100% Pure Taranaki want to use alternatives to 1080 poison to keep pest numbers low. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

How has Kaikoura's world-famous wildlife responded to the 7.8 earthquake? Science reporter Jamie Morton looked at what we know so far.

Drops of the controversial pest-control poison 1080 have killed at least two dozen endangered kea in recent years.

For Hawke's Bay architect Graham Linwood and designer Jacob Scott there was a slightly bittersweet touch to receiving Presidents Awards

It's one of the most stunning walks in the world, so you can't expect to park right outside the very beginning of the track on a busy weekend.

Measures to preserve the natural environment on East Clive beach are being applauded by the community. Yesterday the Hawke's Bay

An American man will serve a prison sentence and has been fined over $27,000 for trafficking elephant ivory into New Zealand.

South Taranaki iwi Nga Rauru feels let down by the Department of Conservation's decision not to submit on a seabed mining application

Auckland bug man Brian Lawton shares his home with thousands of lizards, eels, exotic insects, rats, turtles and several tarantulas.

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.

Fissure, a new kiwi chick, hatched despite a huge hole in its egg, after staff patched the egg up with masking tape.

Veteran anti-1080 protester Pete Lusk successfully argued to have his bail conditions changed.

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

Plans to turn Mt Tarawera and the surrounding land and lake area into a world-class tourism venture are on the cards with a new partnership

Rescuers were hard at work in Browns Bay, Auckland on Saturday getting a stranded whale back into the water.

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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.