A court injunction is being drafted to save the big cats at Whangarei's Zion Wildlife Gardens, after receivers moved in to take control of the Northland park today, the current operator says.

Ahead of a trip to Western Australia, Pamela Wade worries about being swallowed up by the world's biggest fish.

A "happy-go-lucky little boy" who suffered severe head, face and arm injuries when he was mauled...

Two dogs who savaged a six-year-old at Ruatoria yesterday belonged to a police officer who had travelled to Gisborne for court duty.

Lower North Island beachgoers have been met with the sight of hundreds of dead birds...

Life amongst the herd.

Justin Newcombe extols the virtues of keeping a few chooks in the yard and gives a few tips on how to best care for them.

Justin Newcombe builds a mobile home so his beloved chooks can have a change of scenery (and help with the gardening).

Little is known about the migration of the cuckoo.