Forest and Bird has criticised the removal of a criteria to show mining projects deliver a national or public benefit.

Forest & Bird is also concerned about changes to the national direction that relates to wetlands. New Zealand has already ...

Queenstown, New Zealand Award-winning summit Electrify Queenstown will return in May 2026 with a power-packed programme combining political debate, high-profile speakers, immersive electric ...

Bird flies 7,500 miles nonstop. Staying in the air for 11 days straight, a bar-tailed godwit (Limosa Lapponica) flew from Alaska to New Zealand.

New Zealand's endangered kakapo has a unique breeding cycle. Now, for the first time in four years, the parrots are in the ...

Conservationists in New Zealand are more optimistic than ever about breeding season for the country's critically endangered ...

Two dogs have been seized in the Bay of Islands as authorities investigate the deaths of around 20 highly protected kiwi in a ...

Kākāpō ( Strigops habroptilus) are large, flightless, nocturnal parrots with mottled green and yellow plumage that only breed ...

The Air Force’s most powerful stealth fighter will soar over New Zealand for the first time during the annual Warbirds Over ...

A rare species prized by birders in Southern Arizona has been unceremoniously stripped of its elegance, and at least one local expert isn’t happy about the change. A leading panel of taxonomists ...

Birds are some of nature’s most beautiful creatures — but a few of our feathered friends are truly bizarre — like these 25 ...