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Worker buried up to waist in water treatment plant incident

The worker was taken to hospital in a moderate condition.

Auckland households face extra $700-$1000 in rates, water bills

Households could have to pay $1000 more over two years.

Run dry: Wellington facing boil water notices this summer

OPINION: Severe restrictions only avoided this year due to Cyclone Gabrielle rainfall.

'Like slime': The Bay of Plenty town grossed out by dirty tap water

Bay of Plenty town angry and frustrated at rusty brown water supply.

Opinion: Filling NZ’s $210b infrastructure deficit black hole

The Government doesn’t have deep-enough pockets to fill the infrastructure black hole.

Infrastructure Report: Priorities for big projects

Public and private partnerships are needed to get investment and development moving.

Deadly waters: Urgent call for new lifejacket laws after 'staggering' stats

Coastguard boss says too many volunteers have had to "pull dead bodies from the sea".

Fed Farmers hosting roadshow on 'waffley' RMA reform

There is concern about a loss of local control over decisions.

Local Focus: Taranaki water celebrates 20 years

When the Bonithon Petroleum Company dug for oil, it found something completely different.

Drinking water tests clear of ‘forever’ chemicals

Tests come back clear over possible water contamination with 'forever chemicals'.

China’s Mars rover finds signs of recent water in sand dunes

The rover spotted cracks and crusts in the salt-rich Martian dunes.

'Reduce water use immediately': Watermain break in Warkworth sparks urgent call

The local reservoir is dropping and people are being told to hold off doing laundry.

Whanganui loses millions in potential 'better off' funding

'There was always going to be a risk that it never came through.'

One-in-a-million monster tsunami hit NZ in past

The largest underwater landslide ever documented here may have produced a 70m tsunami.

Campaigner's water tests in Ashburton again reveal high level of nitrate contamination

2021 Greenpeace test found water 'loaded' with nitrate contamination: method queried.

Paul Goldsmith: Where Labour’s idea of co-governance leads

Opinion: 'Show me a country that works well and has different standards of citizenship.'