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TWO KIWI SPECIES NO LONGER ENDANGERED IN NEW RED LIST
There are now 17,700 mature individuals of the Northern Brown kiwi species in New Zealand... READ MORE›
FEARS FOR WORLD'S RAREST PENGUIN AS POPULATION PLUMMETS
The yellow-eyed penguin is endemic to New Zealand's South Island and sub-Antarctic islands, where there are just 1,600 to 1,800 left in the wild, down from nearly 7,000 in 2000... READ MORE›
NEW ZEALAND BIRD OF THE YEAR
I think New Zealanders are starting to realise how special kea are they are interactive birds and seek out humans which is very unusual... READ MORE›
'CHIPOCALYPSE' AS NZ CRISP SHORTAGE LOOMS
It started raining in March, and it just simply hasn't stopped, said Chris Claridge, head of Potatoes New Zealand, blaming the third-wettest year on record... READ MORE›
HITTING A LONG NOTE: ONE OF WORLD'S LARGEST PIANOS FINDS NEW HOME IN NEW ZEALAND
I had a pianist from London visit recently and he was quite pessimistic about the piano... READ MORE›
'IT'S TAKEN A HUGE AMOUNT OF HURT'
Early on Friday morning I will skirt Madrid, which is a big milestone and an important moment in the 80-day round the world journey... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : South Island
TSUNAMI HITS NEW ZEALAND AFTER QUAKE
It was felt as far afield as the capital Wellington on the North Island, 120 miles 200km away... READ MORE›
HUNDREDS REFLOAT ON HIGH TIDE AT FAREWELL SPIT
New Zealand whales Hundreds refloat on high tide at Farewell Spit... READ MORE›
650 WHALES STRANDED ON NEW ZEALAND COAST
Video provided by AFP Newslook Volunteers pour water on pilot whales during a mass stranding at Farewell Spit in New Zealand on Saturday... READ MORE›
EARTHQUAKE JOLTS NEW ZEALAND; TSUNAMI WARNING ISSUED
New Zealand emergency services warned that a tsunami was possible and told people near the coast of the South Island to move to higher ground... READ MORE›
NZ OFFERS TO TAKE REFUGEES FROM MANUS ISLAND DETENTION CENTRE
New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English has confirmed that he offered to take refugees from Australia's asylum seeker detention centre on Manus Island... READ MORE›
MORE WHALES STRANDED AS HUNDREDS DIE
The largest was in 1918, when about 1,000 pilot whales came ashore on the Chatham Islands... READ MORE›
NEW ZEALAND HIT BY SECOND STRONG QUAKE
An earthquake measuring 6.3 in magnitude has hit New Zealand's South Island, hours after an initial quake killed two people... READ MORE›
NEW ZEALAND KEA, THE WORLD'S ONLY ALPINE PARROT, FACES EXTINCTION
Conservationists have begun raising the alarm after years of crashing population numbers, with the wild kea population estimated to be as low as 1,000-5,000... READ MORE›
TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO NEW ZEALAND AND THATS A PROBLEM
While the alternative accommodation made for a unique cultural experience, it illustrates how New Zealand's tourism boom is stretching infrastructure to breaking point... READ MORE›
606 PAIRS OF EMPTY SHOES: THE GROWING TOLL OF SUICIDE IN NEW ZEALAND
Mental health crusader and comedian Mike King speaks to schools across New Zealand about suicide rates... READ MORE›
THE MEGA RICH HAVE FOUND AN UNLIKELY NEW REFUGE
Backer Peter Thiel described New Zealand as a utopia in 2011 and is reported to have bought residential property in Auckland and Queenstown... READ MORE›
NEW SPECIES DISCOVERED BEHIND A PUB - THEN SAVED FROM EXTINCTION
The Auckland Zoo is even working to turn an off-shore island into an invasive species-free sanctuary for threatened New Zealand species... READ MORE›
TSUNAMI WARNING ISSUED AFTER HUGE EARTHQUAKE STRIKES NEW ZEALAND
A 7.8-magnitude earthquake has struck in the south island of New Zealand... READ MORE›
'HEARTBREAKING': OVER 300 WHALES DIE IN BIGGEST RECENT STRANDING IN NEW ZEALAND (PHOTOS)
The mammals were scattered along the beach in Farewell Spit on the northwestern coast of New Zealand's South Island, near the settlement on Puponga... READ MORE›
HUNDREDS OF PILOT WHALES REFLOAT AFTER MASS STRANDINGS
More than 650 pilot whales beached themselves along Farewell Spit at the tip of the South Island in two separate mass strandings over the past several days... READ MORE›
NEW ZEALAND CLIFFS COLLAPSE IN CHRISTCHURCH EARTHQUAKE
Cliffs have collapsed in New Zealand during an earthquake in the city of Christchurch on the South Island... READ MORE›
80 PILOT WHALES RESCUED IN EPIC NZ STRANDING, BUT 200 MORE WASH UP ON SHORE (PHOTOS)
Pilot whales are highly social creatures that inhabit oceans almost worldwide... READ MORE›
'SEVERE' EARTHQUAKE CLOSE TO CHRISTCHURCH RESULTS IN INJURIES AND CLIFF COLLAPSE
Paramedics responding to calls for help after 5.9 magnitude earthquake hits New Zealand's South Island, which is still recovering from a fatal quake in 2011... READ MORE›
MORE THAN 330 PILOT WHALES DIE IN NEW ZEALAND MASS STRANDING
By Sunday about 335 of the whales were dead, 220 remain stranded, and 100 were back at sea, the Department of Conservation said... READ MORE›
TWO DEATHS REPORTED, TSUNAMI WARNING AFTER NEW ZEALAND EARTHQUAKE
The magnitude 7.5 earthquake was centered 15 kilometers northeast of Culverden, on the east of the South Island, and struck at 12 02 a.m... READ MORE›
TWO DEAD AFTER POWERFUL QUAKE HITS NEW ZEALAND
In September, a strong 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck the east coast of New Zealand, generating a small tsunami, but no significant damage or injuries were reported... READ MORE›
IS THIS HEAVEN ON EARTH? AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER CAPTURES BREATHTAKING IMAGES OF NEW ZEALANDS SOUTH ISLAND HE SAYS PROVES IT IS THE WORLDS MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE
Antony harrison's top ten favourite places in new zealand in no particular order............... READ MORE›
NEW ZEALANDERS RACE TO SAVE WHALES AFTER 400 STRANDED
When high tide came, volunteers did manage to refloat several dozen of the surviving whales, while others remained beached... READ MORE›
NEW ZEALAND RESCUERS REFLOAT 60 STRANDED WHALES
About 200 whales stranded on Farewell Spit in Golden Bay on Friday and about 140 died and the rest had been refloated... READ MORE›
BEST NEW ZEALAND SAUVIGNON BLANCS THAT BREAK THE RULES
2013 Seresin Marama Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough 45 Very complex and intense, this deep, savory, toasty wine comes from the estate's oldest vines and is certified organic... READ MORE›
THERE IS DEEP UNEASE ABOUT SHARKS IN NORTHERN NEW SOUTH WALES. HERE ARE SOME FACTS TO KEEP IN MIND
Instead, 163 tiger sharks were hooked and killed, even though there hadn't been a tiger shark fatality in Perth since the 1920s... READ MORE›
IRISH SAILOR VOWS TO COMPLETE ROUND-THE-WORLD CHALLENGE
O'Coineen revealed his plan as he set off from Otago, near Dunedin, after a temporary mast was fitted to allow him to sail 800 miles to Auckland... READ MORE›
A WATER BATTLE'S BREWING IN THIS LORD OF THE RINGS REALM
That's because a dairy cow typically excretes 25 liters of nitrogen-rich urine per day, according to industry body Dairy New Zealand... READ MORE›
MOTHER DISCOVERS HUSBAND'S INFIDELITY AFTER VIDEO APPEARS ON FACEBOOK
They were blissfully unaware that their out-of-hours Friday night activities were being cheered on by the watching throng outside the Carlton Bar and Eatery... READ MORE›
FRENCH TOURIST SURVIVES RARE SHARK ATTACK IN NEW ZEALAND
Shark attacks are uncommon in New Zealand, the last fatality being a 47 year-old man who was attacked at popular tourist beach west of Auckland in 2013... READ MORE›