The controversial monorail proposal linking Queenstown to Te Anau Downs and subsequently Milford Sound could soon be approved.

Two families have been accused of blocking a hapu from developing its coastal Northland property say they are out to protect the environment.

Efforts to save a kiwi injured when it was hit by a car north of Gisborne last week have failed.

Archaeologists yesterday battled against the tide to rescue 14th century moa bones from a "significant" historical settlement at Awamoa Creek, south of Oamaru.

One minute you're a pet goldfish, the next you're an aquatic pest.

Getting rid of pests may sound far-fetched, but as Jamie Morton reports, so did the idea of conquering Mt Everest.

Backers of the $170 million Fiordland monorail say the plan has public support - but a petition opposing the scheme has collected almost 20,000 signatures.

John Key is backing Nick Smith who is once again under fire for allegedly intervening inappropriately in a departmental issue.

Furious West Coast farmers, one of whom had 96 per cent of his property declared a wetland without his knowledge, say their land is now worthless.

Conservation Week has launched today with a proposal for a new conservation park on Great Barrier Island and a pest eradication programme on Rakitu Island in the Hauraki Gulf.

Dionne Christian explores how we can help our natural wonderlands for Conservation Week.

The Department of Conservation have confirmed more than 100 staff are likely to lose their jobs as part of a restructuring process.

The native kakapo, one of the most endangered species in the world, has been named on a list of the ugliest animals in the world. The reason? Conservation.

Forest and Bird says efforts to rehabilitate the Stockton Plateau after open-cast coalmining has missed the point, with bright green grass sown rather than restoring the natural tussock landscape.

Forest & Bird has backed renewed calls by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment for more use of 1080 poison to protect native species on conservation land.

Only minutes away in the Hauraki Gulf are plenty of sanctuaries for animals - and humans.