Joint senior author Associate Professor Nic Rawlence, Director of the Otago Palaeogenetics Laboratory, said while elephant ...

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

A street on Auckland’s North Shore was forced closed for several hours after a burst water main caused a sinkhole the size of ...

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 ...

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An experienced international field of board sailors is racing on Auckland waters this weekend. The Windsurfer Waiheke ...

The New Zealand Herald reports that a father and son duo combing a local beach for wood may have made one of the most important discoveries in New Zealand history. The pair came across strange-looking ...

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

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

"A special shoutout goes to Coach Jason Lochhead, who has worked closely with all four athletes in the gold medal match. His ...