From Sunday, December 1, sections of the Kaituna and Tarawera rivers will have a new 5-knot speed limit. Bay of Plenty Harbourmaster Jon Jon Peters said following... Read More

The emergency response agency is preparing for power and communications outages in the event of an extreme solar storm. New Zealand's National Emergency... Read More

New additions to Pāpāmoa Hills Cultural Heritage Regional Park is bringing in a record number of visitors. Pāpāmoa Hills Cultural Heritage Regional Park... Read More

An online tool developed by scientists at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland allows for detailed monitoring of the nation's coastal erosion from satellite... Read More

Police sighted an Australasian Harrier take a dive after being hit by a car in rural Waikato on Saturday afternoon and swiftly flew to its rescue, picking it... Read More

One of the world's biggest cruise ship companies has settled another multimillion-dollar civil lawsuit taken by a family whose lives were shattered in the... Read More

Fairer, more sensible rules about managing earthquake risks are a step closer with the passing of legislation and the appointment of an independent chair to... Read More

A Mount Maunganui community-based environmental conservation group advocating to hold industry and institutions to account for air pollution from heavy industrial... Read More

Auckland Zoo has said goodbye to New Zealand's last elephant, and with her, her keepers. After about two-and-a-half years of planning and waiting, Burma... Read More

A large ferret measuring over half a metre in length, nicknamed ‘Goliath,' has been spotted on the prowl in the Orokawa Bay area, heightening concerns... Read More

Ten households evacuated in Bay of Plenty community Te Puna after a shelter belt fire broke out on Wednesday are returning home. Fire and Emergency (FENZ)... Read More

The vegetation fire in the Snodgrass Road area at Te Puna, Bay of Plenty, remains contained and is now transitioning to the mop up phase, said a Fire and... Read More