People have been evacuated from their homes around the Island Hills where fire crews are battling an uncontained bush fire.

Firefighters will remain on the scene of a large scrub fire in rural Canterbury which has ballooned in size and forced evacuations of homes this afternoon. In an update this evening, Fire and ...

It is a major problem in the South Island high country pastures where it can form dense mats that exclude most other vegetation. Within the North Island, mouse-ear hawkweed is becoming more common in ...

The farm will stretch over 182 hectares, but the panels will be fairly unobtrusive, company says.