Nature & Environment

Sunscreen for grapes and an all-nighter for saleyards might also be the answer for Australian farmers.

A first-home buyer in the flood-prone West Coast town says she and her partner could not even convince the vendor's current insurer to offer them a policy.

New Zealand's only dung beetle rearing facility says it may have to close if there's not more support.

Experts say the bill for disasters will only continue to rise unless we make changes.

On average each year, the clean up usually collects around 1500 litres of rubbish Audio

Efforts to stamp the pests out, including using AI cameras and detection dog Scout, have been going for years.

It's given New Zealand less wiggle-room to meet all of its planned greenhouse gas savings.

The scale of contamination varied significantly across locations however, and the researchers warned against "alarmist" interpretations.

Broken signs, embedded tyre tracks, and blatant disregard for a bylaw are threatening a delicate biodiversity area, a report says.

Scientists have now set the timepiece at the closest it's ever been to midnight, in part due to the impact of AI.

Homes are feared destroyed in one region after a day of record temperatures and extreme fire danger across the state.

Almost a third of Auckland's recycling now ends up in landfill, costing ratepayers millions of dollars annually. Audio

The number of yellow-legged hornet queens found in Auckland has risen to 45 - 32 of them with nests.