'No alternative' to putting down whales
A decision to kill 48 pilot whales found stranded on Stewart Island had been difficult but there was no alternative, DoC says.
A decision to kill 48 pilot whales found stranded on Stewart Island had been difficult but there was no alternative, DoC says.
One of the world's biggest and most luxurious private sailing yachts, the Athena, was "shrink wrapped" in Westhaven marina yesterday.
Anti-whaling activists say reports of Japan's annual Southern Ocean whale hunt being suspended are a bluff.
The death of a dolphin after a collision with a boat in the Hauraki Gulf has prompted a warning for boaties to take care around marine mammals.
Enjoy your shucking while it lasts. Wild oysters are now "functionally extinct" in many places where they were once plentiful.
Pirates operating off the coast of Somalia have begun to use aggressive new tactics including torture against captives.
Broken toilets, faulty latches on cabin doors and leaky ceilings are among new complaints by passengers on the liner Pacific Pearl.
The luxury Auckland-based cruise ship Pacific Pearl has run into more drama on the high seas.