A little known fact about the Denniston Plateau is that it’s one of the top places to see some of New Zealand’s bizarre native carnivorous plants growing wild. New Zealand has twelve native carnivorous plants: four types reside on this alpine sandstone plateau which is under threat from coal mining.  For many people, carnivorous plants […]

Guest blogger: Forest & Bird’s Conservation Advocate Quentin Duthie The Government is sharpening bulldozer blades and oil-rig drills. It’s prioritising digging and drilling for non-renewable resources over regulation and protection of the natural environment that our economy depends on. Undeterred by the embarrassing u-turn on Schedule 4, Minister Brownlee is charging ahead with efforts to facilitate […]

Guest Blogger: Radio New Zealand’s Our Changing World environment reporter, Alison Ballance Last week I interviewed two NIWA scientists – Philip Boyd and Cliff Law – about ocean fertilisation, or iron enrichment. Most of us have heard about this ambitious plan, to help solve global warming by dumping large amounts of iron into the ocean, generating […]

Guest Blogger: Jenny Campbell, Southland Branch Secretary Right. Lets not beat around the bush. We are running out of oil. The bounteous supply we have enjoyed in the past 60 years is now dwindling to a few inaccessible pools buried deep within the earth or reservoirs set in environmentally sensitive areas. We’re populating this earth […]