The government has announced funding to protect and restore one of the country's most at-risk river catchments in Marlborough. The Minister of Conservation has just announced the Te Hoiere/Pelorus River catchment, between Nelson and Blenheim, will......
Bush fires along eastern Australia flared-up on Thursday, with a huge pulse of smoke and dust crossing the Tasman Sea, covering parts of New Zealand and smothering Sydney with thick smoke. Those suffering from asthma and allergies may be affected by......
Just four percent of philanthropic funds from groups that identify as supporting the environment actually went to environmental causes in 2017/18. But those groups are trying to improve the amount they give to the environment, and say there's also......
Rabbits burrowing into recent burial sites at the Hillcrest Cemetery in Whakatane has distressed a regular visitor who wonders why the council chooses to leave them unplanted. The local man visits his son's grave every fortnight and says the rabbit......
A 7.5 magnitude quake on the Wellington fault would cost New Zealand more than $16 billion in lost economic activity, unless the region's infrastructure is improved, a new report says. The report, by the Wellington Lifelines Group, said the cost......
The opening ceremony for the country's newest Great Walk is a big day for Pike River families. The Paparoa Track has been built at the request of the Pike River families as a tribute to the 29 men who died in the mine, and will eventually include......
The $155 million bill to decommission an oil field off the coast of Taranaki may end up being covered by taxpayers. Tamarind Taranaki, which owns the Tui Field, went into voluntary receivership earlier this month, meaning the government could be responsible......
A Christchurch storage business will pay $242,350 in fines, after spilling ammonia into a creek and killing more than 1700 eels and fish. Ammonia spread from a purging tank at Polarcold Stores Limited's site in Belfast into 5km of the nearby Kaputone......
