by George Driver | Jan 23, 2024 | Features, North & South
On a hilltop in Wānaka surrounded by one of the wealthiest neighbourhoods in the country sits 50 hectares of douglas fir and radiata pine. The block was given to the descendents of 50 Māori left landless by a duplicitous Crown purchase. One hundred-and-seventy years...
by George Driver | Dec 23, 2023 | Features, North & South
South Dunedin is home to the country’s largest low-lying community, with 2700 homes less than 50cm above the high-tide line. As the sea level creeps up, its 13,500 residents are waiting to see whether they have a future, or whether the suburb will be reclaimed by...
by George Driver | Sep 23, 2023 | Features, North & South
Are farmers doing enough on methane? Methane from Kiwi farms accounts for more than a third of the country’s greenhouse emissions. But exactly how this gas contributes to global warming and to what extent it should reduce is complex. As our methane targets look set...
by George Driver | Aug 23, 2023 | Features, North & South
New Zealand could one day be burning hundreds of thousands of tonnes of rubbish each year to generate electricity. Advocates say it’s an environmentally friendly alternative to landfill, others say it will pollute the air, endanger people’s health and encourage more...
by George Driver | Aug 23, 2023 | Features, North & South
Millions of panels could soon be erected across thousands of hectares of the country as an unprecedented solar-farm boom begins. It’s part of efforts to more than double the country’s power generation by 2050. What do we stand to gain, and what might we...
by George Driver | Jun 23, 2023 | Features, North & South
Beneath famously dry Central Otago are the remains of an enormous, ancient subtropical lake that was once home to crocodilians, turtles, giant parrots, bipedal vampire bats and palm trees. The kilometre-thick layer of lake bed is helping to unravel the mystery of...
