Environment

Biosecurity boost ahead of busy summer

Biosecurity New Zealand welcomes 23 new quarantine officers and four new detector dog handlers this month, bolstering the country's frontline protection against... Read More

DOC prepares for sell-out summer

The Department of Conservation is gearing up to host about 60,000 campers over the upcoming summer at more than 300 campsites spread across New Zealand. Popular... Read More

Children team with farmer to protect dotterels

It is all go at Waihī Beach with the northern New Zealand dotterels settling in all sorts of weird and wonderful places to breed, the latest nest this season... Read More

3D printer aims to save endangered fish

NIWA is using a 3D printer to help save New Zealand's endangered native fish. The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research has developed a... Read More

Influx of starving penguin chicks raises alarm

Beachgoers are being asked to contact a local Bay of Plenty wildlife service if they see little blue penguins on the beach during the day time. "We are seeing... Read More

Stream discharge: BOP dairy farm fined

A Rotorua dairy farm has been convicted and fined $40,000 for an illegal dairy effluent discharge from a travelling irrigator. Chlorofield Limited pleaded guilty... Read More

Pine tree felling planned for Coromandel reserve

A section of the Hauraki-Coromandel's Opoutere Beach Recreation Reserve will be temporarily closed for the felling of more than 350 pine trees. The pine... Read More

Funding the protection of wildlife and forests

They're at the heart of our region's conservation efforts - from helping volunteers care for our little blue penguins to protecting our native forests. Yet... Read More

Kiwifruit grower fined for illegal water take

A kiwifruit orchard has been convicted and fined $35,000 in the Tauranga District Court for unlawfully taking more than 18 million litres of water for irrigation.... Read More

Zoos’ new app helps wildlife

Auckland Zoo is calling on Kiwis to use their purchasing power to help protect rainforests and critically endangered wildlife like orangutans by shopping with... Read More

How to enjoy summer without pests

With the increase of temperatures during the spring as a prelude for the summer, a lot of mall bugs, insects and other pests start to appear around houses, playgrounds... Read More

Oliver's pūteketeke v sanctuary's kākāriki

As people around the world have been flocking to vote for their favourite feathered bird in NZ's Forest and Bird's Bird of the Century competition before... Read More