11+ hour, 27+ min ago   (410+ words) New Zealand is in for a short-lived taste of spring with temperatures forecast to reach the low 20s before a front brings rain to the South Island, followed by cooler air. Conditions on Monday were expected to be similar to Sunday,…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (449+ words) The community is pitching in to replant natives in a forestry reserve south of Kaikōura. The Kaikōura District Council has agreed to replant 5.37ha of the former South Bay Forest Reserve by February 2029, following a Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) ruling…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (709+ words) The East Coast is in crisis. Recent coverage in the New Zealand Listener and on 1News has again shown the scale of the challenge facing Tairāwhiti. Vast areas of highly erodible hill country remain planted in production forestry, communities live with…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (658+ words) Firefighters are ramping up preparations for what could be one of Northland’s most challenging wildfire seasons, as forecasters warn a strengthening El Niño is likely to bring hotter, drier and windier conditions over spring and summer. Earth Sciences New Zealand…...

6+ day, 22+ min ago   (607+ words) Kura Dynamics co-founders Dr Chris Oze (left) and Peter Joynt. If hydrogen is to become the next big thing in clean energy, we need to find cheaper ways to produce it. Christchurch deep-tech start-up Kura Dynamics has just secured $5 million…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (585+ words) An Earth Sciences New Zealand visualisation shows what's forecast for September. New Zealand can be seen in the lower centre. Image / Earth Sciences New Zealand Farmers are watching, forecasters are predicting and scientists are monitoring. Everyone is hoping that a…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (573+ words) There are calls for wild peacocks to be designated a pest as the population continues to “grow unchecked” along the Whanganui River. Peafowl, the collective term that covers peacocks and peahens, are already considered pests by many farmers because they…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago   (616+ words) UN Secretary General António Guterres warned today that the world is entering a “danger zone of extreme weather” – just as three hurricanes formed over the Pacific Ocean. Guterres pointed to the World Meteorological Organisation’s (WMO) forecast of a “very-strong” El…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (290+ words) This content was prepared by Samsung and is being published by The New Zealand Herald as Advertorial. We’ve changed how we use our phones. So why haven’t our phones changed shape? Research found 85% of Europeans have started a task on…...