Litter
Aucklanders raise a bin din
Auckland Council is calling it a 'bin optimisation drive', but residents say the move to remove their litter receptacles is rubbish Audio
Pure NZ? Yeah right - litter pollution increasing across the country
It turns out 'Tidy Kiwi' are actually increasingly untidy. The country's latest litter audit shows Aotearoa's rubbish problem is gettting worse with the total number of items, volume and weight of of… Video, Audio
Mandy Barker's deceptive pictures of Pitcairn's sea bottom
Plastic items from more than 25 different countries, including New Zealand, wash up on the remote Pitcairn Islands, posing a threat to a habitat that's home to unique and endangered species. British… Audio, Gallery
Puppies are biologically wired to communicate with people
A new study has revealed that puppies are born ready to communicate with people. Evolutionary biologist Gita Gnanadesikan is with us to discuss the study's findings. Audio
Natural fibres more prevalent in ocean than plastic - study
A recent study has showed that the large majority of the microfibres polluting our oceans are not plastic - which has long been assumed - but actually natural fibres like cotton, wool and other… Audio
Reducing the nation's litter
Keep New Zealand Beautiful CEO, Heather Saunderson has a simple message - do the right thing and responsibly dispose of litter, but she tells Kathryn that it is also important to understand the… Audio
Albatross found with plastic bottle in its stomach
The Department of Conservation says a plastic bottle found in the stomach of a southern royal albatross - or toroa - caused its death.
It says the bird was found in an emaciated condition by members… Audio
More than 10 billion cigarette butts strewn across NZ - audit
An audit into litter across New Zealand estimates there are more than 10 billion cigarette butts strewn across New Zealand.
Environmental group Keep New Zealand Beautiful has released this year's… Video, Audio
Freedom campers back in Kaikoura, bringing their rubbish with them
Maurice Manawatu of "Maori Tours Kaikoura" says since State Highway One re-opened the freedom campers are back and they're bringing all their rubbish with them. Audio
Untidy Cantabrians making Christchurch waterways dirty
Dumped mattresses, tv sets and building materials were just some of the items that thirteen hundred volunteers collected from Christchurch's river banks and estuary edge on Saturday. Audio
Fiji plans to reward people who dob in litterbugs
Fiji is looking at rewarding citizens who dob in people who drop rubbish. Audio