Environment

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

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.

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.

The concerns were raised at a House Natural Resources Committee hearing in Washington.

Extreme weather may be the trigger for deadly and devastating slash, but the lines on who is responsible for prevention and clean-up are blurred.

A collaboration between apicultural scientists and a Māori land trust in Te Urewera is shedding light on the potential health benefits of propolis, or "bee glue".

Analysis: For many people this summer - especially those across Northland Auckland and Coromandel - showery days and bursts of heavy rain have become all too familiar.

Department of Conservation confirmed to RNZ that the concerns of locals are under investigation.

If warmer water reaches the underside of the shelf, it can melt the ice that holds back millions of cubic kilometres of Antarctic ice, with consequences for global sea levels.