Startling evidence shows that yellow-eyed penguins face extinction from mainland NZ.

This is not a joke - Kiwi air is being sold overseas for $35 a pop.

Property listings will include traffic light-style pollution warnings in the near future

Another major stocktake has painted a grim picture of our freshwater environment.

A waxworm is capable of eating through the material at "uniquely high speeds".

Planting more native forest could be a cash-saver for big-emitting companies, report says.

Five findings from a new independent stocktake of the state of our lakes and rivers.

New Zealand was a decade behind countries like the UK.

COMMENT: I've always suspected NZ's scarcity of environmental enforcement was willful.

Micrometre-sized plastics are wreaking havoc in our oceans, a scientist says.

NZ's economic growth is "approaching its environmental limits", a once-a-decade environmental report card says.

A new smartphone app allows users to check Auckland's air quality at any given time.

A researcher says it's embarrassing our country hasn't yet made the move.

COMMENT: New Zealand clean and green? Try mean and short-sighted.

Houses dot an empty landscape, standing as reminders of a village that existed before the Japan earthquake.

Watercare contractors have cleared a blockage in a sewagesewerage pipe which caused an overflow into the Wairau Stream at Milford

Britons are dying because of the Volkswagen emission scandal with dozens killed from fumes travelling across the North Sea from Germany

COMMENT: Moral implications seem a bridge too far in decisions on management of key resource, opines Rachel Stewart.

Police are moving in on the Dakota Access pipeline protestors.

An east Auckland creek is full of dead fish and eels after a sewage leak caused by someone flushing wet wipes down the toilet.

The dramatic, kilometres-deep canyons that lie hidden beneath our waves need protection from human pollution and damage, scientists say.

COMMENT: Aucklanders are a hypocritical bunch. We pollute our precious inner harbour beaches, we have to drive for hours seeking somewhere to relax.

The state of our rivers and lakes has predictably come under intensified focus this summer, as Kiwis head to their favourite watering holes.

Nails, staples and glass are being left on the beach from fires lit from pellets. Photo/George Novak 220117gn05bop.JPG After finding

EXCLUSIVE: Water bills in the country's largest city may have to rise to stop raw sewage flowing into Auckland Harbour almost every time it rains.

Swimming has been banned at 10 Auckland beaches this summer because of worsening pollution from human and animal wastes.

Aucklanders have been waiting a long time for the day they will no longer see health warnings appear on some of their beaches after heavy rain.

Experts warn we shouldn't swim at any beach in the Auckland region after heavy rain. Simon Collins finds out why.

Fed up with severe smog, Chinese tourists are swarming abroad to countries with "clean air" on their latest travel trend: "lung cleansing" tours.

Popular stop-off for motorists and a favourite for holidaymakers, Lake Tūtira, is no longer a safe swimming spot due to its poor water quality. Made with funding from NZ On Air.