The tidal wave of debt
If the hike in your rates bill seems less of a leap this year, enjoy it while you can.
If the hike in your rates bill seems less of a leap this year, enjoy it while you can.
Scientists have issued a new warning to the world’s coastal megacities that the threat from subsiding land is a more immediate problem than rising sea levels caused by global warming.
A headline in the Herald reads: "Farmers warned to prepare for the worst as risk of El Nino grows."
The health of Auckland's harbours and streams is continuing to deteriorate under a mostly 1950s approach to stormwater, says a report obtained by the Herald.
High temperatures and scarce rainfall helped make last month one of the driest Marches on record in many places.
Exclusive: When 5-year-old Tre-Vaughn Dysart saw his classmate slip underwater his instincts kicked in.
Dame Vivienne Westwood has admitted she shares bathwater with her husband.
About 1500 litres of aviation fuel leaked into Lyttelton Harbour after a storage tank was damaged by a landslip during the storm that hit the area earlier this week.
Police have warned against a "free-for-all" after a shipping container with a cargo of several million cigarettes washed ashore in Devon.
The dolphin watching charter boat that took on water with nearly 40 people on board had a hole in its hull, a crewman says.
Passengers on a dolphin-watching cruise remained calm as they waited to be rescued from a charter vessel that started taking on water north of Auckland this afternoon.
An "earthy taste" in west Auckland's public water supply over the last 24 hours is not harmful to human health, says Watercare Services.
Danielle Wright meets a young crew of waka ama paddlers on the Whau River.