There has been a lot of talk about climate change this holiday season - with good reason.

Voracious pest has the potential to decimate crops of apples, grapes and tomatoes.

Mattresses, furniture and household rubbish were dumped off the Kapiti Coast.

The pigs were struggling to keep their snouts above water after flood rose 3m in 30 min.

Dune and stream remedial work at Sandy Bay has been ripped apart twice this summer.

Camp fires around Te Hiku Forest are a threat to the environment.

Over 100 beaches, rivers and streams in NZ currently have swimming restrictions in place.

Sea lice stings leave Welcome Bay boy scratching himself raw.

The war over water hit boiling point amid 2017's election. Will 2018 see tensions simmer?

Crayfish stocks are in crisis, and recreational fishers want an independent review.

Crayfish quotas are not allowing the fish to survive in northern waters.

A controversial resource consent application is one step closer to the end.

More than 150 fines have been issued to freedom campers in the Western Bay.

Two whio have been welcomed to their new home at Rainbow Springs.

The Atihau-Whanganui and Morikau incorporations each have a finalist in farm awards.

Animal offal and body parts have been found at three public access points to the river.

Hot water cylinder and water pipe leaks exposed by chlorine in the system.

Fault-line monitors at Dannevirke, Weber and Akitio part of major scientific programme.

Mayor says ban is a response to the significant growth in freedom camping.

Social media attacks on toxic ammonia leak prompt explanation from Affco Imlay plant

Suspicious fire followed break-in at council's 1080 storage depot.

A boat and bunk beds have been dumped near the Kaituna River.

The decision to scrap kerbside glass recycling has dumbfounded Tauranga residents.

Breaking freedom camping rules this year in Queenstown resulted in $662,800k in fines.

Single clear reading needed before all-clear given for swimming in Wairoa river.

Sheep stolen from farm, butchered, then dumped in precious dune lake.

Blue marlin catch comes just shy of beating 46-year-old club record.

Queenstown Lakes District Council staff had pick up human waste left by freedom campers.

Rough seas and strong easterlies kill penguins and other seabirds on Northland east coast.

Thirty-eight pufferfish have been collected from Mount beach with more sightings.