A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and responsibilities of a human being.

Fire and Emergency (FENZ) said it was alerted to the large scrub fire at around midnight and it had since grown to 1200 ...

New Zealand plans to introduce legislation before the end of the year that will create a framework to help communities and ...

"Shaka can be a highly valuable and specialized conservation asset." Highly trained dog primed to play a key role in sniffing ...

In her first announcement as Economic Growth Minister, Nicola Willis outlined a new ‘digital nomad visa’ aimed at highly ...

Every day, about 48.5 tons of space rock hurtle towards Earth. Meteorites that fall into the ocean are never recovered. But ...

Thanks to Matakana’s proximity to the coast, you can easily add a visit to Omaha Beach, Tawaharanui Regional Park, or Goat ...

The show's premise is simple: Each season, conservation rangers select an albatross couple as that year's stars. A camera on ...

New Zealand's Department of Conservation is looking for human representation for Taranaki Maunga after the Crown agreed to ...

The first episode will be out Friday, Jan. 24. “We wanted to come up with a new, unique way that we could share some conservation stories,” said Sensa Wolcott, the district’s watershed coordinator and ...

Mainland yellow-eyed penguin could become extinct within two decades, says the Department of Conservation (DOC), with the number ... with only 143 known nests on mainland New Zealand including on ...

Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis and Janith Liyanage's fifties gave Sri Lanka 290, and the bowlers then stopped New Zealand 140 runs short Another top-order collapse for Sri Lanka meant they were ...