Climate change, increasing costs, fussier consumers and changing rules have researchers and breeders working hard to develop a sheep that will not only be economic to farm but good for the planet. Country Life...

Whangārei’s Brian Cox (left) and Greg Waite protesting outside the library’s shut front doors on the first day of its Sunday closures, the scaffolding behind them for maintenance of the building’s skylight. Photo: Susan...

Dogs at the SPCA’s Mangere centre in Auckland. Photo: RNZ/Kim Baker Wilson Hundreds of thousands of dollars are being directed by the government to try to curb rife uncontrolled dog breeding in Auckland and...

Dogs at the SPCA’s Mangere centre in Auckland. Photo: RNZ/Kim Baker Wilson Hundreds of thousands of dollars are being directed by the government to try to curb rife uncontrolled dog breeding in Auckland and...

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi’s Northland Corridor, Warkworth to Te Hana tolling proposal. Photo: NZTA The NZ transport agency Waka Kotahi has started public consultation over a new road in Northland, and already some...

A Northland mudfish with a ruler for scale. Photo: DOC A deeply unglamorous and rarely seen creature that spends most of its life in mud has pulled off a last-minute upset by winning the...

Far North man Harley Ra with the snapper that earned him a whopping $30,000. Photo: Supplied / Snapper Bonanza Far North man Harley Ra has won one of the biggest fishing prizes in the...

In Rangitane, near Kerikeri, local residents place crosses by the roadside where kiwi have been killed by cars. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf Cars were the leading cause of reported kiwi deaths across...

Ferzil Babu, who went missing while on a fishing trip at The Gap, Taiharuru on 1 May, 2024. Photo: GiveaLittle The body of a fisherman swept off rocks in Northland almost two years ago...

Photo: 123RF A Whangārei man has appeared in court on Thursday for allegedly shooting a woman in the foot. Detective Senior Sergeant Shane Pilmer, of the Whangārei CIB, said the woman needed surgery for...