For years, families have dropped off chickens that no longer lay or are no longer loved at the State Highway 1 carpark. Now, cars are pulling up for another reason: to kidnap the wild chooks.

Warm sea temperatures are a blessing for swimmers in the western Bay of Plenty, but the warmer waters are also bringing unwanted guests closer to shore.

The pit bull puppy found in a Tauranga shopping area with his ears chopped off will head to a loving new home today.

The Department of Conservation has condemned the massacre of more than 100 rare gulls found dead in Southland.

The Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh is returning to normal this week after a spate of horrific shark attacks.

Inhabitants of the Sub-Antarctic Islands put on a rollicking show.

Tauranga residents are concerned they are dealing with a serial animal abuser after a kitten was violently thrown against a door and killed this morning - the third horrific act of animal cruelty in the city in a month.

The slaughter of 23 seals on the Kaikoura coast last week has prompted debate on whether seals need to be culled in the area.

A 3-year-old dog has been burned to death by an arsonist who doused its pen with petrol and set it alight.

Janie, one of the world's oldest chimps in captivity, may soon be sniffing through a modified inhaler to treat her worsening asthma.

The number of seals which will die as a result of a brutal attack could be many more than the 23 found, a zoologist says.