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Is this the year NZ's water war simmers?
The war over water hit boiling point amid 2017's election. Will 2018 see tensions simmer?
Tesla car and glitter ball worlds apart
Musk's orbiting Roadster reinforces inequalities, Beck's star promotes a vision of unity.
James Shaw: We can deal with climate change
COMMENT: Climate Change presents challenges we can face with optimism.
Microplastic scourge reaches pristine Antarctica
Microplastic particles polluting Earth's oceans now found in Antarctica's pristine waters.
Editorial: Time to dob-in the boy racers
Boy racers are making themselves unpopular in Whanganui.
Te Papa chair targeted by 'dangerously wrong' protesters
Te Papa's chair has been targeted by a group unhappy with his property development.
50 questions about the environment: Our oceans
How are oceans faring with pollution, fishing and climate change? Simon Thrush explains.
50 questions about the environment: Our nature
Dr Andrea Byrom says things aren't looking good for our prized native plants and animals.
Dead zones: How our oceans are losing their breath
They're called dead zones - patches of water that kill life - and NZ isn't immune to them.
Whatever has happened to 'she'll be right'?
We can take beach pollution warnings with a grain of salt.
Mixed reaction on paying for clean beaches
Takapuna became the latest of many beaches in the city affected by pollution.
Sewage flow closes Takapuna Beach
Takapuna Beach is closed after sewage flowed into the swimming area between the flags. Credit: Dean Purcell
Auckland's polluted beaches: the 5 big questions
Why can't we swim at so many Auckland beaches - and what's being done about it?
Bali declares war on plastic pollution
It is awful. People just don't care, it's everywhere, it's everywhere.
Zero carbon is Government's goal
Govt says public consultation is the first step to a 30-year pathway to net zero emissions
China back-pedals on coal ban as schoolchildren freeze
The centrally dictated clean-up came at a heavy price
Make your Xmas sparkle - just without the glitter
Banning plastic glitter doesn't have to take the sparkle out of the festive season.
Bottled water export tax first priority
Briefings: Dire warnings about growing demands for freshwater in New Zealand.
Pollution wipes out benefits of exercise, study suggests
Improvements found to be virtually absent in those walking along a busy urban street.
Come take a dip, dairy industry tells Sir Tim Smit
Dairy NZ invites the UK's Sir Tim Smit over for a dip in response to dirty river remarks.
NZ 'like a beautiful person with cancer'
Rivers so bad, Kiwis won't swim in them, conference told.
Teacher's bike tour highlights plastics plight
A pupil's question spurred teacher Libby Bowles to action over the plastics in our oceans.
Cardboard kayak paddles through Wellington city
The group ask whether sea levels must rise before Wellington gets zero-carbon transport.
Plastic found in deepest place on Earth
Pollution-poisoned crustaceans found in Mariana Trench, the deepest place on earth.
Anger rises as toxic air chokes India's capital
Lack of meaningful action on air quality in New Delhi is angering residents.
Radioactive pollution spreads over Europe
After a possible "accident" at a nuclear facility in Russia or Kazakhstan.
Seismic blasts 'harmful to marine life'
New recordings lay bare the underwater racket created by oil and gas industry's airguns.
Deeper corals may be safest from climate change
Mass coral bleaching may not be a death sentence for all of the reef systems it touches.
Climate change: five ways it could harm us
Global warming more than a problem for planet. It will hurt us personally too.