“My conceptual model can explain the mystery of the missing calves: Blue whales produce calves, or give birth, shortly after ...

Only two blue whale births have ever been recorded in human history, both decades ago. This remains an extraordinary mystery, ...

As Hawke’s Bay’s hopes of seeing off the recent Hawke Cup challenge from Taranaki slipped away, Christie van Dyk disappeared into the home team’s dressing room. When the Hawke’s Bay coach emerged, it ...

Karo Drive in the Wellington CBD will be getting some much-needed TLC on SUnday and Monday. Mark Owen, Regional Manager Lower North Island, says it will be the latest piece of urban State Highway ...

Heavy downpours hitting parts of the north won’t ease unusual and widespread summer dryness that has set in across New ...

A dry start to the year brings water restrictions, fire risk, and potential drought to the Manawatū-Whanganui and Taranaki ...

Farmers in parts of the North Island are pushing for an adverse weather event to be declared in their regions after ...

The Regional Council is warning that the current La Nina weather pattern along with climate change could lead to further restrictions on how much water can be taken from rivers in the area.

Wider Taranaki society continues to look upon these maunga as key ... "We’ve seen hot, dry and windy conditions in many parts of the country this summer, which means much of our vegetation is dry and ...

The country's government recognised Mount Taranaki - now known by its Maori name, Taranaki Maunga - after striking a legal deal with local Maori tribes who have long viewed the breathtaking ...

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand, which has ruled that a river and a stretch of sacred ...

Mount Taranaki joins Te Urewera, a vast native forest on the North Island, and the Whanganui River in being recognised as people under New Zealand's laws. A mountain in New Zealand is now legally ...