This is the closest look the public has had yet of the stricken container ship Rena.

No oil will be pumped off Rena today, and salvors say the "grinding and groaning" ship is more unstable than originally thought.

Astrolabe Reef with its caves, valleys and deep drop-off was a magical place for all manner of ocean-dwelling species. But that was before Rena. A team of Herald reporters has charted the first 10 days of the disaster.

Filipino authorities are rushing to send home most of the crew of the stricken container ship Rena amid concerns for their safety and public anger towards the Filipino community. Yesterday, 11 crew members were put on flights to the Philippines...

View photos our readers have sent us of the oil spill disaster on the Tauranga coastline.

Incorrect figures were used in a report that found local cities' air quality was poorer than any major Australian city.

At the start of this century, clean energy was all the rage. The revolution may still be happening, but it's taking its time, reports Peter Huck.

Feeling a bit slow and depressed? It just might be the air.

Auckland-based charity Sustainable Coastlines took to the city streets to see what's ending up in our drains, and our oceans.

Prime Minister John Key has defended New Zealand's emissions trading scheme amid criticism it is soft compared with a new Australian scheme.