Feds say a tougher management regime for high country lessees could "cripple" the sector.

Ambassador programme lauded as number of complaints drop.

Earlier today, a scrub fire was extinguished in Kaingaroa, south of Rotorua.

Eugenie Sage says the 30 properties still in the tenure review process will be reviewed

David Trubridge announces immediately pulling six of his products from production.

Not everything is going to plan, however, with the coupling of two male kōkako.

The grass may be greener on the other side, but it's different down river in Clive.

Clint Rameka dreams of a sanctuary built on a sanctuary.

A statement said it realised there was "a need for population control of some species".

When is a robin not a black robin? When it lives in Bushy Park.

The new way of applying fertiliser is cited as having environmental benefits.

Is New Zealand ready for the warmer, wilder future that this week has given us a taste of?

For some sun-baked parts of the country, it's now been an official heatwave.

As much as $14 billion worth of council infrastructure is threatened by rising seas.

Farming lobby wants regulations to force airlines into broadcasting pest control warnings.

Potential smuggling ring for little blue penguin in Hawke's Bay after two taken from nest.

Extreme weather and geopolitics behind "food shocks," or sudden losses in food production.

Opito Bay's pōhutukawa poisoner leaves locals furious and searching for likely suspects.

Told to welcome "a real scientist", a child protested: "But we are all scientists!"

Dolphins cause a spectacle for holiday makers in the Bay of Islands.

Many beachgoers in the Tauranga area have fallen victim to the Mount Mauler.

This weekend's Waimarama Beach Day has been postponed due to blocked toilets.

Parts of Central Hawke's Bay got more than 160mm of rain in the past 24 hours.

COMMENT: The simple reality these days is that no dairy cow can get into a stream.

Traps have been carefully located on the property's perimeter adjoining Pukenui Forest.

One of the orca calves was seen "spy-hopping out of the water".

Hawke's Bay may be off to a damp week, but there's very little complaining about it.

An attempt to fix a leaking pipe into the sea has failed, months after it started.

Department of Conservation says releasing animals could have unintentional impacts.