The government revealed this week that the topics of this year's national environmental report will exclude New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions.

WASHINGTON (AP) " Cancer-fighting pink pineapples, heart-healthy purple tomatoes and less fatty vegetable oils may someday be on grocery shelves alongside more traditional products.

New Zealand will boost its aid contribution to Vanuatu to $3.5 million dollars to help the cyclone-ravaged nation recover.

A plan to save Australia's Great Barrier Reef from destruction has been announced as Prime Minister Tony Abbott sought to persuade the United Nations that the World Heritage site was not in danger.

The northern white rhino is heading the way of the dinosaurs. With only five left on Earth - three in Kenya, one in America and one in the Czech Republic - extinction is now inevitable.

According to GeoNet, a severe quake hit just after 8.30am at a depth of 30km - 110km north of White Island.

Hundreds of robotic instruments deployed across the South Pacific have begun to reveal dramatic new insights into the impact of climate change upon oceans in our corner of the world.

GENEVA (AP) " The World Health Organization says at least 8,153 people have died in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) " A powerful magnitude-5.6 earthquake Tuesday jolted awake many residents in the New Zealand city of Christchurch, but there were no immediate reports of serious dama

Two earthquakes have shaken western Southland tonight.