I spent last week in the Auckland Islands, where only a few people get to go. DoC, the Navy and universities send people down a few times a year.

A real estate agent has been fined after a buyer wasn't told that 112sq m of public land was included within the property boundary fence.

Nearly 10 per cent of our coastal marine area is now safeguarded by reserves. But are we really doing enough? Science reporter Jamie Morton poses five key questions.

A devastated dog owner says he has himself to blame for the canine's slaying of a protected fur seal.

If your stance on foreign ownership of prized New Zealand countryside is black or white, the case of Robert "Mutt" Lange reveals issues that are far from clear-cut.

Sixty whales from a stranded pod of almost 200 have been successfully refloated near Nelson.

Around 100 volunteers are working frantically to save what is left of a pod of stranded pilot whales near Nelson this morning.

More stranded pilot whales are expected to die as weather conditions and nightfall hamper efforts to save 174 pilot whales that ran into trouble today.

A desperate plea by 15 bystanders for passing jetboats to rescue a 30-year-old struggling in the chilly waters of the Hokitika Gorge were ignored by the boaties.

She's shown the slick skills of famed prison escaper George Wilder in repeatedly busting out of her sanctuary - so now it's off to Alcatraz for Peti the trouble-making takahe.

A woman was winched off Mt Sebastopol yesterday after becoming stuck on the mountain during a day hike.

Claims that the high-profile pest control campaign "Battle For Our Birds" wiped out a group of nationally endangered birds are unfounded, the Department of Conservation says.

Summer is the season for Jandals and chilly bins and it's also when a host of shark species make an appearance.

Losing our native species is not an inevitability but a choice - and one that could hurt New Zealand in more ways than we realise.

Pitch your tent and slap on the insect repellent — DoC reveals its most used campsites.

They promise cut-through responses to challenges that may seem overwhelming: wiping out the pests that kill 25 million native birds a year; local efforts to save our polluted rivers; teaching....

A kiwi with unusual ginger colouring has been released to the Wairakei Golf and Sanctuary Kiwi Creche in Taupo after hatching at Rainbow Springs’ Kiwi Encounter.

Three lucky kiwi chicks will kick back for the summer on one of the Hauraki Gulf's most idyllic islands.

New Zealand is winning the battle to save our national icon, a Department of Conservation expert says, though an average 27 kiwi are still being lost each week.

The pesticide 1080 will be dumped from helicopters on the Hunua Ranges - the source of Auckland's water supply - next winter, Auckland Council has confirmed.