Police have confirmed they unsuccessfully tried to recover a body from the water off Whakaari/White Island two days after the eruption. The eruption on... Read More

With several native whitebait species in decline, the Minister of Conservation Eugenie Sage has released proposals to standardise and improve management of whitebait... Read More

Minor volcanic unrest is continuing to be monitored by GNS scientists. Over the last 5-6 months, measurements of Mt Ruapehu's Crater Lake (Te Wai ā-moe) temperature,... Read More

More than 3500 people have signed a petition calling for koalas to be introduced to New Zealand in the wake of devastating wildfires in Australia, but experts... Read More

A large native bird with very particular nesting habits has begun returning to Dansey Scenic Reserve near Rotorua after a seven-year pest control effort. Rotorua... Read More

On Saturday night, Dave Greig, who is the president of the Tauranga Astronomical Society, headed up to the Minden Lookout at Te Puna to see if he could film the... Read More

The MetService had forecast a cold and windy start to the last week as a cold front crossed over the far south of the South Island. The lingering southerly winds... Read More

Angela was at home in Windermere on Friday when the vegetation fire broke out in the nearby reserve. She was one of the first to call emergency services. 'The... Read More

The Thames Coromandel District Council have advised that a total watering ban is now in place for Whitianga, and Hahei also remains on a total watering ban. Coromandel... Read More

For months, the world has watched in horror as Australia burns. Bushfires have ripped through all states and territories but one, thousands of homes have been... Read More

Councils are saving up their plastic, landfills are reaching their brink, and some plastic isn't being recycled at all while the country hopes for a recycling... Read More

Residents of a Whakatāne suburb are fuming after a stand of trees, a home to nesting kiwi, was felled without public consultation. Close to 50 Japanese cedar... Read More