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Student who died during diving course named

Cities at risk of Atlantis' fate

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.

Diving death: Family to travel to NZ to retrieve body

Chris de Freitas: Let's prepare for weather's worst

A headline in the Herald reads: "Farmers warned to prepare for the worst as risk of El Nino grows."

Millions pumped into crucial Lake Rotorua restoration scheme

Seven-month-old who died at marina named

Seven-month-old dies at marina

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

Ferry texts a cruel hoax

As the battle to free 290 from a sunken ferry in South Korea continues, it's emerged texts purported to be sent from trapped children were a hoax.

Authorities get green light to fluoridate drinking water

Anti-fluoride group's challenge rejected by judge

Aviation fuel spills into Lyttelton Harbour

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.

River jumper ordered to pay for rescue

Strange seaweed causes stink on Coromandel beach

Marine radio warnings go online

Millions of cigarettes wash ashore in Devon

Police have warned against a "free-for-all" after a shipping container with a cargo of several million cigarettes washed ashore in Devon.

Sinking charter boat had hole in its hull

The dolphin watching charter boat that took on water with nearly 40 people on board had a hole in its hull, a crewman says.