From January 14 plastics numbered 3-7 will not be accepted at Far North recycling stations

The oil is expected to persist in the harbour for one to two years.

Failings of a plan to save Hauraki Gulf should be lesson for future efforts, report finds.

Tool used to calculate farm run-off into waterways needs greater scrutiny, watchdog says.

"Swim with caution" option axed in Auckland but still used in all other regions.

Climate change is hard to combat, but easier if we work for good outcomes.

NZ must swap its plastic packaging system to one where nothing gets wasted, report says.

Air pollution largest environmental health problem in US and in the world more generally.

The Government has stepped in to salvage a master plan to save the Hauraki Gulf.

An absorbent boom was used to soak up an oil leak from a faulty Refining NZ fuel line.

Auckland's medical officer is concerned about rising air pollution on Queen St.

Electric buses, modern trams and pedestrianising may help rid Queen St of black carbon.

Researchers are warning rubbish is becoming a "growing hazard" at New Zealand's beaches.

Our biggest air pollution risk might not be what we breathe outside, but indoors.

Company has plans to help electric bikers avoid running out of power in Auckland.

Looking for clarity in the murk of a polluted lake. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Scheme needed to speed up Kiwi drivers' conversion to electric vehicles.

From next week if you look into Auckland's harbour you will see strange floating objects.

COMMENT: It's time to ask where our own planetary civilisation falls on the spectrum.

How is our polluted air harming us - and is there anything we can do about it?

COMMENT: Plastics are affecting turtle populations but probably not in the way you think.

COMMENT: No country in the developed world is trashing its rivers as fast as we are.

Young Kiwi leaders and Hawaiian Airline staff clean up rubbish from around the Pacific.

A new study looking at plight of native fish and land use change paints a grim picture.

Floating rubbish collector creator hopes to clean up Pacific Ocean's garbage island.

The humble straw is becoming the latest target in the battle with plastic waste.

The impact of farming, forestry and climate change on our lakes is captured from space.

Plastic pollution could push some NZ seabird species to the brink of extinction

Taking a stand against plastic has assumed tsunami-like proportions.

Kelp's 20,000km Antarctic journey: our last wilderness isn't so remote after all. / Supplied