While a kiwi has been allegedly found in a Russian town, similiar reports have turned out to be hoaxes.

A new venture in Denniston allows visitors to step back 100 years to experience life in the coal mines, complete with ghostly visions and echoes of another era, writes Jim Eagles.

Has anyone noticed that "100 per cent pure New Zealand" has quietly been changed to "100 per cent pure you"?

Department of Conservation (DOC) officials have seized two nets and about 80 fish following reports of commercial fishing in a marine reserve in Auckland.

The Government says Petrobras is following DOC guidelines to minimise the disturbance to marine mammals while it looks for oil off the East Cape.

Tropical Cyclone Bune is making its way down to New Zealand and is expected to pass to the east of the country from Wednesday.

The inaction of Pike River mine receivers to venture into the mine has victims' families fearing the worst, says the father of one of the lost miners

DOC is hoping people will come forward with with information as it investigates the shooting of more than 100 protected birds in Northland.

"A boat load of shooters came into a secluded bay and let rip with what sounded like automatic shotguns," says one DOC visitor of the slaughter which led to the deaths of ...

State owned Solid Energy has confirmed it wants to buy the Pike River mine, but getting it back into production would be a big job.

More than 100 shorebirds, including the endangered dotterel, have been senselessly slaughtered on Northland's west coast.

Man told house would be burnt if he spoke about slaughter

A proposal to put an iconic Coromandel beach into public ownership has been withdrawn, but a new estimate that halves the land's value has given the Green Party hope a deal could still be done.

Liz Light visits Westland's kotuku colony.

The 2011 Census gets into full swing from tomorrow with the delivery of about eight million census forms and internet access codes.