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Above: Motu Aotea is ditching single-use takeaway coffee cups. Photo / Greta Recup / Creative Commons

Environment & Ecology

Retailer Trashes Disposable Coffee Cup Ban

Above: Aotea has dumped single-use takeaway coffee cups. Photo / Greta Recup / Creative Commons In a move that stirred both support and concern among local businesses, the ban on disposable coffee cups introduced in October 2023 has sharply divided…

Hugh Chittock / Antarctica New Zealand, CC BY-SA

Environment & Ecology

West Antarctica’s ice sheet was smaller thousands of years ago – here’s why this matters today

Photo / Hugh Chittock/Antarctica New Zealand, CC BY-SA By Dan Lowry, GNS Science and Holly Kyeore Han, NASA As the climate warms and Antarctica’s glaciers and ice sheets melt, the resulting rise in sea level has the potential to displace…

Okupu Native Plants Thrive in Battle Against Kikuyu. Photo / AGBILB

Environment & Ecology

Poison-Free Prosperity as Okupu Beach Natives Thrive

Okupu Native Plants Thrive in Battle Against Kikuyu. Photo / AGBILB More than 150 native plants are flourishing in Okupu, Great Barrier Island, following a pioneering approach to combating the invasive kikuyu grass. Funded by a $25,000 grant from the…

Joy and achievement: Great Barrier Island celebrates the licensing of its first early childhood centre. Photo / Petr Kratochvil / CC

Community News

Island’s First Licensed Early Childhood Centre: A Community Triumph

Joy and achievement: Great Barrier Island celebrates the licensing of its first early childhood centre. Photo / Petr Kratochvil / CC Aotea has reached a significant milestone with the licensing of its first Early Childhood Centre, culminating years of community…

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Shipping containers in Bukit Merah, Singapore. Photo / CHUTTERSNAP

Politics

Rethinking the Viability of Free Trade in a WTO Stalemate World

By Jane Kelsey, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau The 13th World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial conference in Abu Dhabi has failed…

Red Helicopter against a blue sky. Isaac benhesed / Unsplashed

Community News

Bid to Ban Chopper Pads Across Much of Gulf Islands

Helipads in Auckland Councillor's Crosshairs: A Move to Ban Them in Residential Areas

Environment & Ecology

8 ways that stopping overfishing will promote biodiversity and help address climate change

By Rashid Sumaila, University of British Columbia Amid the escalating threats of a warming world, and with the latest annual United Nations…

David Gapes (right) near the pirate radio ship Tiri aground on Great Barrier Island. Photo / Herald Historic Archive

Radio Hauraki Pioneer David Gapes Dies

David Gapes (right) near the pirate radio ship Tiri aground on Great Barrier Island. Photo / NZME David Gapes, a key figure…

Scientists have discovered never-before-seen deep reefs in the Hauraki Gulf. Photo / DoC / Supplied

Environment & Ecology

Mapping the Mysteries of the Hauraki Gulf

Scientists from the Department of Conservation (DoC) and Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington have undertaken an ambitious project to map some…