2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (616+ words) Orana Wildlife Park needs to raise about $4.1 million this financial year. Orana Wildlife Park needs to raise about $4.1 million this financial year as it battles the most serious financial crisis in its 50-year history. The Christchurch wildlife park is forecast…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (373+ words) The hunt is on for a driver who ploughed through a school field in the dead of night, damaging the grounds and a bird nesting area. Whangaparāoa College in north Auckland posted footage of the incident to social media yesterday,…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (736+ words) The other day my little grandson gave me a toy dinosaur and asked if I could take him to the zoo. It’s the first proper bit of interaction I’ve had with the Little Tacker for the better part of nine…...

6+ day, 6+ min ago   (559+ words) A man has been filmed throwing a dead fish at a leopard seal on a Lower Hutt beach, sparking outrage online and prompting Department of Conservation (DoC) action. The roughly 3m-long female came ashore at Petone Beach on Friday night,…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (753+ words) A “very cute” visitor greeted Rangitīkei College students as they arrived at school on Monday morning. A young New Zealand fur seal found its way to the school’s sports fields, more than 20km from the coast. Marton resident Samantha Arthur said…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (573+ words) There are calls for wild peacocks to be designated a pest as the population continues to “grow unchecked” along the Whanganui River. Peafowl, the collective term that covers peacocks and peahens, are already considered pests by many farmers because they…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (886+ words) Anthony Gugich of Pukekohe was jailed for 2 years and six months for the assault on his brother. A man who repeatedly struck his brother over the head with a ceramic bowl, leaving him needing 13 stitches, hoped a glowing reference from…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1042+ words) What if the future of farming starts by letting cows choose their own lunch? At Lincoln University, southwest of Christchurch, cattle are being offered their own version of a salad bar. Instead of grazing a single pasture species, they can…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (458+ words) It’s not an election issue at the forefront of most voters’ minds, but the crackdown on roaming dogs around the country continues to show legislative change can’t come soon enough. In the Far North, dog control officers issued three times…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (453+ words) 'Fleeting loss of control': Teacher censured for slapping 4-year-old's face Wellington Zoo has euthanised one of its chimpanzees after he was critically injured in a fight. Kitwe, 11, who was named by the late conservationist and chimp expert Dr Jane Goodall,…...