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Anti whaling fleet takes on its biggest campaign yet
Three Sea Shepherd ships have left New Zealand for the Southern Ocean ready to do battle in the activist group's biggest Antarctic summer campaign against Japanese whaling.
Wall of waves test surfers
Only the hardiest - or most foolhardy - surfers were willing to take on freakishly big waves that have crashed onto Northland's east coast.
New chicks on the ice
Seven penguin chicks are the newest residents at Kelly Tarlton's aquarium thanks to a world-class breeding programme.
Diver's drowning death leaves trail of grief
As searchers tried desperately to find diver Robbie Farquhar, his two young children were on the beach watching and waiting for their dad to come home.
Round-the-world sailor joins race again
A solo round-the-world sailor is off and racing again after completing repairs off the Dunedin coast.
Jetskier rescue: 'Sheer stupidity'
Family members of a Northland father and son caught in rough weather when their jetski broke down headed back out to retrieve the jetski after the rescue.
Poisoning threat puts shellfish off limits
The threat of paralytic shellfish poisoning means eating shellfish from much of Northland's west coast is akin to playing Russian roulette.
Shark swims too close for comfort
A one metre shark gave swimmers a scare at a Hawke's Bay beach yesterday.
More Kiwis report toxic fish poisoning
A man who suffered ciguatera poisoning after eating contaminated fish says the toxin stayed in his body for years causing relapses.
'Swat team' to rescue whales
A "swat team" of whale rescue experts has undertaken an intensive three-day course in freeing whales that have become tangled in ropes and nets.
Harbour swim tests hard work
Thousands of athletes have been training for the State Harbour Crossing in Auckland and tomorrow it's time to put that hard work to the test.