Seabed mining is back in the spotlight as Trans Tasman Resources submits second application for consent to mine off the South Taranaki coast.

Seabed mining is back in the spotlight as Trans Tasman Resources submits second application for consent to mine off the South Taranaki coast.

NZ's decision to monitor fishing practices with a watchdog owned by the industry would not be acceptable in US, Canada or Australia, Govt has been told.

A reef offshore from Patea is not being explored in order to find life forms that seabed mining could endanger - but that may be one

The tycoon who bought his superyacht to New Zealand has moored it in London where it is thought to be for sale.

It is the second fatal attack in the South Pacific territory in six months.

Man illegally digging pond near wetland gets caught out when his digger gets stuck.

Work is nearly completed on the boom of the world's biggest single-masted superyacht now docked in Auckland. Dave Ridley, Hall Spars

Flying drones close enough to southern right whales to catch some of the bugs they blow out will help tell scientists more about the effects climate change is having on the planet.

Kiwi boat maker Sealegs is back in the black and has sold its 1000th craft.

COMMENT: If we are to have faith in our government and the system that governs our fisheries we need to know more, writes Richard Baker. Nathan Guy needs to show strong leadership and demand a comprehensive, independent inquiry with broad terms of referen

Bottlenose dolphins could disappear from the Bay of Islands if nothing is done to halt a decline apparently caused by too much interaction, a report warns.

There are two types of people in Auckland today. Those who say, "So what. It's just a boat". And humans, writes Andrew Dickens.

The salvage operation to retrieve the Kestrel has started today. Work is underway to raise the historic ferry from where it sank at its berth at Wynyard wharf overnight Monday.

Warning: Content may disturb. Unseen footage shows the moment a sailor in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race discovered the mummified body of a man on a stricken ship.

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Plan to create better chances for protection appears to have been scuppered for greater mineral exploitation, writes Anton Van Heldon.

Bay of Plenty iwi plan to appeal a decision to allow the Rena wreck to be left on Astrolabe Reef.

The Government's proposals for revamping our marine protection legislation are long overdue. It is now 45 years since the Marine Reserves Act 1971 came into force, writes Raewyn Peart.

WATCH: A high-definition camera attached to a penguin's back has had 'ground-breaking' results.

If commercial fishing is prohibited inside the boundaries of Recreational Fishing Parks, the displaced fishing effort will simply increase pressure on fish stocks outside the park boundaries, writes Jeremy Helson.

An Auckland biodiversity student is part of a team of scientists researching and monitoring humpback whales and their migration in the Cook Islands.

The Environment Minister said the protection laws would be too legally complicated.

The Govt's plan to limit commercial fishing in the Hauraki Gulf has received a less than enthusiastic response.

Clinging to their upturned boat, injured and being smashed by violent 6m waves, three Auckland boaties thought their time was up.

Currents are shifting, temperatures are climbing and the availability and dynamics of nutrient upwelling is changing.

KiwiRail says internal investigation ruled out external factors or a power surge as the cause of the 2013 incident.

A man on a fishing vessel has been winched to hospital after suffering from a medical condition out at sea.

The scientist who drove the establishment of New Zealand's first marine reserve has died.