'Extreme and unpredictable' weather to get worse as ice sheets melt
Researchers call for an "urgent review" of global policy to avoid dangerous impacts.
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The strange formation formed beside Ponui Island.
The Blue Rower: Kiwi's 4800km Atlantic journey for mental health
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Learning local: Students find links to climate change in Whitianga estuary
No one knew the answers when Whitianga students started investigating their local estuary.
Ready for an uncomfortable sleep? Tonight's temp 3C higher than usual
Warm seas look set to keep overnight temperatures above normal for a while.
Conservation comment: Plastic bag ban a start
Locally, people have been focusing outrage on dumping costs and anger at fly-tippers.
Beach treasure-hunters most likely to find plastic
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Pod of dolphins at Mt Maunganui create 'New Year's blessing' for Alaskan family
They were delighted to witness a pod of around 30 bottlenose dolphins playing in the surf.
Focus: Surf lifesaving at Pakiri Beach
Head lifeguard Craig Gledhill talks about surf lifesaving at Pakiri Beach.
Winston Peters critical as Japan announces whaling will resume
Japan has announced it will no longer hunt whales in the Southern Ocean.
Year's most amazing stat: 90.5%
That's the amount of junked plastic around the world that has never been recycled.
Underwater robots map 'ocean weather' in disaster planning
Scientists are deploying underwater robots to prepare for NZ's next big marine disaster.
Rachel Stewart: Environment, Facebook, free speech among big issues of 2018
COMMENT: Rachel Stewart looks back on 2018.
Sir Peter Blake's son-in-law: 'Without him, it was too hard'
Sir Peter Blake's son-in-law explains the late adventurer's legacy.
Bronze whaler shark washes up on Auckland beach
DoC has taken for further study a female bronze whaler washed up on the North Shore .
Auckland's microplastic scourge under the microscope
A new study aims to trace Auckland's microplastic pollution back to their source.
Mother of son plucked from ocean: 'I don't think my heart worked'
Fisherman who saved toddler from the ocean at Matata Beach first thought it was a doll.
Summer explained: Balmy weather and a weird El Nino
We're in for a balmier summer, with a strange El Nino showing up late to the party.
Anger over failed bid to create world's biggest marine reserve
Commission couldn't reach unanimous vote without support from Russia, China and Norway.
Hawaii: Honolulu's sea life, but not as you know it
These Hawaiian sea safaris are more Blue Planet than Life Aquatic.
Ocean study's climate change warning
Call for urgent action as findings show more heat stored than previously thought.
Loud seas a headache for dolphins, whales
"A lot of people imagine underwater is this really quiet place, but it isn't."
Danger at the beach: Rubbish blamed for surge in seaside injuries
Researchers are warning rubbish is becoming a "growing hazard" at New Zealand's beaches.
Man tried to throw partner off a cruise ship
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Northland surfer describes horrifying great white attack
Northland surfer Andrew Brough speaks about the moment a great white shark sunk its teeth into his body.
Dannevirke man to take Harry and Meghan beach cleaning
Royal couple to help clear cigarette butts from Melbourne beach.
Orca spotted in Wellington's Lyall Bay
A pod of killer whales have been spotted in the waters of Wellington's Lyall Bay.
Floating rubbish bins for Auckland's Viaduct Harbour
From next week if you look into Auckland's harbour you will see strange floating objects.
Large group of stingrays surprise paddleboarder
Over 100 stingray caught on camera enjoying the shallow waters near Great Barrier Island.
United Nations showdown: Baby Neve versus the fossil fool
Neve charmed people and awakened the parts of their brains that want to protect life
Nanogirl: How plastics are really affecting turtles
COMMENT: Plastics are affecting turtle populations but probably not in the way you think.
Dinner time: Niwa solves riddle involving the seal, octopus and kayaker
The explanation isn't overly scientific either, NIWA says.
Activists escape conviction over oil ship protest
Norman and climate activist Sara Howell were discharged without conviction.