The Tauranga-based medical ship MV YWAM KOHA has arrived in Fiji, with teams of dentists and medical staff joining the crew to deliver much-needed health services... Read More

Despite being in the tail end of winter, marine heatwaves are still ongoing in many New Zealand coastal areas. That is according to Dr Malene Felsing, Moana Project... Read More

To avoid a repeat of last year's drowning statistics, Water Safety New Zealand is calling on Government to make urgent changes to regulations requiring everyone... Read More

Skippers are being reminded of their watchkeeping responsibilities after a vessel hit rocks at Mt Maunganui. Esmond Kelly O'Reilly was sentenced in the Tauranga... Read More

New Zealand Food Safety is urging consumers not to eat mussels being sold illegally at independent retailers or online. The sale of imported mussels is carefully... Read More

Important upgrades at New Zealand's search and rescue satellite Earth station are underway this week. The Earth station, halfway between Rotorua and Taupō, is... Read More

New Zealand fur seals should be given 'plenty of space”. This is the message from a Tauranga resident who had a seal chase his cat through a cat flap and... Read More

The Government is investing in a $1.5 million project that will likely create the world's first commercial seaweed-based nanocellulose manufacturing plant. The... Read More

GNS Science and University of Canterbury researchers are seeking to better understand how the community responded to triple earthquake and tsunami evacuation warnings... Read More

Social media posts helped scientists to monitor one of Aotearoa's rarest whale species, the infrequently sighted southern right whale, or tohorā. Photographs... Read More

The search for a missing kayaker on Lake Rotorua is set to continue today after an 18-year-old failed to return from his kayak on the lake on Wednesday. Search... Read More

It has now been one year since the Motiti Island Protection area was establed, The Motiti Protection Area covers the three offshore reef areas surrounding Motiti... Read More