Gardeners still underestimating potting mix risk - researcher
Simple safety practices can prevent 'a potentially fatal ... infection', researcher says.
Simple safety practices can prevent 'a potentially fatal ... infection', researcher says.
Damaging gales of up to 150km/h are expected this week, along with 13m waves.
Giant swells and 10m waves in southwest NZ possible amid bout of wild mid-week weather.
Stock was pulled from supermarket shelves after a Dunedin man found a needle in banana.
Some growers estimate losses at between 30 per cent and 60 per cent.
Dry conditions and forecast strong winds have fire authorities on high alert.
Zoe Wood explains how her firm pivoted from a focus on tourists to the domestic market.
Company involved in alert also stocks sliced ham at some supermarket delicatessens.
Gardeners are being warned to protect themselves against Legionnaires' disease.
Get the umbrellas out - rain is on the way.
Wildlife Hospital staff working around the clock to care for 100 yellow-eyed penguins.
Council is confident it could 'reduce the odour to a level where it is not offensive'.
More than 5000 hectares and multiple properties were burnt in the blaze.
Contestants are pushed to the limit at the tree-climbing championships in Queenstown. Video / Matthew McKew / ODT. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Yes, the sightings are genuine, expert says. But they're almost certainly not panthers.
Heavy rain and strong winds have been thrashing the North Island today.
An agonising hunt for a missing dog ended with a miraculous discovery.
The papers were served on the Crown shortly after the Cabinet was announced.
The inaugural Bakels Legendary Sausage Roll compeition is under way.
The vegetation on conservation land is a 'huge risk' to neighbours, mayor says.
'I'm trying to find a pair of undies; I have my phone and clothes on my back.'
Retired farmland and rampant wilding pines make a "huge" stockpile of fire-ready fuel.
Dog is suspected to be one that escaped its owner several months ago.
A second stormy day is in store for much of the country.
Snow and cold winds will make travelling difficult and stress livestock.
A lengthy case involving three Las Vegas casino bosses and a Kiwi winery has ended.
A 5.4kg trout in the Tekapo Canals has been caught three times by three different anglers.
A brutal 24 hours is in store for southern regions.
A controlled burn is being buffeted by strong winds.
Comment: EQC has handled nearly half a million claims from the Canterbury earthquake.