Takapuna became the latest of many beaches in the city affected by pollution.

Takapuna Beach is closed after sewage flowed into the swimming area between the flags. Credit: Dean Purcell

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It is awful. People just don't care, it's everywhere, it's everywhere.

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The council is very much out of sync with its counterparts throughout the country.

COMMENT: Degradable composites and recycling could lessen pollution.

Dairy NZ invites the UK's Sir Tim Smit over for a dip in response to dirty river remarks.

Rivers so bad, Kiwis won't swim in them, conference told.

A pupil's question spurred teacher Libby Bowles to action over the plastics in our oceans.

The group ask whether sea levels must rise before Wellington gets zero-carbon transport.

Pollution-poisoned crustaceans found in Mariana Trench, the deepest place on earth.

Lack of meaningful action on air quality in New Delhi is angering residents.

After a possible "accident" at a nuclear facility in Russia or Kazakhstan.

New recordings lay bare the underwater racket created by oil and gas industry's airguns.

Mass coral bleaching may not be a death sentence for all of the reef systems it touches.

OPINION: It's time to give up plastic bags but something must replace them.

COMMENT: Why are supermarket chains not doing it next week instead of 14 months away?

What if we flipped the paradigm and fed methane to cattle? Scientists explain the case.

Kidney disease is the latest ailment linked to air pollution, a new study has found.

Egide Kalisa lost his parents to air pollution. Now his research is tackling the problem.

Truck filled up with the wrong fuel, then allegedly emptied it into a stormwater drain.

COMMENT: National is talking up the urban-rural divide to get votes, says Rachel Stewart.

Labour's proposed water tax is economically flawed and unfair to some farmers.

What is bio-design? Award-winning Auckland architect Jo Aitken explains.

Waikato Regional Council is investigating how effluent ended up turning a stream green.

How one woman's passion for science and business have opened a world of opportunities.

Four leading academics share their views on how to enhance Auckland's environment.