Nature & Environment

Analysis - There needs to be recognition of the significant risks associated with focusing on mining and tourism, Glenn Banks and Regina Scheyvens write.

Iceberg A23a spans an area twice the size of London and has been carefully tracked by scientists since 1986. Audio

The first lot of fuel has been removed from New Zealand navy ship Manawanui which sank in October off the southwest coast of Upolu in Samoa. Video

More than 50 percent of affected corals in one area were killed in 2024 as the reef experienced its worst summer on record.

It comes after President Donald Trump called for the US to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement.

Golden Bay dairy farmer Juan Fernández was glad to wake up this morning without a pod of whales outside his house again, after several emotional days spent trying to save them.

Its owner says the expansion will allow the company to improve its control of smells coming from the site.

Lightning, wind and rain have wreaked havoc, leaving more than 25,000 properties without electricity.

Data will be used to create 3D maps of parts of Aotearoa's constantly changing coastline.

Volunteers helped guide the pod of 10 over sandbars until they were no longer visible.

Analysis - This doesn't mean it's too late to rein in further warming, but the ambition required rises with each delay in action.

One of a group of 11 whales stranded in Golden Bay has died, but the remaining 10 have been re-floated, according to the Department of Conservation. Audio

Scientists are testing Fiordland's black corals against heat waves in the lab to see if they can survive the effects of climate change. Audio