coast councils are lobbying the government to exclude the region from its mining ban on conservation land.

They want to wait until a category known as stewardship land has been reviewed and… Audio

The ban on single-use plastic shopping bags begins on July 1.

The government says it is a step towards healthier oceans and giving nature a hand.

But the National Party claims a legal loophole makes… Video, Audio

The kākāpō health crisis is stable, with no further cases of aspergillosis diagnosed, and seven hand-reared chicks have been successfully released in the wild, in ep 21 of the Kākāpō Files. Audio

The government has stepped in to clean up the vast West Coast rubbish spill, after local authorities ran out of cash to finish the job. But what's being done to stop it happening elsewhere?  Audio

Work to clean up rubbish contamination in South Westland is being stopped because the Westland District Council says it can't afford to continue it. It's eight weeks since the Fox River landfill… Audio, Gallery

Tourism leaders have welcomed the government's plans to be more active in the country's biggest export industry, but say it mustn't interfere with business. Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis and… Audio

You may think that the opposition are the group in Parliament whose job is to ‘hold the government to account’. You’d be wrong. 

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