A mosquito fumigation operation is being carried out in Rarotonga, after the first reported death from a dengue outbreak.  Travellers to Rarotonga will experience temperature checks and bug-spraying ...

A Waikato landfill fire is the latest in a series of blazes suspected to have been caused by wrongly disposed lithium-ion batteries.  The fire has re-opened discussion on how we can best deal with the ...

The number of space launches allowed from NZ is set to increase from 100 to 1000.  The government says the current limit was ...

Health officials are warning people to stay off Wellington's south coast beaches, due to the infection risks from the Moa ...

People with obesity are 1.7 times more likely to be hospitalised or die from infection, a new overseas study finds, while those with severe obesity face 3 times the risk. The paper in The ...

It could take months before the Moa Point wastewater treatment plant is repaired, with raw sewage continuing to flow into the Cook Strait. Wellington Water is advising that people stay away from local ...

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An equipment failure at the Moa Point wastewater treatment plant last Wednesday sent raw sewage into the sea directly off Wellington’s south coast. Since Thursday night, the untreated wastewater has ...