Slow action and conflict are dogging efforts to stop the Hauraki Gulf's steady decline.

Government considering plastic bags ban after 65,000-strong petition handed to Parliament.

Swimmers were ordered out of the water after two sharks were sighted at Papamoa Beach.

The boats won't arrive for a few days, but the Volvo Ocean Race village has opened.

Whanganui gets first share of Provincial Growth Fund.

Dunedin man unwittingly photographs gruesome scene.

Number of NZ sea lion pups on subantarctic islands falls 40 per cent in just 20 years.

What impact is dumped rubbish having on our marine life?

Mangroves future in hands of central government. Made with funding from NZ on Air.

Forest and Bird is worried sewage overflows could be hurting Auckland's marine life.

A new art exhibition highlights an environmental "time bomb" in the Hauraki Gulf.

For the first time there's a number on the size of the great white shark population.

Crayfish quotas are not allowing the fish to survive in northern waters.

A kayaker had to be picked up by Maritime Police in Auckland today

He described the moment as "beautiful" and "other-worldly".

The astonishing thing is not what it means to us, but what it means to them.

January was the hottest month NZ has experienced since 1867, Dr Jim Salinger says.

Wharves may be extended to make space for fishing fleet and ferry ahead of America's Cup.

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.

Many holiday coastal communities may face flooding as a storm makes landfall.

What will happen to NZ's oceans in the future? A cutting-edge model will soon tell us.

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