Four months after beaching, there is no respite in sight for local residents as a whale slowly rots away on their nearby beach.

A Kiwi expedition to the far-flung Kermadec Islands has put scientists up close with some of the ocean's most fascinating residents.

One of New Zealand's most popular pristine wilderness excursions is looking at turning roads into makeshift parking lots to counter nightmare traffic woes.

It will be a sad day if New Zealand decides to charge for access to tracks in its national parks.

The incident in January was investigated, but in September police said no charges would be laid against the officers as there was "insufficient evidence".

A tramping enthusiast says she would be pretty annoyed to pay to use a Great Walk, but understands they are a valuable asset that should be funded accordingly.

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has launched a probe into the police handling of alleged illegal hunting by off-duty officers

The author of a new book on 1080 has set out to debunk the myths surrounding the poison.

A snoozing fur seal has been moved on from a Dunedin cyclepath - again.

A decision by the contactor to accelerate the project means the $13 million makeover of the Makatote rail viaduct will be finished

An Auckland architect has been fined $1500 after being caught fishing for snapper in protected waters north of the city.

The unsafe use of vehicles on 90 Mile Beach, particularly at Ahipara, has long been a source of aggravation for many residents, especially

Westport police say they do not have enough evidence to lay charges over allegations 1080 protesters damaged a Department of Conservation

Westport police say they do not have enough evidence to lay charges over allegations 1080 protestors damaged a Department of Conservation staff member's car.

The discovery of rare pateke - native brown teal ducks - in a part of Northland they are not normally found has excited conservationists. But

Fish and Game says it wants DoC to do more to reduce the threat 1080 poison poses to people gathering food from waterways.

Killing off all rats, stoats and possums in New Zealand will require novel methods including genetic engineering, Govt has been told.

Leading architect and designer Chris Moller has slammed the decision to demolish the Aniwaniwa Visitors' Centre at Lake Waikaremoana

By Shauni Jamesshauni.james@dailypost.co.nz / Circle_see_more_DP.eps / CATS: Katie Hickey, pictured with her cat Bugsy, thinks cats

An investigation has been launched after footage emerged of speedboats driving through a pod of dolphins on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula.

COMMENT: If the success of the rat-kill on Rakitu Island is anything to go by, NZ is unlikely to be clear of pests by 2050.

A meat-eating parrot, a sucker-faced eel, a bat that pees on itself and a spider that catches fish. Here's our pick for New Zealand's 10 weirdest species.

Nine years after Westpower first proposed a hydro-electricity scheme on the Waitaha River, the Department of Conservation said it had given approval in principle.

A group of trees "mercilessly hacked" by an unknown attacker has riled one of Rotorua's well-known environmental activists.

COMMENT: Misinformation is counterproductive in battling dramatic decline of species in Auckland Islands.

Proponents of eminent Maori architect John Scott have made a last-ditch effort to save one of his revered works on the shores of Lake

Heritage campaigners have launched a last-ditch effort to save an historic Waikaremoana building.

Pavlina Pizova, who survived a month in a remote hut on the Routeburn Track, broke down in tears as she spoke about her fight for survival.

A tramper has told of "pretty bad" conditions including snow up to a metre high near where a Czech woman was rescued after waiting five weeks in a Doc hut after her partner's death.

A Government-led bid to free New Zealand of predators by 2050 was repudiated today by the Ban 1080 Party as "justification for another 34 years of spreading 1080".