Trade Live cattle export on troubled ship Almost 5000 New Zealand cows could set sail for China next week on a ship which has had a history of animal welfare problems. Sep 12 2019 Farah Hancock
health & science A curious case of fluoride and pregnancy Advertisements are being seen countrywide claiming a link between fluoride and lower IQ. But scientists are warning people to hold their horses. Sep 09 2019 Farah Hancock
environment Sleuths use footprints to help at-risk birds Footprints left by shorebirds and their common predators can now be identified using an online guide created by citizen scientists. Sep 06 2019 Farah Hancock
Week in Review NZ streams teeming with pesticides A new study shows NZ hasn’t set acceptable environmental levels for the pesticides in our streams - many of them banned overseas - or tested their effect on native species. Sep 05 2019 Farah Hancock
health & science Preparing for the war on stink bugs Spring marks the beginning of stink bug season. Farah Hancock reports on the dogs, wasps, lures and sprays ready to take on a costly invader. Aug 30 2019 Farah Hancock
environment Pest found in Karāpiro after dam maintenance There are fears koi carp entered Lake Karāpiro during Mercury’s routine maintenance of the dam. Aug 28 2019 Farah Hancock
environment Māui plan ‘gambling’ with extinction A last-minute submission in the Māui dolphin threat management plan process has ruffled conservationists’ feathers. Aug 27 2019 Farah Hancock
Week in Review Another nail in coffin for threatened eels Conservationists say a bill aimed to save freshwater fish fails to protect thousands of eels from being minced in hydroelectricity dam turbines. Aug 26 2019 Farah Hancock
Week in Review An audacious plan to save a rare species With fewer kākā beak plants in the wild than kākāpō, conservationists have been testing novel ways to hold the fort on extinction. Aug 21 2019 Farah Hancock
health & science Homeopathic treatment claims to ‘cure’ autism A controversial homeopathic treatment being sold in NZ blames vaccines for contributing to autism - and claims to cure autism with diluted vaccines. Aug 15 2019 Farah Hancock
health & science Don’t lick sexy pavement lichen - here’s why It’s called sexy pavement lichen and tonnes are supposedly available for supply but there’s little proof to back up claims it can treat impotence – and plenty to be worried about. Aug 14 2019 Farah Hancock
health & science Our GE legislation due for an overhaul An expert panel has suggested New Zealand’s regulations surrounding gene-technology are well past their use-by date and it’s time for a rewrite. Aug 13 2019 Farah Hancock
environment Advocates for rare bird take dam fight to court Advocates for NZ’s rarest bird are taking Auckland Council to court over their enforcement of an illegally-built dam. Aug 12 2019 Farah Hancock
environment Fury and confusion over claimed whitebait ‘ban’ It was called the anti-trout bill by some but just days after trout fishers appeared placated, a new debate has ignited over whitebait. Aug 08 2019 Farah Hancock
health & science Diabetes: New Zealand’s greatest epidemic A crisis summit has called for an overhaul of how diabetes is managed after 25 years of South Auckland data shows there’s been no improvement. Aug 06 2019 Farah Hancock
environment New plan to bring back the dawn chorus An ambitious Biodiversity Strategy discussion document announces a goal to not just halt New Zealand’s biodiversity decline - but reverse it by 2050. Aug 05 2019 Farah Hancock
Newsroom Labour, Greens at odds over Coromandel mining A Labour Party pre-election promise to extend protection for Coromandel conservation land from mining has fallen by the wayside. Aug 05 2019 Farah Hancock
health & science Dengue: The centre of a vaccine disaster story In the midst of a measles outbreak, Farah Hancock looks at the disastrous roll-out of a dengue vaccine in the Philippines and the measles flow-on effect. Aug 02 2019 Farah Hancock
environment Future still uncertain for Foulden Maar’s fossils A withdrawn OIO land purchase application reduces - but doesn’t eliminate - the risk scientifically important fossils could be destroyed. Aug 01 2019 Farah Hancock
health & science What gut worms could do for cancer A medical trial looking at how hookworms affect healthy people could pave the way for hookworm prescriptions to help or prevent conditions from Crohn’s disease to cancer. Jul 30 2019 Farah Hancock
