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![Bottle lids, toys, cosmetic items - what's in your average city drain](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Bottle lids, toys, cosmetic items - what's in your average city drain
The average inner-city Auckland drain has 59 pieces, including items you...
![Unanticipated dumping ground](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Unanticipated dumping ground
Our coasts and oceans are turning into an unanticipated dumping ground as millions of litres of rubbish make their way to the beaches and Gyres.
![Rising oceans a threat to Aussie cities](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Rising oceans a threat to Aussie cities
Australia's main cities face floods and king tides from rising sea levels that could make once-in-a-century disasters....
![Plastic not so fantastic on our local beaches](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Plastic not so fantastic on our local beaches
If you're the owner of 4,203 bottles, 53 condoms or eight syringes, Sam Judd and Mitzi Borren have your lost property.
![Large swells likely as Cyclone Atu brushes past](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Large swells likely as Cyclone Atu brushes past
The latest cyclone to grow out of the Pacific is forecast to brush past NZ, creating a risk of high seas on the North Island's east coast.
![NZ's cooler waters protect us from the worst storms](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
NZ's cooler waters protect us from the worst storms
Only a freakish combination of weather conditions could see a storm with the force of Cyclone Yasi reach New Zealand.
![Mourning dolphin carries dead calf around harbour](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Mourning dolphin carries dead calf around harbour
A dolphin known as 'Potato' has been spotted swimming in Whangarei harbour with a dead calf on her fins.
![Niwa: Sharks more at risk than swimmers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Niwa: Sharks more at risk than swimmers
Some sharks lurking around NZ waters this summer are in more danger than the swimmers they scare, Niwa says.
![The call of the waves](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
The call of the waves
James Russell rounds up a few water sports you may want to get your teeth into this summer...
![Hope fades for boat's missing crew](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Hope fades for boat's missing crew
The search for 17 people missing after a Korean fishing vessel sank in the Southern Ocean early today has been scaled down as it becomes increasingly unlikely further survivors will be found.
![5 dead, 17 missing after boat sinks](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
5 dead, 17 missing after boat sinks
Five people are dead and 17 missing after a Korean fishing vessel sank in the freezing waters of the Southern Ocean, 2700km south east of Bluff, early this morning.
![Joint call for caution in whaling wars](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Joint call for caution in whaling wars
New Zealand is one of four nations calling for whaling protest ships in the Southern Ocean to safeguard life at sea.
![Bloomin' marvellous](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Bloomin' marvellous
NASA has just released this amazing image of phytoplankton bloom around the Chatham Islands.