Genome analysis of New Zealand’s forest parrot kākā has so far found no genetic differences between its two subspecies. This ...

“In the 24 years that we have operated in Tīkapa Moana we have never recorded a sighting of Pilot Whales,” the organization ...

Small seabirds skim the open ocean at night, patting their legs on the surface as they hunt for small fish. Now, for the first time in more than 100 years, endangered Polynesian storm petrels ...

In 2024, two treaties were signed to protect the rights of Indigenous groups. But the second one, signed in November with ...

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Social-media users were mesmerized by the "phenomenal and magical" scene of the penguins in New Zealand in the viral clip.

A Kiwi once told me that “Queenstown is for tourists, and Wanaka is for travelers.” Visit this quaint, quiet lakeside enclave ...

This ranked as New Zealand’s 7th-warmest spring on record. • The highest temperature was 32.1°C, observed at Bromley ...

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It’s been called “the most ambitious conservation project attempted anywhere in the world”— will it actually work?