Fire and Emergency New Zealand is calling on households to refrain from using fireworks or sky lanterns during celebrations ...

A large vegetation fire in Porirua has been contained before it could reach nearby homes. Some homes were evacuated as a ...

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The search for new suppliers for the minerals needed for everything from batteries to missiles has driven novel extraction ...

WELLINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The New Zealand government said it is reviewing its development aid programme with the Pacific nation of Kiribati after the country's president cancelled a meeting ...

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

Incident Commander Bill Pike said the fire is now contained and six fire trucks from Greerton, Omokoroa, KatiKati and Tauranga are dampening down hotspots. No evacuations were required. "The fire is ...

How stepping in the wrong patch of grass became a quintessential, if painful, Kiwi summer experience.

Initially, a large cloud of smoke was reported near SH2, and SunLive received calls reporting the smoke was near Wainui South ...

Hugh Wilson had a crazy plan for restoring a patch of New Zealand land to native forest. Almost nobody but him thought it ...

The agreements, inked with some of the largest forestry companies in the world, follow the announcement of plans to build a ...

Harmony Energy Limited and Clarus company, First Renewables Limited have approved the final investment for the Tauhei Solar Farm project and successfully completed financial close, with construction ...