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Tag: New Zealand

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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