Kiwifruit growers are hoping the vine-killing disease Psa will soon be declared an "adverse event".

An Australian ship detained at Wellington's port this week was found to be "crawling with beetles" that had the potential to harm local insect species.

Brian Rudman askes: "Have we really become such a brutal society that an esoteric scientific debate has to be argued with the threat of sledge hammers and dawn raids?"

As valuable to marine life as it is prized by humans, the Hauraki Gulf is in decline. Though solutions seem as elusive as the gulf's fish stocks, a groundswell is building for collaboration.

Thirteen plants have been banned in New Zealand after they were listed as invasive species.

The controversial compulsory electronic tagging for all cattle finally goes live this weekend.