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If you have ever held a GNS Science geological map in your hand, the chances are Jane Forsyth’s eyes and feet would have been all over the land.

Much of the Department of Conservation's national predator control work in 2023 will be concentrated on the West Coast, and most of that by way of aerial 1080 poison.

A reported case of a missing tramper was actually a serial absconder who terrified elderly hikers and fled into deep bush to avoid armed police out hunti

A major new study has delivered a grim prognosis for our postcard glaciers. But, as science reporter Jamie Morton explains, the tragic story of our vanishi

(Tuesday, May 18). Maritime NZ’s Rescue Coordination Centre NZ (RCCNZ), the Department of Conservation Aoraki Mount Cook Alpine Rescue Team and Incident Management Team, and the Otago Rescue Helicopter were jointly recognised for their efforts in rescuing two climbers trapped near Copland Pass on 10 January 2020. When the two climbers, who were stuck on a small ledge and unprepared for a night in the open, activated their distress beacon at 11pm, RCCNZ tasked the Aoraki Mount Cook Alpine Rescue Team and the Otago Rescue Helicopter to respond. A significant weather front was imminent with ga...