Hayley Patuwai made a name for himself after he went over Huka Falls on a body board.

Why economic success isn't the only - or even the best - indicator of our progress

Readers have their say on the bus station; bus service; Winston Peters; hostile despots

Money is pouring in from different areas to help Wellington become more resilient.

Geese could be eating all the flounder. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Video interview with Michael Reeves swam out and saved the person who was on board the yacht that exploded, after he was thrown into the water from the blast, the moored just off Herald Island. Video by Brett Phibbs

Aucklander Gary Price jumped in the river with another man to help the woman to safety.

Sir Tim Wallis' chopper pilot son presumed dead after Lake Wanaka crash.

How to minimise your stress on the world's resources.

A man and woman have drowned after being swept off rocks at Muriwai Beach in West Auckland.

A man and woman have drowned after being swept off rocks at Muriwai Beach.

Rating for the Matarawa scheme much less than interim figures put up online.

The health of the Kaituna River is a priority for all. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Is there life on Mars? Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Raided and spied on - then a government minister had advice on suing the police.

The man behind the marina buy-up says public access will improve - not get worse.

Water supply to the entire town of Winton has been cut off.

The six-year legal battle has come to an end in the Supreme Court.

Special tribunal considers re-notification of WCO application, given new science findings.

An algae species that creates mucus-like lake snot has likely now spread to Lake Taupo.

NZDF will need to report back by July.

Warmer-water events can worsen the nutritional balance of fish, new study finds.

With plastic now being found in Antarctica's pristine waters, has action come too late?

COMMENT: Where's all the hysteria gone from giving away bottled water rights for free?

COMMENT: When did simple tap water become so uncool?

Watercare forecasts spending $5.5 billion on upgrading infrastructure over next decade.

Horizons Regional Council to spend $100,000 looking for sources of water contamination

50 years on from the Manapouri saga, NZ's laws have failed its environment, writer argues.

Teen talks for the first time about the Cascade Falls tragedy that killed his twin.

Conditions in the refugee camp will only get worse as monsoon rains arrive, Kiwi says.