Critics are raising alarms over New Zealand's marine conservation efforts, pointing out that despite boasting a vast exclusive economic zone, fewer than 1% of its waters are fully protected.

For the past fortnight, the city of Nice in France has been the global epicenter of ocean science and politics.

For a second time, Greenpeace activists have confronted a bottom trawler off New Zealand’s east coast, rebranding it an ‘ocean killer’ in protest against bottom trawling ...

As extreme weather intensifies globally, governments are seeking nature-based solutions that deliver both climate and ...

Seabed mining could become one of the defining environmental battles of 2025. Around the world, governments are weighing up ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand police said Wednesday they found more than 3 tons of cocaine floating in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean after it was dropped there by an international ...

A submersible pilot from China and a New Zealand scientist have become the first women to dive to Scholl Deep in the Kermadec Trench, 10 km below sea level. The dive was undertaken by NIWA (National ...

Scientists found a new species called the spiky-nosed spookfish, a type of ghost shark, in the deep waters of the Pacific Ocean surrounding Australia and New Zealand, the National Institute of ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Spade-toothed whales are the world’s rarest, with no live sightings ever recorded. No one knows how many there are, what they eat, or even where they live in the vast ...

From wild nests to the Auckland Zoo, the rarest bird in New Zealand just wrapped up its breeding season — and it was a ...

A New Zealand navy ship has sunk in the South Pacific Ocean after catching fire on Saturday night, sparking an urgent rescue operation. Seventy-five crew and passengers on board HMNZS Manawanui ...