Conservation

In the News | Published: 03 March 2015

As part of a series on Seaweek 2015, New Zealand Herald science reporter Jamie Morten looks at the big questions […]

In the News | Published: 11 December 201426 February 2019

Almost 269,000 tonnes of plastic pollution may be floating in the world’s oceans, according a team of scientists from around […]

In the News | Published: 05 December 201428 March 2016

The media attention is back on the Department of Conservation’s (DOC) biggest ever aerial 1080 drop in an effort to battle rats […]

In the News | Published: 25 July 201428 March 2016

The goal of protecting threatened animal species in a pristine, untouched habitat is becoming “increasingly unobtainable” according to a new […]

In the News | Published: 21 August 201328 March 2016

Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Dr Jan Wright, is calling on the government to “sort out” land classed as ‘stewardship […]

In the News | Published: 09 July 201328 March 2016

A kiwi chick released on an island off the Kapiti coast may be the key to securing the future for […]

In the News | Published: 18 April 201318 April 2013

Dr Jan Wright, Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment is calling for a moratorium on the fishing of native longfin eels, […]

Expert Q&A, Expert Reactions | Published: 17 April 201314 February 2019

Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Dr Jan Wright has launched a new report, On a pathway to extinction? An investigation […]

In the News | Published: 13 March 201313 March 2013

Scientist are concerned for the survival of yellow-eyed penguin populations in Otago following the deaths of more 50 of the […]

Reflections on Science | Published: 25 January 201325 January 2013

After two days of heated debate on the issue of cats and conservation, Economist Gareth Morgan, the man behind the […]