Trout taken from catchments where 1080 poison has been dumped are safe to eat, the Ministry of Primary Industries says.

Most households that lost power after winds battered the North Island yesterday have been reconnected.

Severe winds are expected to pound inland Canterbury today but northern New Zealand should enjoy a brief break from stormy, windy weather.

Surf lifesavers trying to find the body of missing boy Jack Dixon will decide whether to continue their search on Friday.

Severe winds have lifted roofs and brought down trees across the North Island, but Auckland and Northland have been spared the worst of the wild weather.

The director of charter company Dive Spot has pleaded not guilty on charges laid after a boat propeller killed an Auckland man.

A lone Wellington yachtsman was showing signs of hypothermia after a snapped mast left him stranded nearly 2 nautical miles from shore this evening.

As $100 million of shiny new craft go on display at Auckland's On the Water Boat Show, the Hauraki Gulf has received a damning report about its health.

Wayne Redman clung to the upturned hull of his boat for hours in icy-cold water fearing he might not survive.

A fisherman missing on the Tauranga Harbour since midnight last night has been found after making his way to shore.

A nearly seven-metre long whale washed up in with the tide overnight on a Porirua beach but DoC has yet to decide how to dispose of it.

The developer behind a controversial $10 million marina project that will divide Waiheke Island says investors can "kiss their money goodbye" if the project is scrapped.

For 40 years, thousands of people have enjoyed Auckland marine reserves - now South Islanders and their visitors can look forward to similar pleasures.

Commercial fishing would be banned from the inner Hauraki gulf and the entire Marlborough Sounds under National's plan for new recreational fishing parks in those areas.

Five new marine reserves have been officially opened on the West Coast today.

A Green Party policy would require all farmers to fence off rivers, lakes, waterways and wetlands from stock with a buffer zone for vegetation by mid-2017.

Auckland ratepayers face a bill of about $40 million to prevent part of the downtown seawall between Princes and Marsden wharves failing in a moderate earthquake.

A homemade video showcasing a Tauranga man's encounters with local marine life has taken on a life of its own online.

A bottlenose dolphin thought to have lost its calf has adopted a baby of another species.

Centuries of over-exploitation of whales for their meat and blubber has seen populations of most species plummet. But with no small amount of irony, the tables have turned with research discovering that we need whales for a healthy marine ecosystem.

The surf club guarding one of the country's most dangerous rip-torn beaches says it is losing efficiency and members.

The Green Party announced plans to immediately ban deep sea drilling around NZ’s coast if the Greens form the next government.

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