Marine environment stocktake points to pressures from climate change, pests and pollution - but fails to show full impact of fishing.

Work to uncover answers on the Havelock North water contamination incident which caused over 5000 people to become ill is under way

Film director James Cameron says he hopes the Government manages to establish an ocean sanctuary around the Kermadec Islands - saying "we've got to hold on to what we are losing".

A leading climate scientist has welcomed a new 20-year Government "roadmap" that singles out climate change as an environmental research priority for New Zealand.

Awaroa Beach has become part of the Abel Tasman National Park after 40,000 Kiwis raised the money to buy it.

Sarah Thomson wasn't happy with the targets the Government has set to combating climate change - so now she's taking it to court.

Kauri tree occupier Michael Tavares says he can’t promise he will take a break from environmental activism, but he can promise he won’t be trespassing to climb any more trees in the next year.

Michael Tavares has entered a guilty plea in the Waitakere District Court for wilful trespass.

The Ministry for the Environment has released figures showing that carbon pollution, which New Zealand is adding to, increased 42 per cent globally.

The man charged with trespass after the Titirangi kauri protest has appeared in court.

A former New Zealand hockey player has been appointed to help head Government efforts to manage the environment and natural resources.

Climate Change Minister Tim Groser yesterday said that for the past six years afforestation had exceeded deforestation.

The man who spent four days up a kauri tree to save it from destruction is elated after developers pledged to keep the tree.

The giant kauri at the centre of a protest in West Auckland will be allowed to stay, it's been revealed in an open letter released by the properties' owners.

Long-promised law changes designed to make housing in New Zealand more affordable will be unveiled today as the Government makes its second attempt at reforming the Resource Management Act.

The Government was warned a recycling contractor was collecting an excessive salary and his company was insolvent months before his firm collapsed losing millions of taxpayer dollars.

New Zealand is “off track” in transitioning to a low-carbon future amid increasing international pressure to slash emissions, according to a Government briefing.

Shell Todd Oil has drilled two wells off the coast of Taranaki without marine consent, the Green Party says.

The Green Party has dismissed the new bottom lines as "weak" and argues the measures mean rivers will only have to be clean enough for wading or boating.

When journalist Ian Wishart unfolded a letter from the Ministry for the Environment he started to laugh.

The Government has just set best-practice guidelines for fracking in various parts of the country.

Upper North Island residents who have unwanted TV sets following Sunday's digital switchover are being urged to drop them off for recycling.

The RMA exists to help work out the right conditions, as well as manage effects, which under O'Reilly's approach would not occur, writes Claire Browning.

Another government agency has apologised for another privacy breach.