Shell has joined the hunt for oil in the Great South Basin and is ready for any protest action that may target new exploration.

One punch and a fall later and life as he knew it was over. Twenty-three days ago Trevor Kaukau was living the life of a normal 40-year-old man...

Despite weather extremes, an Auckland climate scientist is unconvinced about the role of human-induced global warming.

The skipper of a protest boat who was arrested yesterday plans to fight claims he acted dangerously.

More in the war of words between Greenpeace and police over a protest yacht's course yesterday near the the Petrobras oil survey ship.

Protesters near the East Cape have been told not to get too close to oil survey ships, while Maori Party MP Te Ururoa Flavell has compared the deployment of navy personnel to the Libyan situation.

The Government is calling for calm after Greenpeace protesters today disrupted a Brazilian oil giant from investigating deep sea oil drilling off the East Cape.

A flotilla of boats will leave from Auckland this afternoon on a mission to show solidarity with an East Coast iwi.

One person has been arrested and four remain on a ship which Greenpeace boarded to prevent it from being unloaded in New Plymouth.