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More than half of quarry managers sitting a crucial exam are failing, and have missed a deadline to prove they are fit to run a quarry safely.

Extreme weather from climate change is going to put more pressure on drinking water infrastructure, leading to more boil notices and e-coli scares, says a public health professor.

Parts of Sydney have been hit by flash flooding after torrential rain this afternoon, with concerns that a building in a western suburb may collapse.

Water supplies in three North Island areas are having to be conserved or undergoing extra treatment.

Environmentalists and farmers alike are questioning whether the government's focus on production growth is the right one.

Otto and Valda Muller are taking a serious crack at the organic walnut market, planting 1,300 trees on their 130 hectare plateau above the Kawarau River in Central Otago.

The friend of a man who went missing after the pair went swimming in the swollen Hutt River has joined searchers along the riverbank. Video

A push for Dunedin to be run by a unitary council is gaining momentum, and might spark a full review of local government across Otago.

A trace of 1080 found in a Taranaki stream following a poison drop late last year posed no danger to human health, the Department of Conservation says.

Thirty-seven irrigation bans are in place in Hawke's Bay as prolonged dry weather continues in the region.

Helensville farmers Dianne and Richard Kidd have wanted to enter the Farm Environment Awards for years, but it wasn't until last year that Auckland farmers were invited to enter – so they did, and…

Police are looking for a man seen in the Waikato River in Hamilton in the early hours of the morning.

Pike River survivor Daniel Rockhouse would be prepared to go back into the mine to try to find the bodies of those who died in 2010, he says. Audio

Venus Williams turned back the clock with a 6-3 7-5 victory over Germany's Mona Barthel to reach the quarterfinals of the Australian Open.

Solomon Islands has been awarded a $US15 million concessional loan, for its Tina River Hydro Project, by the International Renewable Energy Agency and the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development.

Tramping groups say tourists are spoiling Kiwis' great outdoors experience. DOC says the wilderness experience is still possible - you just won't have a 20-bunk hut to yourself.

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has repeated his pledge to Pike River families that he will not go into coalition with any party that does not allow re-entry to the mine.

Islamic State had been using the university's laboratories to manufacture chemical weapons, Iraqi officials say.