Mainland Poultry CEO, John McKay says they're taking every precaution to ensure safe and secure disposal of chickens and waste from affected sheds. He says it's testing all other South Island farms, ...

A population of South Island robins living near Dunedin is at risk of local extinction without intervention. Precautionary ...

It was especially dry for parts of Central Otago, northern Canterbury, and coastal Wairarapa, where rainfall was less than 20 ...

Humanities and social sciences research funding will be slashed under the government's cuts to the Marsden Fund. The head of Cycling NZ has apologised to the family of Olympic cyclist Olivia Podmore ...

Officials have not yet found any links between a second chicken farm that has been isolated, and a poultry farm where bird ...

The nationwide strike by 36,000 nurses and healthcare workers was in response to the government’s decision to slash real ...

Van Helden has studied beaked whales for 35 years, but Monday was the first time he has participated in a dissection of the ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — It is the world’s rarest whale, with only seven of its kind ever spotted. Almost nothing is ...

The Ministry for Primary Industries confirms all movement of materials to and from the second farm has halted, while tests are conducted. Deputy director general Stuart Anderson says the property has ...

Violet Hirst, Peter McCall (Fazed on a Pony) and Kane Strang (Office Dog) are heading home to Ōtepoti for a special show this holiday season.

New Zealand officials are investigating a second egg farm in the southern region of Otago for potential cases of bird flu.

Biosecurity New Zealand has placed a second Otago farm on ‘a restricted place’ notice following the discovery of avian ...