As valuable to marine life as it is prized by humans, the Hauraki Gulf is in decline. Though solutions seem as elusive as the gulf's fish stocks, a groundswell is building for collaboration.

John Clarke gives his spin on London's Olympics.

Locals have criticised the response to last night's Tongariro eruption as too slow but authorities have defended their procedures, saying they quickly established there was no immediate risk and put plans in place.

The aviation colour code around Mt Tongariro has been downgraded from red to orange, but the volcanic alert level remains at 2.

Eruption activity has subsided but another eruption could occur at any time with little or no warning, according to Civil Defence. Read the latest.

News of Tongariro's eruption sparked a flurry of activity by Kiwis who have been awake into the early morning.

The Goddard Flight Centre has recently released some pictures it obtained during NASA's Earth science research endevours. NASA launched six out of the seven Landsat satellites currently in orbit, observing the world beyond the power of human sight, monitoring changes and detecting critical trends in the conditions of natural resources.

US scientists have bioengineered a 'jellyfish' using technology.