Two young brothers found in open water yesterday had no VHF, no GPS, didn't say where they were going and didn't know how to use the old flares they had on board.

At the start of this century, clean energy was all the rage. The revolution may still be happening, but it's taking its time, reports Peter Huck.

The latest creation of Auckland tender specialists makes colourful statement

A tornado has devastated a farming station near Gisborne, taking out sheds and injuring at least one farm dog believed to have been picked up and dumped. Craig Ferris "huddled in a ball" in the corner of his carport...

A whale of a tale about a $6 billion superyacht is soon consigned to history ... but not soon enough.

An estimate of 160 billion barrels has companies scrambling to drill in pristine ecosystem, writes Michael McCarthy.