Defence Force is unsure how to respond to Horizons Regional Council's abatement notice.

Special tribunal considers re-notification of WCO application, given new science findings.

An algae species that creates mucus-like lake snot has likely now spread to Lake Taupo.

NZDF will need to report back by July.

Warmer-water events can worsen the nutritional balance of fish, new study finds.

With plastic now being found in Antarctica's pristine waters, has action come too late?

COMMENT: Where's all the hysteria gone from giving away bottled water rights for free?

COMMENT: When did simple tap water become so uncool?

Watercare forecasts spending $5.5 billion on upgrading infrastructure over next decade.

Teen talks for the first time about the Cascade Falls tragedy that killed his twin.

Conditions in the refugee camp will only get worse as monsoon rains arrive, Kiwi says.

Ten firefighting crews with six water tankers are battling a blaze near Methven.

National Geographic's cover is going viral featuring image called "one for the ages".

Funding for mental health, first home buyers and public transport were high priorities

Scientists are warning against buying a $4000 water machine.

A spokesman for Ōhakea residents says human health, land values are the two main issues.

Tough measures aim to control pollution in rural waterways.

Adrift for days, one sailor became so thirsty he drank his own urine.

Councils have perfected pretending they're doing something meaningful about water quality

COMMENT: Some of dullest minds in the country found at local government tables.

Call follows revelations that three quarters of a million Kiwis are drinking unsafe water.

Lots of water improvement work in hand, and requests for lots more

A man has died while diving at Lake Rotoma near Rotorua today.

Better testing and information needed on chemical contamination near Ohakea, lawyer says.

Drinking water safe from another Tasman Tempest, says Watercare boss

Urine from 4.8m dairy cows putting 200 tonnes of leached nitrogen into groundwater daily.

Mum read about 4-year-old Frankie who died last summer under similar circumstances.

Kiwi rescue officials help save the lives of four fishermen north-east of American Samoa.

A surfer was rescued off Whanganui's Kai Iwi Beach after friends realised he'd gone.

Sewage analysis offering valuable insights into drug use, disease and obesity by region.