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New Zealand () is an island country located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The country geographically comprises two main landmasses ‒ that of the North and South Islands ‒ as well as numerous smaller islands.
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A rare white kiwi chick hatched at a New Zealand wildlife reserve will have a protected early life — unlike wild kiwis that face nonnative predators that are slowly wiping them out, an official said Thursday.
The chick, named Manukura or "Chiefly One" by local Maori, was born at Pukaha Mount Bruce National Wildlife Center on May 1, weighing about 8.8 ounces (250 grams), Department of Conservation area manager Chris Lester said.Lester said white kiwis are spotted in the wild about every three or four years, but the last one in captivity was released in 1915. The small, flightless birds are usually brown.Manukura is being hand-reared in the reserve's new kiwi nursery, and will remain closely protected for at least the first year of his life, he said.Once the bird is able to fend for itself, Lester said one alternative will be that it "remains in a predator-proof environment at the reserve ... or we will release him to take his chances."Native to New Zealand, kiwis face potential extinctio...A pair of 5.8-magnitude earthquakes struck near the New Zealand city of Christchurch Friday afternoon, causing widespread damage and sparking evacuations of the city...
The jackhammers fell silent, church bells pealed and a Maori lament filled the air as New Zealand came to a standstill to mourn the estimated 240 people killed in an...
It's a sticky black sandwich spread that much of New Zealand adores, though detractors liken it to axle grease. And when it runs out, it's Marmageddon.The manufactur...
HAMILTON, New Zealand -- A Boston University (BU) student critically injured in a car crash that killed three of her classmates in New Zealand said her first words s...
Parishioners came together Sunday in parks and on the lawns of churches broken in New Zealand's earthquake to pray for the dead and missing. They sought togetherness...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A light aircraft carrying skydivers crashed in flames Saturday near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand's Southern Alps, killing nin...
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — The powerful earthquake that smashed buildings, cracked roads and twisted rail lines around the New Zealand city of Christchurch als...
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — A sharp series of about 20 aftershocks rattled New Zealand's earthquake-hit city of Christchurch overnight, and earthquake experts w...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A blonde, pony-tailed burglar ate some food, drank some alcohol, tried on clothes and then found the bed in a New Zealand home just ri...
Local news footage of tremor aftermath
With graduation approaching, a time for celebration turned somber at Boston University on Saturday as students who were packing up at the end of the school year lear...
Seeing his injured Boston University classmates lying in a New Zealand roadway after their minivan rolled over, Evan White said he felt helpless."Our first impulse w...
A magnitude-4.7 earthquake has rattled the quake-weary New Zealand city of Christchurch. There are no initial reports of serious injuries or damage.Authorities close...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- An aftershock has rattled the earthquake-ravaged city of Christchurch, New Zealand, but no serious damage or injuries were reported.The U....
Prime Minister John Key and others offered condolences Tuesday to the New Zealand parents whose 2-year-old triplets were among the 13 children killed in a fire in a ...
New Zealand's premier said the Christchurch quake may be the country's worst disaster ever, as officials raised the toll to 146 dead and more than 200 missing while ...
Although the February 22 earthquake damaged the city of Christchurch, the rest of beautiful New Zealand is intact and welcoming, and now offers true bargains. The Ki...
As I tumbled down the mountainside in a gigantic beach ball filled with water, feeling somewhat like I was in a washing machine, it occurred to me that there had to ...
There are smoke-free bars, smoke-free parks, even smoke-free college campuses. But a smoke-free country?New Zealand's government on Thursday squeezed smokers more th...
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