Nick Smith says uranium transiting through NZ ports will only be used for "peaceful purposes", despite one of its recipients being involved in making nuclear weapons.

Auckland's mayors will not commit to funding the 'party central' development without a waterfront masterplan in place.

Murray McCully has urged experts meeting in Wellington to recommend ways of preventing a tourist boat disaster from ever happening in Antarctica.

Warnings are in place to protect ships from running into a group of icebergs approaching New Zealand.

The Hauraki Gulf's resident whale population may disappear before most of us know what we're missing.