JS141116NADQUAKE115.JPG A planned surf lesson for a group of international students at Sandy Bay went ahead yesterday after instructors

The Wellington community took to the water in kayaks and held banners onshore today, to throw an "unwelcoming party" for oil companies

What's lurking beneath the surface in the Wellington Harbour?

Four months after beaching, there is no respite in sight for local residents as a whale slowly rots away on their nearby beach.

A Kiwi expedition to the far-flung Kermadec Islands has put scientists up close with some of the ocean's most fascinating residents.

A superyacht owned by Google billionaire Larry Page is back in Auckland for more work.

It's regularly voted one of the world's best, but Coromandel's Hot Water Beach is also New Zealand's most dangerous.

New Zealand has pulled off a huge international victory by securing the support of 25 countries to create the world's largest marine protected area.

The jobs of more than 100,000 New Zealanders are linked to the seas which circle the country.

It should be a fine Labour weekend for most Kiwis, with a high set to arrive on Saturday.

A Government funded feasibility study is looking at the future use of the Whanganui Port. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The Wakatere playground in Thames will soon be gone.

Watch NZH Focus: A Kiwi face transplant surgeon has lead his team in transplanting two donor arms to a retired marine who lost all four limbs in Afghanistan.

An Auckland architect has been fined $1500 after being caught fishing for snapper in protected waters north of the city.

Watch NZH Local Focus: Banned from sailing further until authorities deem him safe to travel, renegade South African yachtie, is apologetic.

Rescuers were hard at work in Browns Bay, Auckland on Saturday getting a stranded whale back into the water.

Mystery had surrounded the whereabouts of missing 20-year-old novice sailor who has been found 16km south of Cape Runaway.

Environmental groups have joined forces to urge Labour not to pull its support for the Kermadec marine sanctuary.

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.

It's the world's largest single masted superyacht, and its billionaire owner has sent it to New Zealand for repairs.

DOC had to shoot a fur seal pup after someone put it on the back of a motorbike while skylarking on the Hokitika beach

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.