Toxic bacteria confirmed in park which also has model railway, lighthouse and playground.

Fire couldn't have been stopped if it had jumped small gap to main island, fire bosses say

Opito Bay's pōhutukawa poisoner leaves locals furious and searching for likely suspects.

Told to welcome "a real scientist", a child protested: "But we are all scientists!"

Dolphins cause a spectacle for holiday makers in the Bay of Islands.

Many beachgoers in the Tauranga area have fallen victim to the Mount Mauler.

This weekend's Waimarama Beach Day has been postponed due to blocked toilets.

Parts of Central Hawke's Bay got more than 160mm of rain in the past 24 hours.

COMMENT: The simple reality these days is that no dairy cow can get into a stream.

Hawke's Bay may be off to a damp week, but there's very little complaining about it.

An attempt to fix a leaking pipe into the sea has failed, months after it started.

Department of Conservation says releasing animals could have unintentional impacts.

The stench of a million dead fish in the Darling River was too much for one MP.

Momoa the elephant seal has not been seen for a week.

The pups' injuries were likely caused by another seal, a post mortem has determined.

It's a New Year's baby story with a twist - or more like a long beak, to be precise.

Locally, people have been focusing outrage on dumping costs and anger at fly-tippers.

Instead of pointing at holidaymakers, Jan McEwen said the fault was of DOC and Council.

Nearly 2000 eels were found dead in Canterbury creek in April.

New low flow limits may be pushed back in CHB.

Resident and hapū unhappy with "cheap fix" for coastal erosion

With a changing, erratic weather pattern, maybe NZ could try the Serengeti system.

A new waste management plan adopted after public consultation aims for zero waste by 2040

Mangawhai entrepreneur Jules Bright hopes her natural sunscreen will help save coral reefs

From January 14 plastics numbered 3-7 will not be accepted at Far North recycling stations

Two endangered green turtles found on Far North beaches in the past week.

The oil is expected to persist in the harbour for one to two years.

Changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme will cap units and bring in permanent forest.

Drill marks found in trunks of 30 to 40 kahikatea trees.

Hikoi co-organiser says he was assured dead birds were from a West Coast 1080 drop zone.