Nature & Environment

A landowner aiming to block the use of 1080 to control possums that may have spread Bovine tuberculosis in Hawke's Bay has lost his claim in the Māori Land Court.

Pet owners are increasingly bringing pet cats and dogs to pest-free islands, where they can wreak destruction on fragile native animals, conservation rangers say.

Westland Mayor Bruce Smith has appealed to the government to release funds for flood protection work at Franz Josef Glacier before the town dies through tourism starvation.

A South Island town surrounded by flammable vegetation is asking its residents to check their fire plans carefully after the devastating blaze that tore through Lake Ōhau last year.

The government needs to take practical action on climate change as the country gears up for warmer years in the future, a climate science professor says.

University of Otago student Jenny Stein is finding out how rising sea levels are a growing problem for many coastal settlements, including the densely populated suburb of South Dunedin.

Beachgoers can rejoice as the nation's sea temperatures are running unusually warm again.

New Zealand environmentalist Pete Bethune is close to leaving hospital, after being bitten by a venomous snake in the jungle in Costa Rica.

Holidaymakers visiting the Far North are being urged to conserve water - while the district's supply is stretched.

The Environment Minister says a $36 million funding round to clean up and protect waterways, will create more than 400 jobs.

Last year tied with 2016 as the world's warmest on record, rounding off the hottest decade globally, the EU's Copernicus earth observation service says.