04:00pm Thu 18 Aug, 2022
Important upgrades at New Zealand's search and rescue satellite Earth station are underway this week. The Earth station, halfway between Rotorua and Taupō, is... Read More
10:45am Thu 18 Aug, 2022
New Zealand fur seals should be given 'plenty of space”. This is the message from a Tauranga resident who had a seal chase his cat through a cat flap and... Read More
09:10am Thu 18 Aug, 2022
The Government is investing in a $1.5 million project that will likely create the world's first commercial seaweed-based nanocellulose manufacturing plant. The... Read More
08:00am Thu 18 Aug, 2022
GNS Science and University of Canterbury researchers are seeking to better understand how the community responded to triple earthquake and tsunami evacuation warnings... Read More
03:00pm Fri 12 Aug, 2022
Social media posts helped scientists to monitor one of Aotearoa's rarest whale species, the infrequently sighted southern right whale, or tohorā. Photographs... Read More
09:58am Fri 12 Aug, 2022
The search for a missing kayaker on Lake Rotorua is set to continue today after an 18-year-old failed to return from his kayak on the lake on Wednesday. Search... Read More
10:45am Thu 11 Aug, 2022
It has now been one year since the Motiti Island Protection area was establed, The Motiti Protection Area covers the three offshore reef areas surrounding Motiti... Read More
10:10am Wed 10 Aug, 2022
Large-scale research into a wide variety of algae is a step closer for New Zealand's first state-of-the-art aquaculture facility for macroalgae cultivation, with... Read More
11:45am Tue 09 Aug, 2022
Maritime NZ has announced recipients of the annual Fuel Excise Duty funding for safer boating initiatives to help reduce fatalities and injuries. In total, 25... Read More
02:00pm Mon 08 Aug, 2022
More than a quarter of a billion dollars worth of cocaine has been found concealed on a cargo ship that is now docked in Tauranga. Police are seeking information... Read More
06:00pm Fri 05 Aug, 2022
Fisheries New Zealand and the Department of Conservation are seeking public feedback on a new plan of action for the conservation of sharks. The draft National... Read More
02:00pm Thu 04 Aug, 2022
Economic and Regional Development Minister Stuart Nash has turned the sod for the new Whakatāne Commercial Boat Harbour, cut the ribbon for the revitalised... Read More