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For hundreds of years, Māori have strategically tended, harvested and protected food resources around Te Waihora (Lake Ellesmere) in Canterbury. Today, local farmers are learning these same indigenous…

The dairy co-operative has delivered its first loss in its 17-year history. Audio

A controversial technology that Forest and Bird says is "untested and experimental" is being considered to replenish a Central Hawke's Bay aquifer that's running out of water.

Residents are running out of time to evacuate before the massive storm roars in to North and South Carolina bringing potentially deadly flooding, officials warn.

A water management report has warned of future water shortages if Wellingtonians keep hosing their gardens and showering like they do now.

Farms and lifestyle blocks beside Palmerston North Airport are being alerted to firefighting foam contamination in waterways.

A mystery investment which helped get approval for the Waimea Dam project near Nelson is likely to remain anonymous for now.

Key parts of the Pike River mine's electrical infrastructure could have survived the multiple explosions that shook it nearly eight years ago, the Pike River Recovery Agency has revealed.

A 65-year-old caretaker of a rural water supply is taking his first holiday in six years after the completion of a new pipeline.

Axed over Christmas, told to be out by lunchtime - this is redundancy in NZ, where there's no mandatory notice period or compensation, and little support for those searching for new work.

The head of the Pike River Recovery Agency says it's possible no bodies will be found in the re-entry of the drift.

Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku theorises about a possible future in which digital versions of humans are beamed to other planets. Audio

The busy calving season is in full swing at Mark and Debbie Van Beek's dairy farm near Hokitika on the West Coast. The 50/50 sharemilkers, who run 500 cows, were finalists for in this year's Ahuwhenua…

Long-tailed bats are thriving in gullies and bush along the Waikato River, where it flows through central Hamilton.

A private golf course developed by an American billionaire is now subsidising tree-planting efforts across Northland to protect rivers.

A crowdfunding campaign to save a block of pristine wetland forest in Taranaki is within a whisker of reaching its target.