Animals

Fifty-six nesting pairs of the critically endangered kōtuku have landed this year at Aotearoa's only breeding spot at Whataroa on the South Island's West Coast, and chicks are now hatching every day.

While crowds filled Flemington Park for Tuesday's Melbourne Cup, other onlookers gathered outside in protest.

A hundred and sixty-eight Australian and seven NZ horses died on race tracks this year… Audio

The mid 1960’s are the golden years for aerial hunters. Venison prices are high, fuel costs low and there seems no end to the deer. But something has to change. Audio

A population of a rare lizards has been found in a back garden in Central Hawke's Bay. It's the first time the Hawke's Bay Skink has been found in the area, with the only other known population inside… Audio

An investigation into possible animal cruelty is being launched after more than a dozen birds were found coated in a glue-like substance near the Queensgate Shopping Centre in Lower Hutt.

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The sperm whale that was stranded on Christchurch's Brighton Beach on Saturday was buried Sunday night.

Local iwi, Department of Conservation representatives, residents and volunteers stayed late… Audio

A diver was lucky to lose only his flippers when he was attacked by what's believed to be a great white shark. The diver was part of a commercial crew collecting paua off the Wairarapa Coast yesterday… Audio

Shooting from choppers is a game changer but teams are learning from scratch, working at break-neck pace in such dangerous terrain that an accident is always on the cards. Audio

Wanted: three to four acres of flat land in the Napier-Hastings area. Reward: the money-can't-buy joy of giving local dogs a new home away from home. Owners of a Hawke's Bay doggy daycare decimated by… Audio

A flood of puppies is not as delicious as it sounds, when they've been dumped on your doorstep at just eight weeks old. And right now Auckland Council is drowning in them. Twenty-nine puppies have… Video, Audio

Live animal exports by sea could be restarting soon. The National Party earlier this year promised to lift the ban that came into effect in April after the Labour government banned the lucrative… Audio

The arrival of helicopters turns the culling business on its head. Hunters shoot deer from the air and with big money to be made, venison recovery will never be the same. Audio

Wallace and panellists Lavina Good and Liam Hehir discuss the Forest & Bird Birth of the Century competition. Plus, our panelists tell us what has been on their mind this week. Audio

Te Papa curator and ornithologist Colin Miskelly is heading out of the museum and walking the length of Aotearoa to document and count every single bird he sees and hears along the way! Audio

Bird of the Year is back - only this year, it's Bird of the Century. Forest and Bird is turning 100, and it is celebrating with the native birds that have captured our hearts over the years.

Voting… Audio

In the space of a few short years, discussions around 'anxiety' and 'feeling anxious' have entered the mainstream. While the rise in anxiety among humans is a well-documented phenomenon, the similarly… Audio