Rotorua retiree walks 707km from Cape Egmont to Māhia Peninsula, raising over $10k for charities
After completing the 3000km Te Araroa Trail and a South Island coast-to-coast trek “for fun”, Murphy said a…
Major night rescue operation after cliff fall on Tāwharanui Peninsula, north of Auckland
The rescue, from launch to return, took one hour and 45 minutes. Darkness, wind and lively seas Kawau…
Coromandel anglers land 384.9kg black marlin in Billfish Classic record
The catch earned the team an automatic $30,000 prize for the heaviest haul of the day and put…
DoC investigates after woman seen throwing seaweed at Kaikōura seal
The video was posted to Reddit this morning, which described the incident as “tourists harassing seals at Kaikōura…
Great white shark scare: Fears of apex predator in Banks Peninsula unfounded after tag washes ashore
Midge, a 2.8-metre female, was initially tagged near Stewart Island and travelled north through the Tasman Sea to…
Banks Peninsula farmers and businesses counting the cost of floods
“I’ve never seen anything like it. It was predicted to be 100mm or so and we ended up…
Jordan Luck’s Banks Peninsula home flooded after torrential rain
“My partner’s brother lived here before, from 2004 it had never flooded to the house.” Jordan Luck performing…
Mark Zuckerberg set to join other Silicon Valley billionaires with Miami home – The Mercury News
By Kurt Wagner, Bloomberg Billionaire Meta Platforms Inc. founder Mark Zuckerberg is planning to buy a property in…
Stanford’s noninvasive brain treatment for depression proves helpful – The Mercury News
By Kristen Rogers, CNN Summer passed Valerie Zeko by when she was 27, as she vegged out on…
Diving tragedy: Man dies in evening incident off Mahia Peninsula – NZ Herald
Diving tragedy: Man dies in evening incident off Mahia Peninsula NZ Herald25-year-old named as swimmer missing in Waikato River…
A tsunami off Russia last year ‘rebounded’ off South America and struck Japan after alerts lifted
The Meteorological Research Institute reproduced wave movements with a supercomputer, using data on water pressure captured in the…
What lies beneath? The submerged secrets of the Hauraki Gulf – and why they need protecting
Ecologically rich, culturally vital and historically layered, the Hauraki Gulf is one of our most significant marine environments.…