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"Essentially we’re flirting and will see who comes along.”

'The assumption is that because we’re SPCA, we deal with everything.'

Doug, 6, supports sick and anxious students at Northern Health School.

Latesha Hearth opened her first business at 12, buying and selling phones on TradeMe.

Utes, cows, equestrian events and more at the 2026 Dannevirke A&P Show.

Top heading dog Trix fetched $12,200, beating last year’s record by nearly $3000.

Volunteers spent hours searching the Waimakariri River in the dark.

One property agency has dropped a client for refusing to accept pet owners.

A 12.5km wallaby-proof fence near Rotorua is slowing the pests' southward spread.

Neighbours have logged 23 barking complaints about Dan in 12 months.

Scientists observed nesting zones between 2012 and 2022 using time-lapse cameras.

Feral and domestic cats are estimated to kill 100 million birds every year here.

The lone bull is reported to have gone on the rampage for nine days in Jharkhand.

Documents released to the Herald show the movie mogul plans more than just a vet hospital.

An 800kg bull ran through a fence and into the crowd at a Far North Rodeo event. Video / Jonelle Wereta

Ospri has tested 99,641 cattle and deer for TB in the region since February.

Janine Wallace was sentenced alongside her mother, Barbara Glover, after an SPCA probe.

The bird was filmed by a visitor to the Auckland Botanic Gardens on January 2, sparking a volunteer rescue effort. Video / Supplied

The 800kg bull escaped through a weak fence during the Kaitāia event.

A large square hole was cut in the fence of the Cornwall Park aviary in Hastings.

Officials are warning people not to touch dead or dying birds and to keep dogs well away.

Exclusive new polling suggests most of us don't just think of our pets as animals.

Conversions of grassland to corn, soybeans have impact on honeybees and pollination.

US President blames wind turbines for killing American bald eagles.

Reporter Tessa catches up with Max and his siblings, who raise piglets to fund their dirt bike adventures. He shows off his expert pig-riding skills… but can he go viral again?

The invasive noble false widow spider was first spotted in Porirua last year.

Critics say the sisters promote breeders while Los Angeles shelters overflow.

Byron Crawford filmed surfing the waves off Waimārama Beach in Hawke's Bay on his foil prone assist board with a pod of dolphins.

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