New powers will enable police to require people to leave a public area for up to 24 hours. In an amendment to the Summary Offences Act, the 'move-on' orders can be applied to anyone over the age of 14 ...

The Dog Control Act is under scrutiny following three serious dog attacks last week. Organisations such as Auckland Council and the SPCA separately called for a review of the Act after a woman was ...

A mosquito fumigation operation is being carried out in Rarotonga, after the first reported death from a dengue outbreak. ...

Voting closes at midnight for the Entomological Society’s Bug of the Year 2026. Here are some of the 21 bugs vying for your vote. Professor of Evolutionary Biology Mary Morgan-Richards says in the icy ...

A Waikato landfill fire is the latest in a series of blazes suspected to have been caused by wrongly disposed lithium-ion batteries.  The fire has re-opened discussion on how we can best deal with the ...

The government says the current limit was expected to be reached this year, while the new limit would not be reached until 2050. The decision follows a 2025 review of how space vehicle launch debris ...

Health officials are warning people to stay off Wellington’s south coast beaches, due to the infection risks from the Moa Point wastewater plant failure. With untreated wastewater still being pumped ...

Earlier in the week, the US announced a stockpile of rare earth elements, and plans for a critical minerals trading bloc. The NZ government released a new critical minerals list and strategy last year ...

An equipment failure at the Moa Point wastewater treatment plant last Wednesday sent raw sewage into the sea directly off Wellington’s south coast. Since Thursday night, the untreated wastewater has ...