Hunters warned to stop shooting animals near residential properties.

NZ's safety and natural beauty mean overseas tourists are flocking to our parks.

The Department of Conservation is investigating charging overseas visitors higher fees.

Visitors will have to pay more for huts on DoC's popular Great Walks tracks

Young Tasmanian woman allegedly set on fire by her fiancé is fighting for her life.

First Tasman rower had no two-way radio communication once out of sight of land.

Less than a fortnight before he died in a fiery plane crash in Melbourne, a US tourist wrote about how he was scared of flying.

Tasmania's capital has picked up the tourism challenge, writes Judy Skatssoon.

Dr Brett Mullan of the National Institute of Water and Atmosphere (NIWA) explains our holiday season weather and warming world.

Graeme Lay discovers the attraction of Adventure Bay for 18th century explorers.

A word of warning: going to the Australian Antarctic Festival may cause you to spend all your money on a ticket on the next icebreaker out of Hobart.

Greg Bruce is outside his comfort zone beyond the awe-inspiring southern edge.

The bodies of his three companions have been found but a Kiwi fisherman is still missing.

Searchers are continuing to look for two missing crewmen from a fishing vessel lost off Hobart with a New Zealander on board.

There has been a heart-breaking discovery in the search for a missing Kiwi and his three friends after they disappeared while on a fishing trip off Hobart.

Walkers can experience Tasmania's popular new Three Capes Track for half-price as part of the state government's planned celebrations for the 100th anniversary of national parks.

Located about 45 minutes outside Tasmania's capital of Hobart, Bonorong is the anti-zoo.

Three days isn't long to explore an island, but Andrew Drummond makes the most of them.

In the Tasmanian bush, Alan Hitchens has an encounter with an endangered species.

Stories of supernatural sightings enliven the nightly ghost tour at Port Arthur, writes Paul Rush.

Police investigating sex crime allegations against a teacher long presumed dead before being found in rural New Zealand have returned to Australia to prepare a report for a prosecutor.

An international police inquiry may begin into a retired teacher living in New Zealand who is at the centre of allegations of child abuse at a Tasmanian school in the 1960s.

Untamed, unconventional and dramatic - Tasmania's people, like its land, have their own idiosyncratic take on the rest of Australia's claims to fame, finds Chris Reed. And they like a good night out.

Wildlife biologist Nick Mooney says open cut mines in Tasmania could prove to be safe havens for endangered Tasmanian devils.

An Australian politician is refusing to apologise for warning of a Chinese invasion of Australia, after her leader's bizarre anti-China rant.

Australia's island state is a paradise for nature lovers and people who want to escape the modern day, writes Teresa Levonian Cole.

Formula One driver Mark Webber drives internationally but keeps returning to Tasmania.

Wellington Zoo is making a home for four Tasmanian Devils which are due to arrive there this week.

Graham Reid discovers the history and vibrant artistic culture of Tasmania's capital.

We round up some of the best places to stay when you're looking for a spot of luxury in the wilderness.