Mountain Biking North Otago members annoyed at rubbish being left at "hangout spot".

$350,000 in fines have been issued to freedom campers in the Queenstown Lakes District.

Journalist uncovered a 1988 report commissioned by Shell titled The Greenhouse Effect.

Three years after his wedding at placid Lake Tutira, Jamie Morton asks if it can be saved.

A three-year mapping plastic project shows that the problem is much worse than thought.

Crucial clues about the contamination of our coasts may be hiding in an unlikely place.

Microplastic pollution is a lot worse than initially thought, experts have confirmed.

Slow action and conflict are dogging efforts to stop the Hauraki Gulf's steady decline.

A global weather modelling programme using commercial planes now reaches NZ.

Government considering plastic bags ban after 65,000-strong petition handed to Parliament.

An East Coast waka voyage has encountered a surprising amount of ocean plastic pollution.

Plastic has many uses - but have we made too much and what can we do about it?

Young children draw more than 400 pictures of sick turtles, birds and fish.

Chlorination of water is an admission of failure to maintain the environment.

What impact is dumped rubbish having on our marine life?

A major study suggests the nature of air pollution is changing dramatically.

Forest and Bird is worried sewage overflows could be hurting Auckland's marine life.

Tim Cadogan

The war over water hit boiling point amid 2017's election. Will 2018 see tensions simmer?

Musk's orbiting Roadster reinforces inequalities, Beck's star promotes a vision of unity.

COMMENT: Climate Change presents challenges we can face with optimism.

Microplastic particles polluting Earth's oceans now found in Antarctica's pristine waters.

Boy racers are making themselves unpopular in Whanganui.

Te Papa's chair has been targeted by a group unhappy with his property development.

How are oceans faring with pollution, fishing and climate change? Simon Thrush explains.

Dr Andrea Byrom says things aren't looking good for our prized native plants and animals.

Climate scientist Dr James Renwick says time's running out to avoid the worst of warming.

Ecologist Russell Death paints the big picture on the state of our rivers and lakes.

They're called dead zones - patches of water that kill life - and NZ isn't immune to them.

We can take beach pollution warnings with a grain of salt.