One of the world’s rarest sea creatures just washed ashore in New Zealand July 17, 2024 A whale so rare only six specimens have ever been known to science has washed ashore on an Otago beach. A beaked whale around… Continue Reading
Miami Zoo offends a whole country by charging people to have selfies with a brown kiwi May 24, 2023 A video of a kiwi at a Florida zoo being petted and put up for selfies has caused outrage online, with concerned New Zealanders… Continue Reading
New Zealand banning live animal exports after storms sank a livestock ship September 29, 2022 New Zealand will ban live animal exports from next April, two years after storms sank a livestock ship, killing 41 crew members and 6,000… Continue Reading
Cow burps under fire in New Zealand as part of plan to tackle greenhouse gas emissions June 10, 2022 Cows burps and other livestocks in New Zealand may be taxed under a new plan to curb the country’s gas emissions with a charge… Continue Reading
Beloved, rare white kiwi bird dies in New Zealand after surgery December 29, 2020 From the moment Manukura hatched in 2011, everyone at the Pūkaha National Wildlife Centre in New Zealand knew she was special. The North Island… Continue Reading
Hens in New Zealand are laying fewer eggs causing a national shortage April 17, 2019 The number of laying hens nationally has dropped from 4.2 million at the end of last year, to 3.6 million, a 17 per cent… Continue Reading
Here’s proof cats really, really want to play nurse-maid April 15, 2019 Every pet owner knows much much their dog or cat tries to comfort them when they are feeling down. But what if that empathetic… Continue Reading
Dozens of distressed birds forced to wear Christmas ornaments found in New Zealand January 10, 2019 Pigeons have been found near Wellington, New Zealand wrapped in tinsel and other Christmas decorations and authorities are looking for the people responsible for… Continue Reading
Mass whale stranding in New Zealand leaves 145 whales dead November 27, 2018 A remote New Zealand beach is the scene of a mass stranding after two pods of whales landed and were unable to get back… Continue Reading
New Zealand sculpture of stairway to the heavens sending birds to their deaths October 30, 2018 A New Zealand sculpture of a staircase made from aluminium descending up the sky has killed at least two birds after the critters impales… Continue Reading
