Just as the bald eagle represents freedom in the United States, the Kiwi bird is a symbol of national pride for the island nation of Aotearoa, or New Zealand. The name “kiwi” encompasses five distinct ...

New Zealand is a whale-stranding hotspot, with more than 5,000 episodes recorded since 1840, according to the Department of Conservation. The first spade-toothed whale bones were found in 1872 on ...

Three pilot whales died on Sunday, including one euthanised by volunteers, after a group of 30 whales of a range of ages and ...

At least 31 pilot whales have died after a mass stranding at a New Zealand beach known ... rescuer Dave Winterburn from the Department of Conservation told the BBC. "So we go through periods ...

Getty Images "The Bay of Islands bottlenose dolphin population can only be protected if everyone plays their part," say the New Zealand department of conservation There were already some ...

Forest & Bird is calling for a ban on mining on public conservation land. Draft legislation was prepared during the previous government following a commitment in the 2017 Speech from the Throne.

The yellow-eyed penguin could become extinct within two decades, says DOC, with the number of known nests dropping by 80 ...

In New Zealand, the Ministry for Primary Industries is responsible for the control of exotic disease incursions. In December ...

Some exposed pieces of the waka have already recovered from the site, with larger pieces expected to be uncovered. Photo / Manatū Taonga The partial remains of a waka have been found on Rēkohu ...