Dolphins saved by holidaymakers
A dolphin and its calf which were stranded on a Hawkes Bay reef as they fled from hunting orca have been saved by holidaymakers.
A dolphin and its calf which were stranded on a Hawkes Bay reef as they fled from hunting orca have been saved by holidaymakers.
An unnecessary search and rescue callout on New Year's Day has police urging holidaymakers to advise others before starting off on expeditions.
A Civil Aviation Authority report into a helicopter crash which killed two Far North men a year ago will be completed early next year.
The Department of Conservation is taking the unusual step of declaring a total fire ban across its Hawke's Bay regional parks for the first time in 12 years.
A group of children were happily playing in the water at Paihia, cooling off from the hot sun - then someone yelled: "Shark!"
The Department of Conservation has confirmed that the decision has been made to euthanise the remaining 16 whales who became stranded at Farewell Spit.
A critically endangered Bryde's whale has washed up dead on Motuihe Island in the Hauraki Gulf.
About 40 firefighters have managed to contain a large bush fire beneath the summit of Roy's Peak, Wanaka.
Southlanders dressed as forest gnomes took to the streets of Wellington today to gather signatures against the proposed Fiordland monorail and tunnel.
The Green Party has called on the Government to put an end to shark finning in New Zealand waters.