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Racing royalty in city for sales

Auckland's top-end hotels and restaurants are being kept busy as horse buyers from around the world descend on Karaka for the National Yearling sales.

Jungle fever

Ann Huston took her sons on a voyage to Borneo’s Tanjung Puting National Park to meet their orange relatives.

Daytripper: Stop off for a gander

Pets on holiday

Paul Little: Catcalls catapulting Morgan into a cat flap

UNICEF goodwill ambassador Gareth Morgan is known for combining an adventurous spirit with a commitment to original thinking.

Kerre Woodham: Morgan flings his cat among the pigeons

It was a regular old pussy riot on the airwaves this week after Gareth Morgan launched an attack on domestic cats.

Fight for oil and wildlife

American biologist Kelly Swing thwacks a bush with his butterfly net and a dozen or so bugs and insects drop in. One is a harvester, or daddy-long-legs, another a jumping spider that leaps on to a leaf where two beetles are mating.

Dung beetles navigate by the stars - research

Boar baiter told to pay $8900

Logan Joel Dawson pleaded guilty to charges laid under the Animal Welfare Act by the SPCA and will face his sentence in Hamilton District Court.

Morgan puts cat among the pigeons

In the still of the night, a sudden anguished screech shatters the still air. But there's no point investigating - there's a bird clamped tight in the jaws of a killer.

Are cats too much of a threat to native wildlife?

Second whale stranding in 24 hours

A second beaked whale to be stranded within 24 hours in Southland was euthanised yesterday by the Department of Conservation.

Morgan calls for cats to be wiped out

Top New Zealand economist Gareth Morgan is launching a campaign to eradicate domestic cats, calling them sadists that destroy native wildlife.

Rare red panda born at zoo

Odd egg surprises Hawkes Bay family

A Hawkes Bay family got more than they bargained for when they cracked open an unusually large egg laid by their pet chicken recently - another egg.

Rufus gets rough ride from stone-throwing hoons

Golly, Mollie's a living dolly

Kerre Woodham: Earn pooch privileges

We love our pets, here in New Zealand, but not half as much as they love them in other countries.