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'Grandma' produces her 20th offspring

New plans for South Island cubicle cow farms

Three companies are trying again to secure land use rights for large-scale dairy farming in the Omarama and Ohau regions.

SPCA all ears for CSI expert

No news on entangled whale

Equestrian: Kiwis within a squeak of a medal

Penguins on Google

Godwits welcomed

Social networking has gone to the dogs

There's Facebook, Bebo, MySpace, Twitter ... and now Dogbook.

Five of the best: Petting farms

If the kids are city slickers, get visit a local petting farm to get them in touch with some of New Zealand's favourite animals.

One humpback whale freed, another to rescue

Poor conditions may prevent the rescue of a second whale entangled in rope today.

NZ panda hears call of the wild

Reports of second whale caught in rope, plastic - DOC

DOC staff are investigating reports of another 12-15 metre humpback whale caught in rope and plastic in the Far North.

Entangled whale freed off Northland

A large humpback whale which was tangled in rope off the Far North coast has been freed this afternoon.

Auckland Zoo in panda swap with India

Auckland Zoo is sending one of its female red pandas, Khosuva, to India in exchange for a male red panda at Darjeeling Zoo in India.

DOC attaches hook to rope on whale

Snakes, marauding monkeys menace Games

Fierce monkeys and snake charmers have been deployed at several Commonwealth Games venues to try to protect athletes.

DOC suspends whale rescue op

Department of Conservation staff attempting to free a humpback whale tangled in ropes in Doubtless Bay in the Far North have called off the operation for the night.

Twin lemurs born at Hamilton Zoo