Natural Resources
The coal industry is on a comeback
5 Jan 2018
The coal industry is clawing its way back from the doldrums after the collapse of Solid Energy. Gold mining is prospering in the North Island at least - and could expand further. Undersea mining is… Audio
Global sand shortage?
10 Jun 2017
David Owen explores the global business of sand in a rather worryingly titled New Yorker article 'The World is Running Out of Sand'. Audio
Hands-on geology at the marae
31 Mar 2016
GNS Science scientists work together with Ngati Kahungunu to run marae-based workshops on geological hazards, natural resources and climate change. Audio, Gallery
I am the river, the river is me
28 Dec 2014
Dame Anne Salmond explores the radical nature of the settlement between the Whanganui River iwi and the Government signed in August 2014, recognising the river as a legal person in its own right. This… Audio