Eden Park Chief Executive John Alexander today welcomed confirmation of Eden Park as the finals venue for Rugby World Cup 2011 after the Government’s announcement of its commitment to the development of the Park with a new South Stand and dismountable temporary seating to achieve the required 60,

WEBLOG FROM THE GREENPEACE SHIP ESPERANZA: It's now Monday afternoon and we've been with the Nisshin Maru for more than two days. Luckily the weather is holding - it's calm by Southern Ocean standards with light winds, relatively calm seas and this morning there was even a patch of blue sky here

A critical meltdown of ice sheets and severe sea level rise could be inevitable because of global warming, the world's scientists are preparing to warn their governments. New studies of Greenland and Antarctica have forced a UN expert panel to conclude there is a 50% chance that...

Greenpeace has released these images after the Greenpeace vessel MY Esperanza reached the Japanese Whaling fleet's factory ship Nisshin Mauru, which was disabled by fire in the Southern Ocean. Greenpeace has offered to assist towing the oil-laden vessel out of the region for environmental reasons.

Cross-party consensus on how New Zealand should deal with climate change is essential, given the urgency for action and the need to maintain new policies for decades, says Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Dr Morgan Williams.

Shanghai, Guangzhou and other large coastal cities in China could face "unimaginable challenges" if global warming continues and the oceans keep rising, chinese state media has said. A report released recently by the State Oceanic Administration has warned of a rapid rise in sea levels that threa

Conservatism is the domination of society by an aristocracy. It is incompatible with democracy, prosperity, and civilization in general. It is a destructive system of inequality and prejudice that is founded on deception and has no place in the modern world.

The Greenpeace ship Esperanza is ready to tow the stricken Japanese whaling vessel the Nisshin Maru out of danger and prevent potential Antarctic environmental disaster.

SCOOP: Prime Minister Howard, do you have anything to say to Senator Barack Obama today? Did you discuss Iraq with the NZ Prime Minister, and... AUSTRALIA PM JOHN HOWARD: Do I have anything to say to Senator Obama today?

There are 40 Million Sheep in New Zealand, and they're pissed off! Get Ready for the violence of the lambs! Black Sheep tells the story of what happens when an experiment in genetic engineering on a vast New Zealand sheep station goes horribly, horribly wrong. In NZ cinemas March 29, 2007...

Now this is cool. Zetaprints has set up a website where you can choose a postcard, enter a message about why you think Japan should stop whaling, bung your name on it, pop through to paypal www.hotissues.org.nz, and hey presto! They print it off and send it to a randomly generated address in Japan!

Today's Trans-Tasman bilateral press conference ended prematurely as New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark shielded the Australian Prime Minister John Howard from questions Scoop.co.nz sought to ask about Iraq and the Aus. PM's recent remarks about U.S. Senator Barack Obama...

Environmental activists led by former US Vice President Al Gore have announced plans for a worldwide string of pop concerts in July featuring Sheryl Crow, Red Hot Chili Peppers and scores of others to mobilise action to stop global warming...

The Greenpeace ship, Esperanza is less than twenty-four hours sailing from the disabled whaling factory ship, Nisshin Maru and has made a commitment to the fleet to assist the crew in any way possible and make an environmental impact assessment if needed.

"So flying the flag on Waitangi Day should have been a no-brainer - a measure of our maturity as a nation, and recognition of the partnership that Waitangi Day speaks so eloquently of."