Closures follow laboratory results confirming traces of tremolite and chrysotile asbestos in several sand products widely ...

Dozens of schools in Australia and New Zealand shut after play sand recalled over asbestos fear - Closures follow laboratory ...

While respiratory asbestos fibres are unlikely to be released unless the sand is crushed, the risk is still there, Australian ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -More than 70 schools in Australia and New Zealand were closed on Monday for cleaning after asbestos was discovered in widely used children’s play sand products. Recalls have been ...

Kmart and Target issued a recall for the products, which were found to have traces of asbestos in some samples.

On Saturday, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment issued a recall for four Kmart products – the 14-piece ...

From Whakatāne to Tāmaki Makaurau to Ōtautahi and Invercargill, school boards have issued public statements reaffirming their ...

Most experts agree that in the short term, New Zealand needs some kind of fossil fuel as back up. But that could be ...

These Ngā Haerenga Great Rides of New Zealand offer truly memorable cycling experiences in some of the country’s unique ...

After slamming into the island nation on 9 November with winds of around 185 kilometres per hour (or 115 miles per hour) leaving at least six dead, Super Typhoon Fung-wong hit homes, schools and ...

I didn’t fly in a plane until I was 18 but I took part in a school tour that was pure mayhem across the continent. A gang of marauding Kildare 14-year-olds on tour buses watching Die Hard and laughing ...