Animals

A Picton aquarium says it will be forced to kill more than 100 animals if it cannot reach an agreement over its lease.

EcoWorld Aquarium and Wildlife Rehabilitation centre at Picton wharf is at… Video, Audio

The Defence Force could be called upon to help cull feral dogs which are out of control in the Far North.

Wild dogs have killed more than 100 livestock on a farm near Cape Rēinga this week, with… Video, Audio

From eating a rock, to a sock.. to chowing down on a pack of sewing pins... and a puffer fish. Southern Cross has released a list of its most unusual pet insurance claims of 2020. The insurer paid out… Audio

The star "player" at a weekend football game came off the beach rather than the bench. Some of the primary school-aged players abandoned the field and parents scattered when a sea lion waddled up from… Video, Audio

The annual Garden Bird Survey has ended, with researchers preparing to tally the results.  

The citizen science project asks people to take note of which birds visit their gardens, and they're added… Audio

No generation has loved animals more than us. However, no generation has kept more animals in factory farms, or pushed more of them towards extinction, writes Henry Mance in his new book, How to Love… Audio

From earthworms to elephants; new research reveals 1557 species across the world have been eating plastic.

Co-author of the report, Massey University Research Associate Dr Gabriel Machovsky-Capuska… Audio

A North Canterbury farm rescue's food bill is soaring with more mouths, snouts and beaks to feed this winter. A dozen geese and Marshmallow the pig are the latest additons to settle in at Canterbury… Audio

One woman is highlighting, literally, with spray paint, the dog poo blight that is left on Dunedin's popular West Harbour walkway.

Antonia Wood and and her family live in St Leonards and are regular… Video, Audio

This week on TradeMe's cool auctions - an autographed jersey from the Super rugby champion Auckland Blues - and a crusty old house truck which you could get for a steal - 'as is where is' that is. But… Audio

DOC is appealing for clues about who caused the brutal death of an endangered kaka- the latest in a series of attacks on native wildlife.

A young male was found emaciated on a property in Whangateau… Video, Audio

New Zealanders will embark on a major bit of avian reconnaissance this weekend, with the annual New Zealand Garden Bird Survey.

The citizen science project asks people take note of what birds visit… Audio

Wild rabbits have been a hugely problematic pest around New Zealand recently, and the problem has come as far as Auckland Domain.

Rabbits breed very quickly and are known for eating grassland to dust… Video, Audio

A proposal to rein in horses roaming a small eastern Bay of Plenty town has some residents gee'd up.

Hoiho have been wandering freely in Ōpōtiki for years, but the council recently proposed stamping… Audio

A study of the psycho-social impact of M.bovis on Southland's rural communities had found the Government's response was bureaucratic, inhumane and traumatising to farmers. The University of Otago… Audio

An Auckland animal sanctuary is preparing to welcome 1-thousand hens who've been saved from the chopping block and need new homes. They will join the three-legged sheep, Peggy, and a very cuddly cow… Audio

A court decision is likely to mean there'll be less of a favourite fish - tarakihi - on our plates in the short term.

The High Court has ruled that sustainability of the fish stock must come before… Audio

Rumours of an illicit rendezvous have reached Checkpoint all the way from Whangārei.

There have been rumours a goose - a gander to be specific - had infiltrated a flock of ducks at Mair Park.

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Wellington Zoo's closed its kiwi house indefinitely while it investigates what's killed three of the precious birds in its care in the past few months.

Tahi, a one legged kiwi, that had been with the… Video, Audio

The Department of Conservation is reporting its plan to rid New Zealand of rats, stoats and possums by 2050 is well on the way to success.

A five-year progress report shows a substantial increase in… Audio