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Beaten seal pup put down
A baby seal which was attacked in West Auckland on Monday night has been put down.
Owner horrified at castration of prized pedigree
The mysterious and totally unauthorised neutering of pedigree cat Buddy has infuriated his Tauranga owner, who can no longer lease him out as a stud cat.
Roar power beats snappy ambush
Three lionesses pounced on a crocodile - and a tourist caught it all on camera.
Beaten baby fur seal
A baby fur seal found brutally beaten in a west Auckland stream is now recovering at Auckland Zoo. DOC is prosecuting two men over the attack. Photos / Auckland Zoo
Reality Check - Emu farming
Sometimes your new life on a piece of land can all be going swimmingly when the red tape of bureaucracy comes along and changes everything.
Rugby-playing pig travels by hog
Real pigs don't fly. They ride on Harley-Davidsons. At least Billy Black's 6-month-old kunekune pig does.
DOC puts stranded whales out of misery
DOC staff have killed 10 pilot whales which survived the stranding of a pod of 24 in Parengarenga harbour in the Far North.
Sharks just love snappy dressers
If you want to minimise chances of a shark attack, leave your fluorescent boardshorts or yellow polka-dot bikini at home.
SPCA prepares case over cutting of puppy's ears
The SPCA is is preparing a case against a person believed to have cut off an eight-week-old Tauranga puppy's ears with a pair of scissors.
Mourning dolphin carries dead calf around harbour
A dolphin known as 'Potato' has been spotted swimming in Whangarei harbour with a dead calf on her fins.