Dog owners are being urged to keep their pets out of kiwi zones after four dogs were seen wandering inside Opua Forest in Northland.

Wellington Zoo's four-month-old pygmy marmoset went into The Nest Te Kohanga - the zoo's animal hospital - for the first time late last week. The tiny tot weighed in at only 74.5 grams.

Move over, Gareth Morgan. A Dunedin woman concerned about the number of feral cats roaming the city has a radical solution for ridding Dunedin of such its undesirables.

Animals are blessed at the annual SPCA Auckland Blessing of the Animals, held at St Matthew-In-The-City, Auckland

Four abandoned blue heeler puppies rescued by members of the public have been euthanised.

A pod of dolphins has been putting on acrobatic shows for residents on the North Shore.

A Northland community has rocked the international lizard world with the possible discovery of a new species of skink at Bream Head.

A sighting of a Haast tokoeka kiwi chick at Orokonui Ecosanctuary is an important milestone for the recovery of the rare native bird, the Department of Conservation says.

A Gisborne woman suffered serious facial injuries in what's been described as a "horrific" attack by two dogs.

Muzzled and waiting in a sterile room for the vet's lethal injection, this was the last sight that 3338 dogs in Auckland saw.

Three dead whales have washed up on West Coast beaches in as many days.

A shivering litter of tiny blue heeler puppies was dumped on city streets on one of the coldest nights of the year.

What are believed to be the first prosecutions over Central Otago's rabbit problem are set to go to court next week.

Penguins can move underwater with the speed of a swallow or swift, but cannot fly even as far as a chicken. How did a bird that in some cases shuffles 65km to its breeding grounds on unsuitable flippers lose its ability to fly there quickly?

A firefighter who resuscitated a puppy rescued from a burning house says he did not think twice before blowing oxygen through the dog's nose.

A puppy had to be given mouth-to-mouth resuscitation by Wanganui fireman Gary Wilson after a central city cottage was gutted by fire.

A couple's plan for a dolphin-assisted birth has drawn scorn and danger warnings from experts.

University of Otago researchers are pounding the pavement with dog-owners to discover how taking a walk with man's best friend affects a person's wellbeing.