The incident in January was investigated, but in September police said no charges would be laid against the officers as there was "insufficient evidence".

A tramping enthusiast says she would be pretty annoyed to pay to use a Great Walk, but understands they are a valuable asset that should be funded accordingly.

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has launched a probe into the police handling of alleged illegal hunting by off-duty officers

The author of a new book on 1080 has set out to debunk the myths surrounding the poison.

A snoozing fur seal has been moved on from a Dunedin cyclepath - again.

Fissure, a new kiwi chick, hatched despite a huge hole in its egg, after staff patched the egg up with masking tape.

Veteran anti-1080 protester Pete Lusk successfully argued to have his bail conditions changed.

A decision by the contactor to accelerate the project means the $13 million makeover of the Makatote rail viaduct will be finished

An Auckland architect has been fined $1500 after being caught fishing for snapper in protected waters north of the city.

Westport police say they do not have enough evidence to lay charges over allegations 1080 protestors damaged a Department of Conservation staff member's car.

The discovery of rare pateke - native brown teal ducks - in a part of Northland they are not normally found has excited conservationists. But

Fish and Game says it wants DoC to do more to reduce the threat 1080 poison poses to people gathering food from waterways.

Killing off all rats, stoats and possums in New Zealand will require novel methods including genetic engineering, Govt has been told.

Leading architect and designer Chris Moller has slammed the decision to demolish the Aniwaniwa Visitors' Centre at Lake Waikaremoana

Plans to turn Mt Tarawera and the surrounding land and lake area into a world-class tourism venture are on the cards with a new partnership

Rescuers were hard at work in Browns Bay, Auckland on Saturday getting a stranded whale back into the water.

By Shauni Jamesshauni.james@dailypost.co.nz / Circle_see_more_DP.eps / CATS: Katie Hickey, pictured with her cat Bugsy, thinks cats

An investigation has been launched after footage emerged of speedboats driving through a pod of dolphins on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula.

Nine years after Westpower first proposed a hydro-electricity scheme on the Waitaha River, the Department of Conservation said it had given approval in principle.

A group of trees "mercilessly hacked" by an unknown attacker has riled one of Rotorua's well-known environmental activists.

COMMENT: Misinformation is counterproductive in battling dramatic decline of species in Auckland Islands.

Proponents of eminent Maori architect John Scott have made a last-ditch effort to save one of his revered works on the shores of Lake

Heritage campaigners have launched a last-ditch effort to save an historic Waikaremoana building.

Pavlina Pizova, who survived a month in a remote hut on the Routeburn Track, broke down in tears as she spoke about her fight for survival.

A tramper has told of "pretty bad" conditions including snow up to a metre high near where a Czech woman was rescued after waiting five weeks in a Doc hut after her partner's death.

A Government-led bid to free New Zealand of predators by 2050 was repudiated today by the Ban 1080 Party as "justification for another 34 years of spreading 1080".

Scientists have a few words of warning for Government attempts to clear our islands of pests.

Duck/dog and his canine co-workers are making waves overseas with their oh-so-cute social media presence.

More than $20 million in funding, 720,000ha of land: today is D-Day for the biggest pest control operation in New Zealand's history.

A leading climate scientist has welcomed a new 20-year Government "roadmap" that singles out climate change as an environmental research priority for New Zealand.