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Royal spoonbills are among several new species that have crossed the Tasman and naturalised in New Zealand. JJ Harrison/Wikimedia Commons , CC ...

The Department of Conservation is defending its trapping methods after images of a dead kiwi in a pest trap raised questions ...

These are the cruelties that have maimed and killed New Zealand’s protected birds – including a kea – this summer. The Department of Conservation (DoC) lifted the lid on the “horrific ...