Sixty whales from a stranded pod of almost 200 have been successfully refloated near Nelson.

Around 100 volunteers are working frantically to save what is left of a pod of stranded pilot whales near Nelson this morning.

More stranded pilot whales are expected to die as weather conditions and nightfall hamper efforts to save 174 pilot whales that ran into trouble today.

A desperate plea by 15 bystanders for passing jetboats to rescue a 30-year-old struggling in the chilly waters of the Hokitika Gorge were ignored by the boaties.

She's shown the slick skills of famed prison escaper George Wilder in repeatedly busting out of her sanctuary - so now it's off to Alcatraz for Peti the trouble-making takahe.

A woman was winched off Mt Sebastopol yesterday after becoming stuck on the mountain during a day hike.

Claims that the high-profile pest control campaign "Battle For Our Birds" wiped out a group of nationally endangered birds are unfounded, the Department of Conservation says.

Summer is the season for Jandals and chilly bins and it's also when a host of shark species make an appearance.

Losing our native species is not an inevitability but a choice - and one that could hurt New Zealand in more ways than we realise.

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They promise cut-through responses to challenges that may seem overwhelming: wiping out the pests that kill 25 million native birds a year; local efforts to save our polluted rivers; teaching....

A kiwi with unusual ginger colouring has been released to the Wairakei Golf and Sanctuary Kiwi Creche in Taupo after hatching at Rainbow Springs’ Kiwi Encounter.

Three lucky kiwi chicks will kick back for the summer on one of the Hauraki Gulf's most idyllic islands.

The pesticide 1080 will be dumped from helicopters on the Hunua Ranges - the source of Auckland's water supply - next winter, Auckland Council has confirmed.

The pesticide 1080 is likely to dumped from helicopters next winter on the Hunua Ranges, source of Auckland’s water supply.

A planned 1080 drop in South Westland has been called off as there are not enough rats.

The Department of Conservation says it is still searching for the owner of a dog that killed a baby fur seal on an Auckland Beach last week.

The Department of Conservation is warning anglers not to eat trout in areas where 1080 poison has been dropped - a reversal of its position seven months ago.

The Department of Conservation and other pest management bodies will have an extra tool to battle rats, stoats and possums with Ohiti - a new trap sensor system.

Two Reefton women who were caught in the bush as 1080 poison rained from the sky last summer are now both reporting ill health.

Volunteers have gone into South Island back country looking for white-tailed deer which may have been killed by a Department of Conservation 1080 poison drop.

Five new marine reserves have been officially opened on the West Coast today.