An environmentalist group says it is trying to stay positive over a promise by Mount Maunganui industrial businesses to clean up their act. The 29 businesses... Read More

The pipfruit industry has begun a five-year project to find new and more effective ways to control bronze beetle. The native beetle chews through growing... Read More

They can be smaller than a $2 coin, but the damage gold clams do when introduced to ecosystems is a threat looming large. A year on from the closure... Read More

Whakamarama residents Brian Rickey and Mel Pendergast have always enjoyed the country. After spending the Covid-19 lockdown in town, they were more than ready... Read More

The lawyer for the company convicted over the Whakaari/White Island eruption says it has "recast" the legislative direction on who is responsible for health... Read More

The owners of Whakaari/White Island are challenging the criminal conviction of their company in the Auckland High Court. The appeal hearing starts on Tuesday... Read More

It may not feel like much, but every old chicken bone or kiwifruit skin you throw into your little green bin is having a mighty impact on reducing the amount... Read More

Department of Conservation staff have highlighted some of the issues with graffiti, vandalism, unsavoury behaviour, litter and defecation at tourist hot spots... Read More

Changes are coming at popular Coromandel tourist spot Cathedral Cove as the Department of Conservation works to get it reopened by early December. The track... Read More

A controversial Waikato mining site has the Government's green light of approval, but an anti-mining environmental group will continue its fight to stop underground... Read More

Maungatapu artist Sue MacDougall makes no apology for being a little unconventional. During her 20 years in Greece, she went as far as smuggling stray dogs... Read More

The Western Bay of Plenty District Council is reviewing its Kaimai Ward Reserve Management Plan, which includes 50 reserves, including playgrounds, sports grounds,... Read More