Four whales stranded at Port Waikato yesterday are to be buried in sand dunes just metres from where they lay.

Joanna Lumley meets a cheetah in the next episode of her show about cats.

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Columnist Jim Hopkins searches for an explanation about why birds are falling out of the sky.

Police and DOC investigations are continuing into the massacre of fur seals at Ohau Point, a popular seal viewing point 22km north of Kaikoura.