Gisborne residents are no longer able to recycle ice cream containers and yoghurt pots. Difficulties finding reputable or sustainable recycling markets have led Gisborne District Council's rubbish contractor, Waste Management New Zealand, to stop...... Read More

People in Thames and Coromandel are being told to urgently conserve water as supplies hit extremely low levels. The Thames-Coromandel District Council said both towns were now on total watering bans, after weeks of hot, dry weather. That meant use of...... Read More

Some Auckland residents say they are exhausted and stressed after a month fighting council plans to fell nearby pine trees. The Auckland Council is seeking resource consent to fell 203 trees in Western Springs, and are using emergency powers under...... Read More

Biosecurity teams have not found any further sign of Queensland fruit flies in the Auckland suburb of Devonport. A single male fruit fly was caught in a surveillance trap on Thursday, sparking a large biosecurity response in the area. Authorities...... Read More

Biosecurity teams are setting more traps in an Auckland suburb today, following the discovery of a male Queensland fruit fly. The fly was caught in Devonport on Thursday in a nationwide surveillance and trapping programme. Brochures about the fruit...... Read More

High winds mean the residents of 14 properties in the fire-affected Pigeon Valley in Tasman won't be able to return home today as planned. Restricted residential access to other properties has also been cancelled. Wind gusts have already reached...... Read More

Oil and gas executives rubbed shoulders with environmental activists in New Plymouth yesterday at a workshop designed to help create a roadmap for Taranaki's transition to a low-emissions economy by 2050. It is one of 23 such workshops planned...... Read More

A dust cloud that has caused air quality problems in parts of Australia is expected to hit New Zealand today. MetService meteorologist Andy Best said the dust could be clearly seen on satellite imagery as it moved towards New Zealand. Places between...... Read More

Biosecurity New Zealand is investigating a find of a single male Queensland fruit fly in a surveillance trap in the Auckland suburb of Devonport. The fly was collected from a fruit fly trap and formally identified on the afternoon of 14 February. Biosecurity...... Read More

Earthquake-prone building owners are warning the axe still hovers over them despite the government's offer of more money to help. Some provincial mayors have banded together over the threat of what they call "destruction by legislation"...... Read More