A 7.0 magnitude earthquake has caused slight damage in Tonga and brief evacuations before the threat of a tsunami passed ...

Photo from Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage On a remote island of New Zealand, a dad and son searching for salvageable wood noticed some “strange-looking” sticks — and found ...

More extreme weather driven by climate change is likely to threaten taonga species like albatross and sea lions on the country's most southern subantarctic island, the Department of Conservation ...

By Kristine Sabillo Conservation authorities and groups, along with Māori people, recently established a new population of the critically endangered kākāriki karaka, or orange-fronted parakeet, on a ...

Video / Denise Piper The woman shot dead in broad daylight at a Whangārei park is being remembered by her sons as a “beloved mother” and “precious taonga”. One of victim Yvonne Chapman ...