New ZealandIllegal fishing alleged in marine sanctuaryA New Zealand environmental activist says fishing boats off the coast of Canterbury are sneaking into a mammal sanctuary at night and fishing illegally.23 Jan 12:34 AM
OpinionNeville Peat: Slow economy trampling environmentTo disguise what it is doing, the Beehive has ordered the Ministry for the Environment to abandon the five-yearly State of the Environment round-up report, writes Neville Peat.16 Jan 08:30 PM
New ZealandSperm whale on Kapiti Coast beachAn 12 metre-long adult male sperm whale was discovered by locals this morning near the Kapiti Coast Boat Club on Paraparaumu Beach, north of Wellington.15 Jan 09:49 PM
New ZealandDrawing the line on southern fishNew Zealand is unlikely to compromise on its protection plan for the Antarctic's Ross Sea at key talks this year.14 Jan 04:30 PM
WorldAnti whaling fleet takes on its biggest campaign yetThree Sea Shepherd ships have left New Zealand for the Southern Ocean ready to do battle in the activist group's biggest Antarctic summer campaign against Japanese whaling.09 Jan 04:30 PM
New ZealandWall of waves test surfersOnly the hardiest - or most foolhardy - surfers were willing to take on freakishly big waves that have crashed onto Northland's east coast.07 Jan 10:12 PM
New ZealandNew chicks on the iceSeven penguin chicks are the newest residents at Kelly Tarlton's aquarium thanks to a world-class breeding programme.06 Jan 11:04 PM
New ZealandDiver's drowning death leaves trail of griefAs searchers tried desperately to find diver Robbie Farquhar, his two young children were on the beach watching and waiting for their dad to come home.03 Jan 04:30 PM
New ZealandRound-the-world sailor joins race againA solo round-the-world sailor is off and racing again after completing repairs off the Dunedin coast.27 Dec 06:16 PM
New ZealandJetskier rescue: 'Sheer stupidity'Family members of a Northland father and son caught in rough weather when their jetski broke down headed back out to retrieve the jetski after the rescue.24 Dec 03:21 AM
New ZealandPoisoning threat puts shellfish off limitsThe threat of paralytic shellfish poisoning means eating shellfish from much of Northland's west coast is akin to playing Russian roulette.23 Dec 11:37 PM
New ZealandShark swims too close for comfortA one metre shark gave swimmers a scare at a Hawke's Bay beach yesterday.19 Dec 10:49 PM
New ZealandMore Kiwis report toxic fish poisoningA man who suffered ciguatera poisoning after eating contaminated fish says the toxin stayed in his body for years causing relapses.10 Dec 04:30 PM
