2+ day, 20+ hour ago  (767+ words) Live: White House defends praying for US troops after Pope says God rejects such appeals The Department of Conservation says many people are getting too close to vulnerable wildlife. As the shorebird nesting season gets underway throughout the country, the…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (484+ words) If struggling golfers can't strike it lucky with a birdie or eagle, how about a takah? One of New Zealand's best golf courses is now home to some of the rarest taonga. Cape Kidnappers Golf Course has become a haven…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago  (412+ words) A group of fishermen had a surprise visit from a pod of dolphins while boating along the Whanganui coast. Liam Simon was fishing with friends Jayden Takarangi and Brayden Yakas on the Whanganui coast. Between Kai Iwi Beach and Ototoka…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago  (311+ words) Liam Lawson posts top 10 time in opening Japanese Grand Prix practice The Department of Conservation is investigating the poisoning of 10 black-billed gulls in Te Anau. Five of the native birds were found sick on the foreshore in January and were…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (723+ words) Sam Gibson, a co-chair of the Eastern Whio Link conservation project,says wild dogs are an issue in the Waioweka forest between Gisborne and the Bay of Plenty. A pack of wild dogs in the forest between Gisborne and the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (632+ words) An experienced tramper deep in the Hawke's Bay bush knew he was in trouble when he spotted a zebra on the path in front of him. John Sharpe was hallucinating of course. Fortunately, a small but essential bit of kit…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (988+ words) In the cool, green cathedral of native forest within the Ruapehu District's Karioi R'hui, the call of the kiwi is returning. Last week, local iwi Ng'ti Rangi welcomed home 10 taonga (valued) western brown kiwi at Tirorangi Marae before releasing the…...

2+ week, 12+ hour ago  (921+ words) A plan to allow commercial fishers to land and sell 19 reef fish species caught as bycatch in two fishing zones around the top of the North Island has been abandoned by the Oceans and Fisheries Minister. Shane Jones, however, said…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (715+ words) Who should bear the costs when routine forestry operations cause damage, asks Richard Dawkins Richard Dawkins is Federated Farmers" meat and wool chair and forestry spokesman After years of debate about carbon settings and land-use change, attention must now turn…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (333+ words) Across our country, weeds, wilding pine, bindweed (Convolvulus), blackberry, Cotoneaster, bamboo, ivy and more are spreading rapidly. We can blame the wind, insects, birds, animals, water courses, people and vehicles. But how can we stop further invasion before it is…...