Sustain Episode 5: Planet + People vs. Plastics

On Earth Day 2024, Ngā Ara Whetū partnered with Te Aka Mātauranga Matepukupuku, the Centre for Cancer Research, to discuss the ubiquitous presence of plastics in our environment, and their impact on the land, water, air, animals, and on good health and...

How will NZ keep its promises made at COP28?

The action at COP 28 offers the new government a chance to prove to its detractors that it’s not such a “fossil” after all.   Although the new coalition government in New Zealand has already begun reversing key environmental and health protections...

Is CO2 in control of our freshwater?

Left to right: Dr Adam Hartland introduced by JR Rowland, Ngā Ara Whetū Director and Deputy Dean, Faculty of Science We are about to find out: New Zealand will be first in the world to lead an extensive research study on how CO2 is changing the ecology of our...