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Lifeguards brace for 'massive' weekend
Lifeguards are gearing up for the biggest weekend of the year as holidaymakers are set to throng popular beaches all over the country.
Lifeguards first-stop shop for first aid
More New Zealanders will be given first-aid treatment by lifeguards for injuries such as cut feet and marine stings this summer than rescued from the water, new research shows.
Man survives 60 hours at bottom of Atlantic (video)
Entombed at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in an upended tugboat for three days, Harrison Odjegba Okene begged God for a miracle.
Mayor: Govt needs to rule on fluoride
Hamilton mayor Julie Hardaker says people are over the fluoridation issue and just want decisions made about their drinking water.
Fluoride court case continues
In legal terms, there is no practical difference between putting chlorine or fluoride into public water supplies, the High Court in New Plymouth heard today.
Councils have a 'right' to fluoridate, court told
A court has been told that NZ local councils have a clear legal power to fluoridate public water supplies, a power devolved to them by Parliament in 2002.
Test court case tackles fluoridation
Lithium could be added to water supplies by NZ's local councils under the same vague rules that allow them to add fluoride, a test court case has heard today.
Shark attack kills Aussie surfer
A 35-year-old surfer was fatally mauled by a shark Saturday off a notorious stretch of Australia's west coast, police said.
NZ rivers face increasing pollution
NZ rivers and swimming spots will increasingly be polluted by algae and contain fewer fish as the dairy boom continues, an environmental watchdog has warned.
Dam plan sparks fears
A scheme promising riches and protection from droughts for a struggling rural community has inspired fierce resistance - but critics say their concerns risk being drowned in a rushed process
Sam Judd: Global Partnership on Marine Litter
In the last of a three-part series, Young New Zealander of the Year and CEO of the Sustainable Coastlines Charitable Trust ,Sam Judd, discusses the United Nations Environment Programs’ Global Partnership on Marine Litter.
Surf lifesavers to launch summer patrols
Surf lifesavers are launching their summer patrols over Labour Weekend, but a mixed bag of weather could deter some would-be beachgoers from taking a splash.
Boaties clung to single lifejacket
Two boaties clung desperately to a single life jacket off the Horowhenua coast while rescuers came painfully close but could not see them in the dark, a coroner has found.
Sam Judd: Wasted on water
Every day, millions of tons of inadequately treated sewage, industrial and agricultural waste enters the world's waterways, writes Sam Judd.
Moa bones rescued from tides
Archaeologists yesterday battled against the tide to rescue 14th century moa bones from a "significant" historical settlement at Awamoa Creek, south of Oamaru.
Sam Judd: Our nutrient world
Sam Judd writes that perhaps the biggest environmental problem we currently face is the contamination of our waterways by nutrients.
One dead after boat capsizes
A man has died after the boat he was in capsized in the sea off Northland today.
Dirty drinking water link to illness
Some Raetihi residents have become ill after 15,000 of diesel spilled into the town's water supply.
New Zealand's water safety champion named
A Bluff woman has been named New Zealand's champion of water safety.