12+ hour, 55+ min ago   (273+ words) The National Aquarium of New Zealand’s oldest resident, Terry the turtle, has died. He was believed to be about 50 years old. The beloved hawksbill sea turtle came to the Napier aquarium in the late 1970s. When he arrived from his birthplace…...

9+ hour, 39+ 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,…...

12+ hour, 34+ min ago   (871+ words) A controversial plastic-burning plant approved by the Environment Court has had five emergency call-outs in the past year, including a blaze firefighters say burned out of control. The latest incident at Warren Sinclair’s Whangārei-based plastic-to-fuel operation happened last week and…...

2+ day, 18+ 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, 33+ min 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, 28+ min 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…...

5+ day, 22+ hour 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, 32+ min 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, 34+ min 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…...