A Christchurch insurance advocate says he is optimistic the new Canterbury Earthquake Insurance Tribunal will finally resolve the long-standing issues. The government has launched an earthquake insurance tribunal to try and finally resolve insurance......
Wellington City Council looks set to join the growing list of cities declaring a climate emergency. The council will debate whether to declare a climate emergency tomorrow - at the same time as it considers a new strategy to make the city carbon neutral......
Students who organised the school climate strikes are planning even larger collective action that they hope to involve the wider population in. Globally, groups are getting ready for "Earth Strike" - a general strike of the population demanding......
Wellington Waste Water is warning people not to put cooking fat down their kitchen sinks, after a blockage contaminated the harbour. A fat blockage in the Wellington CBD's waste water pipes led to it spilling over into storm water drains, which......
An East Coast forestry company has pleaded guilty to causing flood-borne debris damage in Tolaga Bay last year. Gisborne District Council prosecuted 10 companies after after heavy rain washed piles of logs and debris on to roads and farmland during......
A tsunami warning issued for coastal areas this morning was based on the best information at hand at the time, the Ministry of Civil Defence says. A magnitude 7 earthquake at 10km deep hit the Kermadec Islands region at 10.55am today. At 11.08am the......
