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Watch: Nasa, Rocket Lab launch giant 'mirror in space'
Nasa's new mission, using sunlight for propulsion, has been launched from Hawke's Bay. Video, Audio
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US and Pacific states sign MOU on tuna access
6:00 am todayUS and Pacific states sign MOU on tuna access. Audio
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Iraqi father begins legal fight against BP over son's death
23 Apr 2024A father has started legal action against UK oil giant BP over the death of his 21-year-old son.
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Shower Thoughts: Does peeing on lemon trees actually work?
23 Apr 2024Is this old trick good gardening, or just a bit weird? Landscape designer Justin Newcombe says he's tried it - and it works. Audio
Watch: Nasa, Rocket Lab launch giant 'mirror in space'
Nasa's new mission, using sunlight for propulsion, has been launched from Hawke's Bay. Video, Audio
Morning Report Essentials for Wednesday 24 April 2024
On today's episode, the Labour Party says the government's first changes to the Resource Management Act are short-sighted, leader Chris Hipkins joins us, lawyers are pushing back against the… Audio
Hydrogen fuel station opens in South Auckland
New Zealand is one step closer to low-emissions road freight with the opening of a hydrogen fuelling station in South Auckland on Tuesday. Maia Ingoe reports. Audio
Labour leader Hipkins on Resource Management Act changes
The Labour Party says the government's first changes to the Resource Management Act are short-sighted and put short-term profits ahead of environmental protection. Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins… Audio
RocketLab launching two NASA satellites from Mahia Peninsula
A new satellite launching on Wednesday is set to sail on sunlight, 1,000 kilometres above the Earth. NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System is one of two satellites RocketLab is launching from… Audio
Upper Selwyn Huts resident on eviction notice
A resident of the Upper Selwyn Huts, a small Canterbury community, says the council needs to give people more time, after dropping the bombshell that they will need to leave their homes by 2039… Audio
US and Pacific states sign MOU on tuna access
US and Pacific states sign MOU on tuna access. Audio
Iraqi father begins legal fight against BP over son's death
A father has started legal action against UK oil giant BP over the death of his 21-year-old son.
Shower Thoughts: Does peeing on lemon trees actually work?
Is this old trick good gardening, or just a bit weird? Landscape designer Justin Newcombe says he's tried it - and it works. Audio
Drinking water at 20 sites mostly clear of 'forever' chemicals - study
The tests of tap, bore and lake water are mostly in urban areas north of Taupō and three in the South Island.
Addressing climate change needs more effort
Being less bad is not good enough. It's not going to get us closer to putting the brakes on climate change. Håkan Nordqvist is the former Head of Sustainability and Innovation at Ikea who believes… Audio
How AI is affecting research, Dr Ally Gibson's experience
In 2021 Dr Ally Gibson launched a research project which required participants to submit short stories in response to a prompt about dating.To find out more about how AI ruined her research Dr Ally… Audio
Calls for action to curb fast fashion waste
Clothing production has doubled in the last fifteen years to more than one hundred 100 billion units per year, with Chinese company Shein adding anywhere from 2000 to 10,000 new items to its store… Audio
South Auckland home achieves highest possible climate-friendly rating for a house
A three-bedroom, two bathroom home in South Auckland has achieved the highest possible climate-friendly rating for a house. Climate Change Correspondent Eloise Gibson visited the home. Audio
Small community in Selwyn fights to save homes
Residents of a small Selwyn community say they will keep fighting to save their homes after being told they must vacate them by 2039. Anna Sargent reports. Audio
New report on how to maximise benefits of AI and gene editing
A new report by New Zealand scholars released in Paris on Tuesday morning looks at how to maximise the benefits and minimise risks associated with rapidly developing technologies such as AI and gene… Audio
Calls for changes to Fast-Track Approvals bill
Parliamentary watchdogs want major changes to the government's Fast-Track Approvals Bill. Otago University public law professor Andrew Geddis spoke to Corin Dann. Audio
'Good and bad purposes' of new tech examined in new report
New Zealand researchers have produced an international report looking at how to maximise the benefits and minimise risks associated with rapidly developing technologies, such as AI and gene editing.
Rotorua woman fighting fast fashion, one t-shirt at a time
Fast fashion is one of the world's biggest polluters but in Rotorua, Gayle Heath is doing her bit to save the planet, one t-shirt at a time. Our producer Mahvash Ikram paid her a visit. Audio
Is it time to update our understanding of the universe? Some cosmologists think so
Oxford University professor Subir Sarkar says over the past 100 years our understanding of how the universe works has changed dramatically as technology has improved in leaps and bounds. Audio
