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Greenpeace 'intercepts' Amazon Warrior

Greenpeace has intercepted the world's biggest seismic blasting ship, Amazon Warrior.

Transparency needed in fishing industry

COMMENT: Researchers seek reports into fish reporting and dumping.

Dolphin-safe fishing to cost $40m plus

WWF-NZ says a shift to safer fishing practices to protect the Maui's dolphin is possible.

Shark joins pool swimmers

Early morning swimmers found a shocking surprise in their ocean pool.

Kiwi scientists record rare whale sounds

Recordings of Gray's and strap-toothed beaked whales have been captured in NZ waters.

Rare sea lion found dead in trawler net

Squid-fishing net's escape hatch appears to have failed, trapping female sea lion.

Drowning our marine life in plastic

Journalist's adventure to film the blue whale turns into an environmental horror story.

Pods of orca spotted around Lyttelton

Two pods of the marine animals were spotted this morning including a mother and her calf

Q&A: Why microplastics are a macro problem

Micrometre-sized plastics are wreaking havoc in our oceans, a scientist says.

Twenty berths cut from proposed marina

A bigger scheme proposed last year drew opposition from the Waiheke Island community.

Rise of the blue whales

In 2015, the first year of a three-year survey 33 blue whales were sighted in the South Taranaki Bight, this year there were 68 different individuals.

Watch NZH Local Focus: Environmentalists give evidence opposing seabed mining

Greenpeace and KASM give evidence about the potential impacts on marine mammals at the EPA seabed mining hearing in Wellington. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Three plucked from water after mishap

Three men saved by a passing vessel when a bar crossing goes horribly wrong.

Alarm over doomed boat's state

An independent ship surveyor raised concern about the Francie operating on the Kaipara bar three months before the ill-fated boat sank in the area.

Watch NZH Local Focus: Company calls mining seabed mining proposal a significant opportunity for NZ

Trans-Tasman Resources gave evidence today at the hearing which will determine whether or not they will get marine consents to mine iron ore off the coast of South Taranaki. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Watch NZH Local Focus: Hearing on Taranaki seabed mining proposal opens

Trans-Tasman Resources is proposing to mine 50 million tonnes of iron ore per year off the coast of Patea in south Taranaki. Made with funding from NZ On AIr.

Dumped-flounder find sparks MPI inquiry

SUP140217NADFISH01.JPG or SUP140217NADFISH02.JPG The 170 flounder found in a Northland stream have disgusted Whangaruru locals. PHOTO/SUPPLIED. By

Whales, drones and ice: Bold Kiwi studies

Whales, toothfish and the confounding puzzle that is Antarctica's sea ice will be targeted in six bold new Kiwi studies to be carried out on the frozen continent and in the Southern Ocean.