It’s a brisk early morning at Piha’s North Beach in Auckland, and the black labrador in front of me is barking like a steady ...

— Spade-toothed whales are the world’s rarest, with no live sightings ever recorded. No one knows how many there are, what ...

A water safety advocate says too many men may feel “bulletproof” and make “bad decisions” around the water, and have a higher ...

A decision to continue allowing vehicles on beaches in the Catlins will be revisited after an endangered sea lion was ...

The body of a spade-toothed whale -- a species so rare it has never been seen alive -- appears to have washed up on a New Zealand beach, scientists say.

Vehicle access will close from Wednesday until further notice.

Paid surf lifeguards, who patrol beaches on weekdays from November to March, finished up on Friday. Volunteer surf lifeguards ...