NZ's now extinct giant moa survived for 40,000 years of significant climate change without suffering large population slumps, new study shows.

The pukeko has gone from pest to New Zealand icon, starring in TV commercials, gracing souvenirs and almost upstaging the kiwi. So how did a long-legged, ungainly bird — the bane of farmers’ lives — become a celebrity, asks Dionne Christian.