Landlords will be able to charge 'pet bond' - Govt
Landlords will soon be able to demand an additional bond for would-be tenants with pets. The additio...
Animals
More farmers' cows in Taranaki grazier's care go missing
Fair Go is back in Taranaki — talking to a new bunch of farmers about the same problem. Cows. Missin...
Hundreds of dead horses found at NSW property
More than 500 horses have been found dead at a property in the NSW Riverina region. Wagga Wagga City...
Capital's thriving kiwi project - a tourism prospect?
Ten North Island brown kiwi transferred from South Taranaki are the latest addition to a thriving po...
Four-metre croc euthanised after boy's body found in Torres Strait
A huge crocodile believed to be responsible for a fatal attack on a 16-year-old boy in the Torres St...
How NZ sheep are helping find a cure for Alzheimer's
A New Zealand geneticist says his research into the minds of sheep may hold the key to curing Alzhei...
Yellowstone trip ends with man arrested for kicking a bison
A man who kicked a bison in the leg was then hurt by one of the animals in Yellowstone National Park...
‘Surreal’: Leonardo DiCaprio praises kiwi conservation group
Hollywood actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio has praised a Wellington-based conservation g...
US man's emotional support alligator goes missing on vacation
A Pennsylvania man who credits an alligator named Wally for helping relieve his depression for nearl...
Homeowner's shock as kiwi turns up in suburban backyard
When Eugene Dementyev heard a tap at his back door, he thought it was a cat — and was shocked to dis...
Wild orangutan uses medicinal plant to treat wound
An orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant — the latest example of h...
US governor admits error after claiming she met Kim Jong Un in new book
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem is releasing a new book called No Going Back, but today her office...
Good Sorts: Husband and wife save Hauraki's stray dogs
A husband-and-wife team who fostered 70 children over 18 years are now finding safe homes for the st...
'Keep working hard' — the city slicker born to be a farmer
No land? No problem. Twenty-one-year-old Angus Grant may not have a farm to call his own, but over t...
Scientists learn basic building blocks of sperm whale language
Scientists studying the sperm whales that live around the Caribbean island of Dominica have describe...
Japan proposes expanding commercial whaling to fin whales
Japan's Fisheries Agency has proposed expanding commercial whaling along the country’s coast to fin ...
