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.

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".

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.

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.

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.

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