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."

A 7-month-old Auckland boy on holiday with his family has died after being found in the water at the marina in Whitianga.

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.

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.