Cyclone Mocha floods homes and cuts communications.

Weather disaster analysis raises need for needs-based recovery packages, not blanket ones.

Act proposes 200 more youth justice beds be built at a cost of $500 million.

John Tovey was arrested three times and allegedly breached his bail conditions twice.

A report says there are just 5-10 years to "turn this environmental disaster around".

Study suggests intriguing trigger for climate driver linked to years of warm, wet weather.

Holiday destinations are changing – are you up to date?

'Council are aware that any rate increase is not ideal.'

Coronation commentators' jibes about Tuvalu met with anger and disbelief.

Health researchers investigating if risk of nasty gastro bugs is rising in areas of NZ.

Reminders of the devastating destruction caused by Cyclone Gabrielle are ever-present in rural areas of Hawke’s Bay three months on. Video / Neil Reid

A special planting ceremony took place in Waikanae.

Of almost 800 marae across Aotearoa, 80 per cent are built on low-lying coastal land.

Katoa Ocean encourages gamers to rid the ecosystem of a "toxic blight."

Climate Change Commission says more needs to be done to meet emissions targets.

Trucking still accounts for nearly 80 per cent of shipping in New Zealand.

With winter closing in fast, New Zealand’s seas are still running abnormally warm.

The work in Whanganui is expected to get under way in mid-May.

Reform needed, but Wellington going in the wrong direction.

The message of Earth Day began in 1970 and is even more critical today.

Seawater can store 150 times more carbon dioxide per unit volume than air.

Greenland and Antarctic ice melting three times faster than 30 years ago.

Drastic measures to conserve water are being taken in the region.

A total of $20.4 million has been announced to help projects in the Solomon Islands.

The Government has committed $15m to support Solomon Islands provincial governments.