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 drift to Antarctica stirs worry over plastic reaching pristine continent.

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

The health of the Kaituna River is a priority for all. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A Kiwi Noble prize winner has a fascinating new role at Massey University.

A new commission should be created to help stop decline of our waterways, top forum says.

How too much of a good thing is killing some of the world's tourist destinations.

Eugenie Sage wants to phase out single-use plastic bags but no decision has been made.

It we don't act now, more plastic will be in the oceans than fish.

Tragic images of ocean life swimming in plastic belies a bigger problem, researchers say.

Not enough is known about how these materials break down in the environment.

National Geographic's cover is going viral featuring image called "one for the ages".

Buildings could be belching out 20 per cent of NZ's carbon pollution, new report finds.

Plastic bags will soon be a thing of the past at Whanganui's Countdown Victoria Ave store.

Niwa is about to attempt one of the most challenging underwater experiments ever.

Freshwater campaigner Dr Mike Joy aims to get action in new role at new university.

Doing our bit for the environment doesn't have to be hard, writes geologist Jacob Anderson

NZ now losing nearly 200m tonnes of soil each year, with consequences for our environment.

Locals are demanding to know how scores of shellfish died in an Auckland marine reserve.

Mountain Biking North Otago members annoyed at rubbish being left at "hangout spot".

$350,000 in fines have been issued to freedom campers in the Queenstown Lakes District.

Journalist uncovered a 1988 report commissioned by Shell titled The Greenhouse Effect.

Three years after his wedding at placid Lake Tutira, Jamie Morton asks if it can be saved.

A three-year mapping plastic project shows that the problem is much worse than thought.

Crucial clues about the contamination of our coasts may be hiding in an unlikely place.

Microplastic pollution is a lot worse than initially thought, experts have confirmed.

Slow action and conflict are dogging efforts to stop the Hauraki Gulf's steady decline.