Watercare chief executive Mark Ford - who is known as "The Fixer" - is expected to step down shortly for health reasons.

No party in an election campaign has a monopoly on wisdom; most have something important to say.

Water pollution from decades of farming may be approaching a "tipping point" which threatens marine life in the Hauraki Gulf, says an experienced scientist.

New Zealand's richest man has splashed out on a second luxury yacht - this one worth up to an estimated $78 million.

New Zealand's booming geothermal industry will now be backed by a multimillion-dollar research facility described as one of the most advanced of its kind.

The National Policy Statement (NPS) for freshwater may not have razzmatazz, but it arose from that exercise in consensual collaboration called the Land and Water Forum.

The world is running out of water. Demand has grown a staggering 60 per cent every decade for the past 50 years.

A small sinkhole has opened up in central Wellington after a water main burst early today.

The release of the first tranche of the Green Party's environmental policy contained one sentiment certain to resonate with all New Zealanders.

Kayaker Scott Donaldson has been struck a blow in his bid to recover his stricken vessel after it separated from its locator beacon.

A father-of-three is dead after a weekend jet-ski trip with his brother and friend turned to tragedy in North Canterbury.

Global warming is melting sea ice so fast that more than half of Antarctica's population of emperor penguins are set to be wiped out by the end of the century, according to alarming new research saying they should be listed as an endangered species.

This winter was not a good one for farmers in the Fertile Crescent.

If you're in a hurry to meet your maker, a religious pilgrimage may be the most direct route.

A grey 6.6m Comsub, which the owner says has been used to explore waters near Half Moon Bay and Waiheke Island for the past few years, is for sale.

The chances of an El Nino playing with our weather this summer have become more likely, according to a just-released report from the World Meteorological Organisation.

Despite being warned to "hunker down" by weather analyst Bob McDavitt while a front passes over tonight, Mr Donaldson was in good spirits, Mr Funnell said.

Scientists are searching in an unlikely place for the next big breakthrough - New Zealand's postcard hot springs.

It will take another three decades for the Southern Hemisphere's humpback whale population to recover from the slaughter of the whaling era, scientists say.

A New Zealand resident has been rescued from the Pacific Ocean after the boat he was in began sinking during a 3800km rowing race.

Not long after the Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 was declared missing, the world's attention was focused on a remote, poorly known area of the Eastern Indian Ocean as the possible location of the lost aircraft.