
'Heartwarming': Camera returned to owner two months after washing up on Auckland beach
The 15-year-old had been on a four-day experience on the Steinlager II yacht.
The 15-year-old had been on a four-day experience on the Steinlager II yacht.
Two large sea mammals spotted by a dog walker are a species of the elusive beaked whales.
Ngāti Rēhia will celebrate the return of its historic Kororipo Pā in Kerikeri.
Water testing is being carried out.
Matt Wells, 19, recorded a video of his encounter. Wells is helpless as he paddles away.
Pesticides were sprayed, and 600m of drains illegally installed.
Ashburton District Council asked to investigate introducing a cat management programme.
Anyone who sees a sea snake should not try to move it back to the water.
The woman went missing while laying bait in the forest with her group.
The October fire released about $9.6m worth of carbon into the atmosphere.
Shane Jones wants to start a conversation about mining on conservation land.
There were several orca sightings in the Waikato this month.
A woman found a kiwi dead in a trap in Northland's Puketi Omahuta forest.
Nineteen incidents were recorded nationwide in the past three months.
Ranger Bevan Morgan found the kiwi unconscious on January 11.
30 pilots whales stranded in Golden Bay, and a beaked whale came ashore in Christchurch.
With the weather deteriorating, DoC rangers had to pause their search until first light.
Baby sharks have been spotted in rock pools near Ahipara, drawing local interest.
DoC warns the sand mining near reserves could harm marine life and endangered seabirds.
A woman fishing said orcas swimming in formation was the perfect start to the year.
The Department of Conservation is investigating both incidents.
The birds were reportedly captured in fishing nets.
'Extremely frustrating and distressing to hear about this kind of wilful mistreatment.'
A tour operator spotted an injured sperm whale in Kaikōura on December 29.
DoC thanks public for helping free entangled dolphin in Auckland waters.
Eight of ten stranded pilot whales alive; signs of previous beaching visible.
The dolphin was last seen at the Huapai Golf Course near the edge of Waitemata Harbour.
'You betcha they didn't expect to see us,' swimmer says of boaties caught with '200 fish'.
The $25-a-night Cape Brett Hut is one of a handful of DoC huts run in Northland.
As the year draws to a close, the Waikato Herald is taking stock of 2024.