The man charged with trespass after the Titirangi kauri protest has appeared in court.

A former New Zealand hockey player has been appointed to help head Government efforts to manage the environment and natural resources.

Climate Change Minister Tim Groser yesterday said that for the past six years afforestation had exceeded deforestation.

The man who spent four days up a kauri tree to save it from destruction is elated after developers pledged to keep the tree.

The giant kauri at the centre of a protest in West Auckland will be allowed to stay, it's been revealed in an open letter released by the properties' owners.

China's Environment Minister has promised to confront an environmental challenge "unprecedented in human history" after an online film exposing his country's pollution crisis went viral with more than 100 million hits in two days.

New Zealand is “off track” in transitioning to a low-carbon future amid increasing international pressure to slash emissions, according to a Government briefing.

Shell Todd Oil has drilled two wells off the coast of Taranaki without marine consent, the Green Party says.

The Green Party has dismissed the new bottom lines as "weak" and argues the measures mean rivers will only have to be clean enough for wading or boating.

When journalist Ian Wishart unfolded a letter from the Ministry for the Environment he started to laugh.

The Government has just set best-practice guidelines for fracking in various parts of the country.

Upper North Island residents who have unwanted TV sets following Sunday's digital switchover are being urged to drop them off for recycling.

The RMA exists to help work out the right conditions, as well as manage effects, which under O'Reilly's approach would not occur, writes Claire Browning.

To 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.

The Government's climate change policy is a shambles and a disgrace, writes Brian Fallow. "Unless, that is, you are happy for the costs of the inevitable adjustment to a low-carbon future to be needlessly increased."

Authorities given ultimatum to help increase supply of affordable housing.

It is appalling that so many of our rivers are not clean enough for swimming.The reason is obvious. This is a farming country.

More than half of monitored recreational sites on our rivers are unsafe for swimming, a report has revealed.

Air pollution from motor vehicles will kill about 255 Kiwis this year - and while we've got emissions standards, there's no serious testing regime in place.