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Introduced plant species – friend or foe? This might depend on who is answering the question. Over 25,000 exotic plants ...

Insects are vital for our ecosystems, but sometimes there are places where we don’t want them – destroying our gardens, ...

How do we as a society enable the decision makers we elect to make good decisions on our behalf? One ...

We all know about the threats that predators like possums, rats and stoats pose to New Zealand's native ecosystems, but ...

Did you know there are over 30,000 chemicals approved for use across Aotearoa New Zealand?

We use chemicals every day, and they’re all around us. We know different chemicals come in different forms and that ...

Antibiotic medicines have been an important development for human health, and they’re credited with improving the average human lifespan. While ...

There are over 150,000 substances approved for use in Aotearoa New Zealand that contain an estimated 30,000 chemicals.

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment report Space invaders: A review of how New Zealand manages weeds that threaten native ...

How do we as a society enable the decision makers we elect to make good decisions on our behalf? One ...

Modernising a building by digging a moat? Sounds strange, but this is what happened during the refurbishing of Parliament Buildings ...

New Zealand has been inhabited by humans only relatively recently but, in the last 800 years, we have made a ...