'Is he going to keep taking these valuable soils?' – Growers put the hard questions to Phil Twyford

Can pristine and fragile Antarctica cope with a tourist boom?

They travel only in the summer season, but numbers have swelled in recent decades.

Arson charges after fires in Auckland's Newmarket, Epsom

The fires happened at properties around 2km apart from each other.

'Cloud shield' threatens eclipse views, but one city could get lucky

The partial solar eclipse will begin before sunrise and reach its peak around 7am, with the moon covering up to 70% of the sun in parts of the lower South Island.

Floods, closures and job losses rock Nelson's economy

The region is reeling from devastating floods, the closure of its largest sawmill and the potential loss of more than 100 additional jobs across the manufacturing sector.