Whangarei's Zion Wildlife Gardens will face charges over the death of animal handler Dalu Mncube, the Department of Labour said today.

Two orcas thrilled divers in Gisborne by swimming with them, while nearby, Moko the dolphin stole a surfboard, stranding its owner.

Jim Eagles gets up close and personal with the incredible array of fauna on the isolated Galapagos Islands.

In the Galapagos you can walk as close as you like to the local sea lions and they simply don't react.

Nick Smith says he makes no apologies for using taxpayers' money to send two Iwi Leadership Group members to the upcoming climate talks in Copenhagen.

300 animals - including some that are extinct in the wild - were sold to a Northern Territory hunting safari.

John Key warns farmers they reject a response to climate change at their peril - endangering their reputations, future incomes and the economy.