Still, the modern-day ostrich evolved with strong feet and powerful thighs, which allow it to run at speeds of up to 70km per hour, making it the fastest-running bird on the planet. A single stride of ...

For the first time, Tauranga artists were invited to submit a kiwi design for a chance to be featured in the trail. Local ...

A recent announcement that kiwi and moa are Australian immigrants is not borne out by available evidence. Working out when ...

The kiwi is a small, green fruit packed with nutrients and originally from China. Its rich in vitamin C, low in calories, and ...

When the feathers are returned to Aotearoa, they will be entrusted to Te Papa. Where possible, the feathers will be returned ...

For years I had feared it, delayed the inevitable, kicked the can down the road, cast the idea of it into the shadows of my ...

The North Island brown kiwi managed to get in through the cat flap. Video / Brodie Stone Russell local Tabatha Bird had an unexpected encounter when her cat flap became the entranceway for a kiwi.

So a recent suggestion that moa and kiwi are recent immigrants from Australia, while wrens and kākāpō are New Zealand's truly ancient birds, was sure to ignite controversy. The contentious ...

Filipina-Kiwi Franki Russell ended her journey in the Top 21 as New Zealand's bet, but she won the Best National Costume at the inaugural Miss Cosmo 2024 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

In the wild, kiwi have only a 5% survival rate. The dwindling population of our native bird — perhaps we should say that quietly as we learn kiwi may have an Australian lineage — is improved ...

Sir Peter Jackson has invested $10 million towards a start-up company aimed at reviving extinct animals such as the dodo bird ...