Kate Gudsell
RNZ
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Past articles by Kate:
Climate change plan: 'Setting the bar so low'
The government's move to tackle climate change is being characterised as hopeful but flawed. → Read More
Drone disrupting airspace 'could have been catastrophic'
Drones are disrupting airspace every week and instances are becoming more regular, Airways New Zealand says. → Read More
Hunting lobby wins concessions over tahr cull
The powerful hunting lobby has won concessions in the heated fight over the cull of thousands of Himalayan Tahr. → Read More
Four kākāpō taken to the skies
Four flightless parrots have been flown to a new home to improve the resilience of one of the country's most endangered bird species. → Read More
Record decline in Antarctic sea ice
It has been the worst year on record for sea ice in Antarctica and a climate scientist suspects warmer ocean waters could be behind it. → Read More
Genetic science and tourist tax touted to save NZ birds
Eighty percent of the country's native bird species are in bad shape, and the environment watchdog is recommending genetic engineering and tourist taxes to tackle the problem. → Read More
NZ seventh-worst on emissions of 41 nations
New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions in 2015 were 24.1 percent higher than 1990 levels - a far cry from its commitment under the Paris climate change agreement. → Read More
New swimmable standard 'less stringent'
The government's plan to make New Zealand's rivers more swimmable is not tougher than the old standards, according to an official report. → Read More
'The mauri of our natural world has been diminished'
The government has outlined its plan to deal with New Zealand's 'unenviable record of extinction'. → Read More
NZ needs to act now on rivers, top official warns
New Zealand cannot afford to wait to address problems with fresh water, the head of the Ministry for the Environment says. → Read More
Landmark report finds freshwater at risk
Nitrogen levels have got worse in more than half the rivers monitored by environment officials, the government's first dedicated freshwater report shows. → Read More
Swimmable waterways standard 'confusing'
The government's proposed standards to make waterways swimmable are too confusing for even an experienced freshwater scientist to understand, he says. → Read More
Water fools? - Greening of Mackenzie
It's the closest thing New Zealand has to a desert. The Mackenzie Basin landscape is not replicated anywhere else in the country, let alone the world, and it is being changed irreversibly. Not just the land is being changed, the once pristine lakes are showing signs of land intensification. → Read More
State of waterways gone past tipping point
Some waterways are significantly compromised and may take more than 50 years to recover, a report from the Prime Minister's chief scientist says. → Read More
NZ's economic growth model pushing environmental limits
Freshwater pollution and increasing greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture are among the biggest challenges New Zealand's environment faces, says the OECD. → Read More
'Koha' company advertises Dart River water rights
Another company advertising the prospect of exporting New Zealand bottled water has emerged as unease about the practice grows. → Read More
Forest & Bird quits water forum, saying govt ignores advice
Forest & Bird have pulled out of the Land and Water Forum in protest against the government's new "timid" freshwater standards. → Read More