New Zealanders are wiping out supermarkets' supplies of summer essentials like sunblock.

More women, children and elderly died in New Zealand waters.

South Africa's police and military will help secure water collection sites in drought

Microplastic particles polluting Earth's oceans now found in Antarctica's pristine waters.

Kiwis are coming up with ingenious ways of coping with the heatwave

A New Zealand AirForce P-3K2 Orion has left Auckland Base this morning to join the search for a 17m wooden catamaran with more than 50 people on board, reported missing in the Pacific Ocean. Source - Twitter/NewZealandDefenceForce

Foam used to fight fires of flammable liquids contaminates groundwater near airbase.

NZ's best water slide - the Rere Rockslide.

Te Papa's chair has been targeted by a group unhappy with his property development.

Geoff Reid takes a look at the state of Long Bay Okura Marine Reserve. / Geoff Reid

No sign of missing skydiver after final phase of Lake Wakatipu sonar search.

The Lupton clan from Waverley is set to dominate upcoming hydroplane series

Good diving gear, 100kg of bodyweight and mind techniques helped lost diver survive.

Some of the city's wells are vulnerable to contamination, particularly in heavy rain.

Opito Bay: snorkelling, diving, boating, fishing, shellfish hunting, picnicking, paddling

Mayor clarifies perplexing signs at Woodville water source.

Sting stays in your togs, so wash them thoroughly.

Soft drinks here have on average 1.5 times as much sugar as in other countries.

Ecologist Russell Death paints the big picture on the state of our rivers and lakes.

A boy in his teens is believed to have been swept away in the Rangitikei River.

Twice as many Aucklanders drowned in preventable tragedies last year than in 2016.

Beachgoers were met by a strange sight at one of Auckland's most popular beaches today.

Dozens of people were rescued and treated at Auckland's west coast beaches today.

It is all around us and this season is the best time to enjoy it.

Record "marine heatwave" could fuel a low-pressure system forecast to hit NZ next week.

Pilot and farmer say team effort led to pulling downed skydiver from water.

Stroke scare nudges 63-year-old to face predators decades after surfing drama.

Torrential downpour on the West Coast is expected to peak about 4am.

NZONE director dismissed a parachute malfunction as the potential cause of the crash.

They're called dead zones - patches of water that kill life - and NZ isn't immune to them.