Te Papa's chair has been targeted by a group unhappy with his property development.

Geoff Reid takes a look at the state of Long Bay Okura Marine Reserve. / Geoff Reid

Odd behaviour among snapper this summer has been put down to a lingering marine heatwave.

Oil surveys may impact the foraging habits of korora in the South Taranaki Bight.

NZ is being urged to help create the largest protected area on the planet.

Beachgoers have spotted dolphins, jellyfish, stringrays - and something more ominous.

Underwater din of large ships making it hard for Hauraki Gulf species to communicate.

There are now no warnings in place anywhere in New Zealand.

There's a lot of different sides to living aboard people need to know before trying it.

MPI and DoC are warning that they will continue to take a zero tolerance on poachers.

The 3m shark was spotted close to shore at Te Arai Pt in Auckland.

It's meant warmer surf, but what has the marine heatwave meant for ocean species?

"Salvage the oil from WWII wreck or face environmental tragedy in the Hauraki Gulf."

Authorities are responding to reports a fisherman has disappeared in Golden Bay

Police mystified about how the boat, spotted about 1.35pm, came to be upturned in water.

Scientists have gathered a sediment sample from deep below the Pacific Ocean's surface.

Guests at a backpacker's hostel in Akaroa got a killer surprise today.

Given the margins of error, the shark could have been born 500 years ago.

COMMENT: Degradable composites and recycling could lessen pollution.

The oceans cover 70 per cent of the surface of our planet yet they are the least explored.

Rapid warming of the ocean near Tasmania a sign of things to come under climate change.

NZ woman Mary Elizabeth McKee, 62, died in a boat accident in June while in Bermuda.

Auckland's sun-loving leopard seal Owha has a new mate to share the summer with.

Senior sergeant Dave Houston talks about what the Wellington police maritime unit does.

New study prompts group's call for fisheries closures to save iconic yellow-eyed penguin.

Protection for the pristine Ross Sea is a dream realised for Kiwi film-maker Peter Young.

Family say man who drowned stayed in the water to help wife stay afloat on sinking boat.

A fishing boat has arrived in Bluff with a dead crewman on board.

Sailor 'in shock' after getting off doomed ARA San Juan submarine with 'seconds to spare'.

A superyacht belonging to an oligarch confidante of Vladimir Putin is in Auckland.