Massive solar farm project near Taupō about to see the light

By Matthew Martin - Stuff

Plans to build a 400MW solar power station on farmland near Taupō will be heard by an independent resource consent commissioner later this month. There are concerns about this development with loss of farmland and a claim that New Zealand would lose '3000 dairy cows and “at least $30,000,000” annually if the consent was granted'.

Eats, hops and breeds: New Zealand’s worsening wallaby plague

Eva Corlett - The Guardian

A skilled hunter can shoot 100 of the invasive marsupials in a night. But with millions of hectares infested, some fear control efforts are too late

George Monbiot: presenting alternatives to farming 

Kim Hill - RNZ

The New Zealand diet is particularly bad for the planet due to the vast amount of land required to produce food for it, says environmental campaigner and author George Monbiot.

Forestry needs an urgent reset

Gary Taylor - Newsroom

Forestry has an important place in our economy, but it's time to improve the sector's environmental performance. Gary Taylor explains how.

One simple trick to get more people on trains and buses: run them more often

Suraya Sidhu Singh - The Spinoff

Enticing people onto public transport seems like a tough nut to crack – until you realise we’re not doing the one relatively inexpensive thing that’s proven to work

The Aotearoa History Show: NZ Railways

William Ray - RNZ

All aboard for a voyage into the history of New Zealand’s railways! From a standing start of little tank engines chugging along wooden rails, New Zealand built a vast rail network, made up of enough steel rail to wrap halfway around the moon.

NZ’s most walkable towns and cities ranked: see how your neighbourhood stacks up

Tom Logan - The Conversation 

If you live in a city or town, you have a mental map of the places you travel to most. But how accessible are those places, and how long does it take you to get there? Most of all, could you do everything you need to do without a car?