A near-perfectly preserved 5-meter (16-foot) male was found washed up on a South Island beach in July. It was the first ...

according to an April 14 news release from the New Zealand Department of Conservation. The species has “large eyes” and a ...

After heavy rainfall over Easter weekend, a bridge on the Hooker Valley Track, one of New Zealand’s most popular tourist ...

The practice is no longer used by New Zealand’s Department of Conservation. It was Whitaker’s markings on Antoinette and Brucie-Baby – named after Whitaker and fellow conservationist Bruce ...

Some 477 pilot whales have died after stranding themselves on two remote New Zealand beaches over recent days, officials say. None of the stranded whales could be refloated and all either died ...

The Marlborough South area will move from a prohibited to a restricted fire season, which means all outdoor fires need a ...

So much so that in 2016, almost 40,000 Kiwis banded together to buy the beach from a private entity for more than $2 million and donated it to New Zealand's Department of Conservation. Kayak or ...

The Centre contacted the New Zealand authorities and received an answer from the Department of Conservation indicating that the possum population had increased since its introduction to New Zealand ...

New Zealand is a whale-stranding hotspot, with more than 5,000 episodes recorded since 1840, according to the Department of Conservation. The first spade-toothed whale bones were found in 1872 on ...