A second wild colony of takahē was established on the South Island in 2023. A count that year found the total New Zealand population of these rare birds had grown to 500.

Two contestants were disqualified from a US reality TV show after one of them hunted, killed and ate a protected bird in New Zealand. Spencer “Corry” Jones, a contestant on the American ...

This kākāpō's name is Sirocco, and he is a good bird. Credit: Xinhua / Yang Liu via Getty Images "It’s a hiatus. It’s definitely not a lifetime ban," a Forest & Bird spokesperson Ellen ...

Two kiwi birds duking it out in broad daylight, in the garden of a Far North woman, Karin Matthews. In a video captured by ...