Study finds some overweight and obese children drink up to 2L of sweet drink - including juice, cordial, energy drinks and soft drinks - a day.

"It was pretty odiferous," Auckland Live director of regional facilities, Robbie Macrae, said.

A stream of bubbles is rising out of the sea around the Kaikoura peninsula as newly formed cracks in the seabed release gases into the water.

Hawke's Bay Regional Council chairman Rex Graham has slammed council management for keeping councillors in the dark on the Havelock

The inquiry into the contamination of Havelock North's drinking water will be postponed until late January 2017, because of a legal

A man named Jesus Christ broke into 13 of his neighbours' Auckland homes and took food and things he could sell to pawn shops.

Stopping the flow of pollutants into urban Whangarei's 6000 stormwater traps and planting trees along the waterways could all help

TRAGEDY: Sixty-eight-year-old Bruce Smith died during the Sand to Surf event on Saturday. PHOTO/ANDREW WARNER 191116aw21bop By staff

A Civil Defence helicopter made a nappy run to a remote part of Marlborough to bring supplies to a family with a young baby who have been cut off.

New aerial photos show there is much work to be done after Monday's 7.8 quake.

Vital supplies are being flown in as Kaikoura has less than 24 hours of drinking water left.

A number of schools have been closed due to flooding, affecting some students due to sit exams after afternoon.

JS141116NADQUAKE115.JPG A planned surf lesson for a group of international students at Sandy Bay went ahead yesterday after instructors

A historic homestead is in tatters and the four other properties on a north Canterbury sheep and beef farm were damaged in today's

A search is underway for six kayakers after kayaks and other gear was found abandoned on the flooded Clarence River just before 5pm. A

What you need to know about the earthquake and tsunami and what people in the above coastal areas should do.

Sez Nathan and her family watched as the walls of their Waiau home crumbled around them in the early hours of this morning.

After five long nights on a cliff edge suffering a broken leg and severe dehydration, cocker spaniel Bluey will soon be home with

What's lurking beneath the surface in the Wellington Harbour?

Authorites have let strip over the vandalism of a local landmark. Unimpressed local maritime staff say the dab hands who repainted

Forty-five people, mostly over 70 were admitted to hospital with campylobacter a Hawke's Bay District Health Board update reveals. The

Emergency services responding to reports of a car in the water at Blockhouse Bay today soon learned the car had been there for a number of weeks.

Float the idea of a dip in Whangarei's Town Basin and most people will respond with some variation of "ew .... bad idea". But that's

A dinghy found floating near Brown's Island may be connected to the mysterious fire there, police have confirmed.

By working together, Ngati Kahungunu and other iwi hope to send a strong message about the state of Hawke's Bay's waterways. Today

First users of advice "toolkit" report more exercise, smaller meals.

Tax would lead 14 per cent to quit, survey finds

Water contaminations like that which recently left thousands of people sick in Havelock North could be quickly traced with new DNA-based technology.

Kathryn Nevatt held her breath for seven minutes and 45 seconds while floating face down in Porirua pool, setting a new national record.

Water Safety New Zealand issues warning after a disturbing series of images showing someone being swept off their feet by a crashing wave.