In 1972 a number of heavy titanium spheres, about twice the size of a basketball, dropped out of the sky and landed in paddocks across Ashburton. But was it Aliens? An elaborate hoax? No. It was ...

Staff from Environment Canterbury are at the Cam River/Ruataniwha in Kaiapoi, after a factory fire sent toxic oil into the water. The blaze that destroyed the Sutton Tools manufacturing plant early ...

The Bounty Islands jut out of the water like giant granite fins. Steep and sheer, with no greenery in sight. Covered instead by a mottled white – guano or bird poo from the tens of thousands of ...

Farmers, growers and regional authorities in the South Island are reporting large numbers of rabbits this year. Responsiblity for pest control falls to property owners under bylaws, and if a regional ...

Roland Ennos says humanity owes a huge debt to the most humble of materials; wood. His book The Wood Age: How One Material Shaped the Whole of Human History takes us on a sweeping ten-million-year ...

Non-sugar sweeteners like stevia are becoming increasingly common in New Zealand, according to a new study from the University of Auckland. Dr Leanne Young from the University of Auckland School of ...

J Swap, a company involved in quarrying, wants land protected under QEII covenants to be available to quarry. It donated $11,000 to NZ First in December, after the coalition was formed. It also gave ...

Kina numbers have exploded as we’ve eaten too many of their predators – like big snapper and crayfish – that usually keep them in check. The urchins munch through kelp and seaweed, leaving bare rock ...

A landslide came crashing down on popular Coromandel beach Cathedral Cove, with witnesses describing the moment as “frightening” and “scary”. Between 9.30am and 10am today, rubble, boulders, rocks, ...

Auckland-based company Buckley Systems has developed and manufactured a machine which could help treat the most difficult cancers. Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) delivers targeted radiation to ...

Gibson’s and Antipodean albatrosses are citizens of no one nation. They are ocean birds, living on the wind and waves, travelling massive distances, passing back and forth over the high seas and the ...

Between 6–10 metres of rain falls in Fiordland each year. An incredible amount. It’s part of what powers the forest-to-fiord carbon storage pump that makes Fiordland exceptionally good at locking away ...