The legacy of the Bay of Plenty’s 2011 Rena disaster will be three reefs protected for nature, with the Minister for Conservation signing off the new Marine Protected Areas over the weekend.

Climate change is likely to see the demise of a rare species of kānuka on a tiny island in the Bay of Plenty, but local plant lovers are determined to keep it alive on the mainland. By Meg Collins* 

The Government has been elected at a crucial moment in history, as Aotearoa faces the unprecedented challenges of climate change and a major pandemic on top of a natural environment already in crisis.

New Zealand’s peat wetlands are more powerful than tropical forests at absorbing carbon.