A love of horses and wakeboarding has seen a Northland equestrian duo combine raw horse power with the exhilarating watersport.

A small bay in Northland could be filled in to create a boat ramp to accommodate the number of boats launched off the beach over a few weeks in summer.

Flee the fog in San Francisco, writes Christine Sheehy.

A whale has knocked out a surfer by tossing him into the air with its tail in a bizarre incident at Bondi Beach.

To see how easily the truth about fluoride can go from pearly white to shades of grey, look no further than the sparkliest weapon in the pro-fluoride arsenal: areas with fluoride in the water supply have lower rates of tooth decay than areas without.

Almost half of New Zealanders support the adding of fluoride to their drinking water despite councils increasingly dumping it, a Herald-DigiPoll shows.

Christchurch City Council has been given a fortnight to speed up its consenting process, or power to grant consents will be taken away from it by the Government.

The path of last month’s devastating tornado through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore is revealed as a scar across the city in a NASA satellite image.

While most people in urban Auckland get fluoride in their water, many in outlying rural areas don't.

District health boards have been "on the back foot" when advocating the state-recommended fluoridation of drinking water, says the co-ordinator of a Government-established information consortium.

A map of where in NZ has fluoride added to its water supply.

Leading scientists, farmers, politicians, foresters and business people will descend on Parliament today to take part in a climate change conference.

The decision to cut out fluoride in Hamilton's water supply will undermine public health in New Zealand, writes Dr Jonathan Broadbent.

Hamilton city councillor Dave Macpherson remembers submissions from disgruntled locals against fluoride in their water in the late 1990s.

A group that helped to convince the Hamilton City Council to remove fluoride from its water supply says it will continue lobbying other councils throughout New Zealand to do the same.

Health advocates say a Hamilton City Council decision to drop fluoride from its water supply will mean a costly decline in oral health. Do you agree? Vote here and leave a comment.

Health advocates say a Hamilton City Council decision to drop fluoride from its water supply will mean a costly decline in oral health and the poor will suffer most.

Hamilton looks likely to remove fluoride from its water in a vote from which at least five city councillors say they will abstain.

The RMA exists to help work out the right conditions, as well as manage effects, which under O'Reilly's approach would not occur, writes Claire Browning.

Seattle's an economic engine, a leader in sustainability and a hub for culture and creativity, writes Dr Ann Bartos and John Mauro. It could easily be Auckland.

A Papakaio family on board a boat that sank on Lake Benmore on Sunday, have been praised for their safety precautions and keeping calm during the ordeal.