In the 1950s, high-profile American surfers and their camera crews broadened their search for the perfect wave beyond their home beaches.

A developer is asking the courts to call off the Tree Council's crusade against him felling an 80-year-old Avondale pohutukawa.

Puketutu Island in Auckland's Manukau Harbour is to be turned into a regional park.

Auckland Zoo has been given the go-ahead to a $13m proposal to bring in a herd of up to 10 Asian elephants, and expand into Western Springs park.

Liquefaction was a huge problem, and many hard-hit Bexley residents believe that was because their homes were built on what was once a swamp.

A decision on a plan to double the size of Auckland's St Lukes shopping centre has been deferred after angry reactions from local residents.

A combination of vast wealth and tightly-guarded privacy - the features of New Zealand's wealthiest 'old money' family.

Hundreds have mobilised in a last-ditch protest to save a pristine, world-renowned Coromandel beach from development.

One of New Zealand's wealthiest families is on the verge of signing a special deal with North Shore City Council.

A scheme to build up to 500 homes and a visitor lodge on land behind Omaha Beach has been rejected by the Environment Court.

The High Court has reserved judgment on an appeal by the Crafar dairy farming family against convictions and sentence for dirty dairying.