A freshwater lake behind North Shore Hospital, in Auckland, has been reopened to fishing after a diesel spill last month.

A cousin of the kangaroo could wreak havoc if it spreads through the Kaimai and Urewera ranges, conservationists fear.

Kayaker Jamie Slessor-White may be a bit better than your average weekend warrior but most of his focus at this weekend's Blue Lakes 2 Canoe Racing Regatta will be on those around him.

The Green Party has dismissed the new bottom lines as "weak" and argues the measures mean rivers will only have to be clean enough for wading or boating.

Severe rain and wind warnings and a drop in temperatures have been issued for parts of the South Island and lower North Island this weekend.

Commercial and recreational boating has resumed on the Dart River, near Queenstown, following a major slip at Sandy Bluff at the weekend.

People are being warned to stay away from Otago's Dart River, as a lake grows behind a large landslip which blocked the river at the weekend.

The melodic Irish brogue is the soundtrack to Geraldine O'Sullivan Beere's visit to Avoca County, Ireland.

Editorial: Two recent events ought to have injected some urgency into the quest for cleaner, fairer and better use of New Zealand's most valuable resource, water.

The drought is a timely reminder of how much the New Zealand economy depends on rainfall, writes Brian Fallow.

Campsites have fallen victim to an atrocious start to the year, with heavy rain, gales and snow plaguing the South Island and lower North Island.

Two English tourists have been rescued by helicopter from the Nelson Lakes National Park after becoming lost in steep terrain today.

Rotorua's Blue Lake is a favourite holiday hotspot for waterlovers.

A quick-thinking couple have helped round up two burglars they happened to catch red-handed. The...