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Why New Zealand Shouldn’t Send Our Waste to Fiji w/ Zero Waste Aotearoa’s Sue Coutts: 16 April, 2026

 Why New Zealand Shouldn’t Send Our Waste to Fiji w/ Zero Waste Aotearoa’s Sue Coutts: 16 April, 2026 Why New Zealand Shouldn’t Send Our Waste to Fiji w/ Zero Waste Aotearoa’s Sue Coutts: 16 April, 2026, 8.62 MB

Australian company TNG Ltd has proposed an incinerator in the Saweni beachside area of Fiji.

The application specifically cites New Zealand as a source of waste for the incinerator, which would burn 900,000 tonnes of waste per year. This is more than four times the amount of waste that Fiji itself produces. 

Wire Host Caeden spoke to Sue Coutts, Director of External Affairs at Zero Waste Aotearoa, about this proposed incinerator.

Dear Science w/ Marcus Jones: July 17th, 2019

 Dear Science w/ Marcus Jones: July 17th, 2019 Dear Science w/ Marcus Jones: July 17th, 2019, 30.04 MB

On Dear Science with AUT’s Marcus Jones we are talking about the expansion of the universe, squid eyes and human legs, and some facts you might not know about the first moon landing - the anniversary of which is this weekend!

Dear Science w/ Marcus Jones: August 11, 2021

 Dear Science w/ Marcus Jones: August 11, 2021 Dear Science w/ Marcus Jones: August 11, 2021, 24.27 MB

This week on Dear Science Frances Wright talks with AUT professor Marcus Jones about and IPCC report that says human influence on global warming is 'unequivocal', an analysis which reveals that strange turns of phrase may indicate foul play in science, and the explanation of a mysterious dimming of the bright star Betelgeuse.