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

Underwater cameraman Kina Scollay rubbed shoulders with formidable monsters of the deep to bring Kiwi viewers the first glimpses of an unseen world.

The new Ross Sea Sanctuary.

NZers are celebrating the agreement by 25 countries to establish an enormous sanctuary in Antarctic waters.

Scientists have just discovered a new species of heavyweight shark - but we're 20 million years too late to have seen it.

As consultation opens on an oil and gas drilling plan, some city councillors are now questioning if the Government will listen to what they say.

A Tauranga wildlife photographer was diving with friends when two orca "appeared out of nowhere".

New research into the complex links of the food chain suggest that the lovable mammals play a key role in managing carbon dioxide levels.

A Whangarei man had a close encounter with a great white shark, capturing the exciting moment on video.

Dr Tom Trnski, head of natural science at Auckland Museum thinks that our marine systems could recover if humans back off.

Close encounter with "the most beautiful of sharks" earns place among New Zealand Geographic's Photographer of the Year finalists.

Baby orca J50 leaps out of the waters of Haro Strait between islands in British Columbia and America's Washington state, seemingly with a large stretch of water to itself.

Since becoming New Zealand's first marine reserve in 1975, Goat Island has proven to be worth its weight in gold - and snapper.

A long-standing mystery over why the world’s sea level was dramatically higher 135,000 years ago than it is today is closer to being solved by scientists.

Researchers have linked an ancient marine dolphin fossil, found in Waitaki, with an endangered dolphin that lives in Nepal, India, and Bangladesh.

A company which spent up to $65 million in a failed bid to mine ironsands from the South Taranaki seabed, has applied for a prospecting permit covering a huge swathe of seabed north of Ross.

After years of threatening to inject its unwelcome wet and dry extremes into our climate, the chances of El Niño shaking up weather are now greater than ever, scientists say.

There are fears tuna are teetering on the edge of survival as an excess of boats fight over a decreasing number of fish.

A massive pipi bed in Whangarei harbour is dying and there are fears the change could destabilise the harbour - and Marsden Point itself, Radio NZ reports.

A commercial fisherman who posted a video online of himself killing a shark with a piece of railway iron has been sacked for his actions.

Here are 12 tips, strategies and tactics for you to try out when you feel inclined to engage a Typical Climate Change Denier head on at your next barbecue.

Aucklanders need to prepare for the wide-ranging impacts that climate change will have on their city, a leading scientist says.

Sea levels will rise 30cm around New Zealand by 2050 and threaten coastal properties and infrastructure in low-lying areas, a new report warns.

The Sun Princess arrived in Sydney this morning after returning to sea in an attempt to find a man lost overboard.

Changes to the Southern Ocean's sea ice belt could mean see the global level rising several metres, says a new study which has shed more light on an ice-age mystery.